[ovs-dev] [PATCH v6] AB bonding: Add "primary" interface concept

Jeff Squyres jsquyres at cisco.com
Fri May 22 19:13:37 UTC 2020


In AB bonding, if the current active slave becomes disabled, a
replacement slave is arbitrarily picked from the remaining set of
enabled slaves.  This commit adds the concept of a "primary" slave: an
interface that will always be (or become) the current active slave if
it is enabled.

The rationale for this functionality is to allow the designation of a
preferred interface for a given bond.  For example:

1. Bond is created with interfaces p1 (primary) and p2, both enabled.
2. p1 becomes the current active slave (because it was designated as
   the primary).
3. Later, p1 fails/becomes disabled.
4. p2 is chosen to become the current active slave.
5. Later, p1 becomes re-enabled.
6. p1 is chosen to become the current active slave (because it was
   designated as the primary)

Note that p1 becomes the active slave once it becomes re-enabled, even
if nothing has happened to p2.

This "primary" concept exists in Linux kernel network interface
bonding, but did not previously exist in OVS bonding.

Only one primary slave inteface is supported per bond, and is only
supported for active/backup bonding.

The primary slave interface is designated via
"other_config:bond-primary" when creating a bond.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Squyres <jsquyres at cisco.com>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>
Tested-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com>
Acked-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com>
---
v6:
- Style: bleep bloop.  Fix use of {}.

v5:
- Handle when bond is reconfigured to remove "bond-primary" config.
- Fix potential flapping between remaining slaves.
- Add a test to re-add a removed primary interface and make sure the
  bond reflects that properly.
- Add a test to remove "bond-primary" config and make sure the bond
  reflects that properly.

v4:
- Style: bleep bloop.  Trim line length below 79 characters.

v3:
- Adjusted print logic for when the primary slave is not attached

v2:
- Added "ovs-vsctl bond/show" label when primary interface is no
  longer enslaved
- Fixed strcmp() usage nits
- Moved "other_config:bond-primary" docs to the "Bonding
  Configuration" group
- Expanded commit message
- Added more test cases (including one for when the primary interface
  is no longer enslaved)

 ofproto/bond.c        |  75 +++++++++++++++-
 ofproto/bond.h        |   1 +
 tests/lacp.at         |   1 +
 tests/ofproto-dpif.at | 197 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 vswitchd/bridge.c     |   5 ++
 vswitchd/vswitch.xml  |   8 ++
 6 files changed, 285 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ofproto/bond.c b/ofproto/bond.c
index 405202fb6..4ad1a20ae 100644
--- a/ofproto/bond.c
+++ b/ofproto/bond.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ struct bond_slave {
     /* Link status. */
     bool enabled;               /* May be chosen for flows? */
     bool may_enable;            /* Client considers this slave bondable. */
+    bool is_primary;            /* This slave is preferred over others. */
     long long delay_expires;    /* Time after which 'enabled' may change. */
 
     /* Rebalancing info.  Used only by bond_rebalance(). */
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ struct bond {
     enum lacp_status lacp_status; /* Status of LACP negotiations. */
     bool bond_revalidate;       /* True if flows need revalidation. */
     uint32_t basis;             /* Basis for flow hash function. */
+    char *primary;              /* Name of the primary slave interface. */
 
     /* SLB specific bonding info. */
     struct bond_entry *hash;     /* An array of BOND_BUCKETS elements. */
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ bond_create(const struct bond_settings *s, struct ofproto_dpif *ofproto)
 
     bond->active_slave_mac = eth_addr_zero;
     bond->active_slave_changed = false;
+    bond->primary = NULL;
 
     bond_reconfigure(bond, s);
     return bond;
@@ -290,6 +293,7 @@ bond_unref(struct bond *bond)
     update_recirc_rules__(bond);
 
     hmap_destroy(&bond->pr_rule_ops);
+    free(bond->primary);
     free(bond->name);
     free(bond);
 }
@@ -459,6 +463,39 @@ bond_reconfigure(struct bond *bond, const struct bond_settings *s)
         bond->bond_revalidate = false;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * If a primary interface is set on the new settings:
+     * 1. If the bond has no primary previously set, save it and
+     * revalidate.
+     * 2. If the bond has a different primary previously set, save the
+     * new one and revalidate.
+     * 3. If the bond has the same primary previously set, do nothing.
+     */
+    if (s->primary) {
+        bool changed = false;
+        if (bond->primary) {
+            if (strcmp(bond->primary, s->primary)) {
+                free(bond->primary);
+                changed = true;
+            }
+        } else {
+            changed = true;
+        }
+
+        if (changed) {
+            bond->primary = xstrdup(s->primary);
+            revalidate = true;
+        }
+    } else if (bond->primary) {
+        /*
+         * If the new settings have no primary interface, but the
+         * bond already has a primary, remove the bond's primary.
+         */
+        free(bond->primary);
+        bond->primary = NULL;
+        revalidate = true;
+    }
+
     if (bond->balance != BM_AB) {
         if (!bond->recirc_id) {
             bond->recirc_id = recirc_alloc_id(bond->ofproto);
@@ -549,6 +586,12 @@ bond_slave_register(struct bond *bond, void *slave_,
         slave->name = xstrdup(netdev_get_name(netdev));
         bond->bond_revalidate = true;
 
