[ovs-dev] [PATCH v3] OVN: Add support for Transport Zones

lmartins at redhat.com lmartins at redhat.com
Thu Mar 28 10:37:00 UTC 2019


From: Lucas Alvares Gomes <lucasagomes at gmail.com>

This patch is adding support for Transport Zones. Transport zones (a.k.a
TZs) is way to enable users of OVN to separate Chassis into different
logical groups that will form tunnels only between members of the same
group(s).

Each Chassis can belong to one or more Transport Zones. If not set,
the Chassis will be considered part of a default group; this feature
is backward compatible and did not require any changes to the database
schemas.

Configuring Transport Zones is done by creating a key called
"ovn-transport-zones" in the external_ids of the Open_vSwitch table of the
local OVS instance. The value is a string with the name of the Transport
Zone that this instance is part of. Multiple TZs may be specified with
a comma-separated list. For example:

$ sudo ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-transport-zones=tz1

or

$ sudo ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-transport-zones=tz1,tz2,tz3

This configuration will be also exposed in the Chassis table of the OVN
Southbound Database so that external systems can see what TZ(s) each
Chassis are part of and make decisions based those values.

The use for Transport Zones includes but are not limited to:

* Edge computing: As a way to preventing edge sites from trying to create
  tunnels with every node on every other edge site while still allowing
  these sites to create tunnels with the central node.

* Extra security layer: Where users wants to create "trust zones"
  and prevent computes in a more secure zone to communicate with a less
  secure zone.

Reported-by: Daniel Alvarez Sanchez <dalvarez at redhat.com>
Reported-at: https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-discuss/2019-February/048255.html
Signed-off-by: Lucas Alvares Gomes <lucasagomes at gmail.com>
---
v2 -> v3
* Enhanced the test to include two more Chassis and assert the case
  where Chassis with no TZs set will have tunnels formed between them.
* Rebased the patch on top of the latest master branch.

v1 -> v2                                                                       
 * Rename the function check_chassis_tzones to chassis_tzones_overlap.
 * Fix a memory leak in chassis_tzones_overlap.
 * Pass the transport_zones to encaps_run() as a "const char *"
   instead of "struct sbrec_chassis". With this we can also avoid not
   running the function in case the Chassis entry is not yet created.

 NEWS                                |   3 +
 ovn/controller/chassis.c            |   8 +-
 ovn/controller/encaps.c             |  53 +++++++++-
 ovn/controller/encaps.h             |   3 +-
 ovn/controller/ovn-controller.8.xml |   9 ++
 ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c     |  14 ++-
 tests/ovn.at                        | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 236 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1e4744dbd..4adf49f57 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Post-v2.11.0
        protocol extension.
    - OVN:
      * Select IPAM mac_prefix in a random manner if not provided by the user
+     * Support for Transport Zones, a way to separate chassis into
+       logical groups which results in tunnels only been formed between
+       members of the same transport zone(s).
    - New QoS type "linux-netem" on Linux.
 
 v2.11.0 - 19 Feb 2019
diff --git a/ovn/controller/chassis.c b/ovn/controller/chassis.c
index 3ea908d18..34c260410 100644
--- a/ovn/controller/chassis.c
+++ b/ovn/controller/chassis.c
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ chassis_run(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *ovnsb_idl_txn,
     const char *datapath_type =
         br_int && br_int->datapath_type ? br_int->datapath_type : "";
     const char *cms_options = get_cms_options(&cfg->external_ids);
+    const char *transport_zones = smap_get_def(&cfg->external_ids,
+                                               "ovn-transport-zones", "");
 
     struct ds iface_types = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
     ds_put_cstr(&iface_types, "");
@@ -167,18 +169,22 @@ chassis_run(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *ovnsb_idl_txn,
             = smap_get_def(&chassis_rec->external_ids, "iface-types", "");
         const char *chassis_cms_options
             = get_cms_options(&chassis_rec->external_ids);
+        const char *chassis_transport_zones = smap_get_def(
+            &chassis_rec->external_ids, "ovn-transport-zones", "");
 
         /* If any of the external-ids should change, update them. */
         if (strcmp(bridge_mappings, chassis_bridge_mappings) ||
             strcmp(datapath_type, chassis_datapath_type) ||
             strcmp(iface_types_str, chassis_iface_types) ||
-            strcmp(cms_options, chassis_cms_options)) {
+            strcmp(cms_options, chassis_cms_options) ||
+            strcmp(transport_zones, chassis_transport_zones)) {
             struct smap new_ids;
             smap_clone(&new_ids, &chassis_rec->external_ids);
             smap_replace(&new_ids, "ovn-bridge-mappings", bridge_mappings);
             smap_replace(&new_ids, "datapath-type", datapath_type);
             smap_replace(&new_ids, "iface-types", iface_types_str);
             smap_replace(&new_ids, "ovn-cms-options", cms_options);
+            smap_replace(&new_ids, "ovn-transport-zones", transport_zones);
             sbrec_chassis_verify_external_ids(chassis_rec);
             sbrec_chassis_set_external_ids(chassis_rec, &new_ids);
             smap_destroy(&new_ids);
diff --git a/ovn/controller/encaps.c b/ovn/controller/encaps.c
index 610b833de..768ae26ff 100644
--- a/ovn/controller/encaps.c
+++ b/ovn/controller/encaps.c
@@ -195,13 +195,51 @@ chassis_tunnel_add(const struct sbrec_chassis *chassis_rec, const struct sbrec_s
     return tuncnt;
 }
 
+/*
+* Returns true if our_chassis_tzones and chassis_tzones have at least
+* one common transport zone.
+*/
+static bool
+chassis_tzones_overlap(const char *our_chassis_tzones,
+                       const char *chassis_tzones)
+{
+    if (!strcmp(our_chassis_tzones, "") && !strcmp(chassis_tzones, "")) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool found = false;
+    char *our_tzones_orig;
+    char *our_tzones = xstrdup(our_chassis_tzones);
+    char *i = our_tzones_orig = our_tzones;
+
+    while ((i = strsep(&our_tzones, ","))) {
+        char *tzones_orig;
+        char *tzones = xstrdup(chassis_tzones);
+        char *j = tzones_orig = tzones;
+
+        while ((j = strsep(&tzones, ","))) {
+            if (!strcmp(i, j)) {
+                found = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        free(tzones_orig);
+        if (found) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    free(our_tzones_orig);
+    return found;
+}
+
 void
 encaps_run(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *ovs_idl_txn,
            const struct ovsrec_bridge_table *bridge_table,
            const struct ovsrec_bridge *br_int,
            const struct sbrec_chassis_table *chassis_table,
            const char *chassis_id,
-           const struct sbrec_sb_global *sbg)
+           const struct sbrec_sb_global *sbg,
+           const char *transport_zones)
 {
     if (!ovs_idl_txn || !br_int) {
         return;
@@ -251,7 +289,18 @@ encaps_run(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *ovs_idl_txn,
 
     SBREC_CHASSIS_TABLE_FOR_EACH (chassis_rec, chassis_table) {
         if (strcmp(chassis_rec->name, chassis_id)) {
-            /* Create tunnels to the other chassis. */
+            /* Create tunnels to the other Chassis belonging to the
+             * same transport zone */
+            const char *chassis_tzones = smap_get_def(
+                &chassis_rec->external_ids, "ovn-transport-zones", "");
+
+            if (!chassis_tzones_overlap(transport_zones, chassis_tzones)) {
+                VLOG_DBG("Skipping encap creation for Chassis '%s' because "
+                         "it belongs to different transport zones",
+                         chassis_rec->name);
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if (chassis_tunnel_add(chassis_rec, sbg, &tc) == 0) {
                 VLOG_INFO("Creating encap for '%s' failed", chassis_rec->name);
                 continue;
diff --git a/ovn/controller/encaps.h b/ovn/controller/encaps.h
index 3e0e110ef..9eafec948 100644
--- a/ovn/controller/encaps.h
+++ b/ovn/controller/encaps.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ void encaps_run(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *ovs_idl_txn,
                 const struct ovsrec_bridge *br_int,
                 const struct sbrec_chassis_table *,
                 const char *chassis_id,
-                const struct sbrec_sb_global *);
+                const struct sbrec_sb_global *,
+                const char *transport_zones);
 
 bool encaps_cleanup(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *ovs_idl_txn,
                     const struct ovsrec_bridge *br_int);
diff --git a/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.8.xml b/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.8.xml
index fd2e10a7a..072ec5820 100644
--- a/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.8.xml
+++ b/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.8.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@
         specific to this particular chassis. An example would be:
         <code>cms_option1,cms_option2:foo</code>.
       </dd>
+
+      <dt><code>external_ids:ovn-transport-zones</code></dt>
+      <dd>
+        The transport zone(s) that this chassis belongs to. Transport
+        zones is a way to group different chassis so that tunnels are only
+        formed between members of the same group(s). Multiple transport
+        zones may be specified with a comma-separated list. For example:
+        tz1,tz2,tz3.
+      </dd>
     </dl>
 
     <p>
diff --git a/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c b/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c
index 882cc195f..9383ec191 100644
--- a/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c
+++ b/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c
@@ -511,6 +511,14 @@ get_nb_cfg(const struct sbrec_sb_global_table *sb_global_table)
     return sb ? sb->nb_cfg : 0;
 }
 
+static const char *
+get_transport_zones(const struct ovsrec_open_vswitch_table *ovs_table)
+{
+    const struct ovsrec_open_vswitch *cfg
+        = ovsrec_open_vswitch_table_first(ovs_table);
+    return smap_get_def(&cfg->external_ids, "ovn-transport-zones", "");
+}
+
 static void
 ctrl_register_ovs_idl(struct ovsdb_idl *ovs_idl)
 {
@@ -686,6 +694,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
             const char *chassis_id
                 = get_chassis_id(ovsrec_open_vswitch_table_get(
                                      ovs_idl_loop.idl));
+            const char *transport_zones
+                = get_transport_zones(ovsrec_open_vswitch_table_get(
+                                      ovs_idl_loop.idl));
 
             const struct sbrec_chassis *chassis = NULL;
             if (chassis_id) {
@@ -697,7 +708,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     ovs_idl_txn,
                     ovsrec_bridge_table_get(ovs_idl_loop.idl), br_int,
                     sbrec_chassis_table_get(ovnsb_idl_loop.idl), chassis_id,
-                    sbrec_sb_global_first(ovnsb_idl_loop.idl));
+                    sbrec_sb_global_first(ovnsb_idl_loop.idl),
+                    transport_zones);
 
                 if (ofctrl_is_connected()) {
                     /* Calculate the active tunnels only if have an an active
diff --git a/tests/ovn.at b/tests/ovn.at
index e7746cb0f..7e7114c96 100644
--- a/tests/ovn.at
+++ b/tests/ovn.at
@@ -12283,3 +12283,154 @@ ovn-nbctl list logical_switch_port
 ovn-nbctl list logical_router_port
 
 AT_CLEANUP
+
+AT_SETUP([ovn -- test transport zones])
+ovn_start
+
+net_add n1
+for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+    sim_add hv$i
+    as hv$i
+    ovs-vsctl add-br br-phys
+    ovn_attach n1 br-phys 192.168.$i.1
+done
+
+dnl Assert that each Chassis has a tunnel formed to every other Chassis
+as hv1
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+ovn-hv4-0
+ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv2
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+ovn-hv4-0
+ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv3
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv4-0
+ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv4
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv5
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+ovn-hv4-0
+]])
+
+dnl Let's now add some Chassis to different transport zones
+dnl * hv1: Will be part of two transport zones: tz1 and tz2 so it
+dnl   should have tunnels formed between the other two Chassis (hv2 and hv3)
+dnl
+dnl * hv2: Will be part of one transport zone: tz1. It should have a tunnel
+dnl   to hv1 but not to hv3
+dnl
+dnl * hv3: Will be part of one transport zone: tz2. It should have a tunnel
+dnl   to hv1 but not to hv2
+dnl
+dnl * hv4 and hv5: Will not have any TZ set so they will keep the tunnels
+dnl   between themselves and remove the tunnels to other Chassis which now
+dnl   belongs to some TZs
+dnl
+as hv1
+ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-transport-zones=tz1,tz2
+
+as hv2
+ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-transport-zones=tz1
+
+as hv3
+ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-transport-zones=tz2
+
+as hv1
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+]])
+
+as hv2
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+]])
+
+as hv3
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+]])
+
+as hv4
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv5
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv4-0
+]])
+
+dnl Removing the transport zones should make all Chassis to create
+dnl tunnels between every other Chassis again
+for i in 1 2 3; do
+    as hv$i
+    ovs-vsctl remove open . external-ids ovn-transport-zones
+done
+
+as hv1
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+ovn-hv4-0
+ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv2
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+ovn-hv4-0
+ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv3
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv4-0
+ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv4
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+ovn-hv5-0
+]])
+
+as hv5
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --bare --columns=name find interface type="geneve" | awk NF | sort], [0],
+[[ovn-hv1-0
+ovn-hv2-0
+ovn-hv3-0
+ovn-hv4-0
+]])
+
+OVN_CLEANUP([hv1], [hv2], [hv3])
+AT_CLEANUP
-- 
2.21.0



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