+        if (bond->primary && !strcmp(bond->primary, slave->name)) {
+            slave->is_primary = true;
+        } else {
+            slave->is_primary = false;
+        }
+
         slave->enabled = false;
         bond_enable_slave(slave, netdev_get_carrier(netdev));
     }
@@ -644,6 +687,7 @@ bond_run(struct bond *bond, enum lacp_status lacp_status)
 {
     struct bond_slave *slave;
     bool revalidate;
+    struct bond_slave *primary;
 
     ovs_rwlock_wrlock(&rwlock);
     if (bond->lacp_status != lacp_status) {
@@ -659,11 +703,19 @@ bond_run(struct bond *bond, enum lacp_status lacp_status)
     }
 
     /* Enable slaves based on link status and LACP feedback. */
+    primary = NULL;
     HMAP_FOR_EACH (slave, hmap_node, &bond->slaves) {
         bond_link_status_update(slave);
         slave->change_seq = seq_read(connectivity_seq_get());
+
+        /* Discover if there is an active slave marked "primary". */
+        if (bond->balance == BM_AB && slave->is_primary && slave->enabled) {
+            primary = slave;
+        }
     }
-    if (!bond->active_slave || !bond->active_slave->enabled) {
+
+    if (!bond->active_slave || !bond->active_slave->enabled ||
+        (primary && primary->enabled && bond->active_slave)) {
         bond_choose_active_slave(bond);
     }
 
@@ -1393,6 +1445,20 @@ bond_print_details(struct ds *ds, const struct bond *bond)
     ds_put_format(ds, "lacp_fallback_ab: %s\n",
                   bond->lacp_fallback_ab ? "true" : "false");
 
+    bool found_primary = false;
+    HMAP_FOR_EACH (slave, hmap_node, &bond->slaves) {
+        if (slave->is_primary) {
+            found_primary = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (bond->balance == BM_AB) {
+        ds_put_format(ds, "primary: %s%s\n",
+                      bond->primary ? bond->primary : "<none>",
+                      (!found_primary && bond->primary) ?
+                      " (no such slave)" : "");
+    }
+
     ds_put_cstr(ds, "active slave mac: ");
     ds_put_format(ds, ETH_ADDR_FMT, ETH_ADDR_ARGS(bond->active_slave_mac));
     slave = bond_find_slave_by_mac(bond, bond->active_slave_mac);
@@ -1862,6 +1928,13 @@ bond_choose_slave(const struct bond *bond)
 {
     struct bond_slave *slave, *best;
 
+    /* If there's a primary and it's active, return that. */
+    HMAP_FOR_EACH (slave, hmap_node, &bond->slaves) {
+        if (slave->is_primary && slave->enabled) {
+            return slave;
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Find the last active slave. */
     slave = bond_find_slave_by_mac(bond, bond->active_slave_mac);
     if (slave && slave->enabled) {
diff --git a/ofproto/bond.h b/ofproto/bond.h
index e7c3d9bc3..3a923dcfa 100644
--- a/ofproto/bond.h
+++ b/ofproto/bond.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct bond_settings {
 
     /* Balancing configuration. */
     enum bond_mode balance;
+    const char *primary;        /* For AB balance, primary interface name. */
     int rebalance_interval;     /* Milliseconds between rebalances.
                                    Zero to disable rebalancing. */
 
diff --git a/tests/lacp.at b/tests/lacp.at
index 7b460d7be..696ffc6d4 100644
--- a/tests/lacp.at
+++ b/tests/lacp.at
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ updelay: 0 ms
 downdelay: 0 ms
 lacp_status: negotiated
 lacp_fallback_ab: false
+primary: <none>
 active slave mac: 00:00:00:00:00:00(none)
 
 slave p1: disabled
diff --git a/tests/ofproto-dpif.at b/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
index d444cf084..88dc66b7d 100644
--- a/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
+++ b/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
@@ -29,7 +29,201 @@ AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl revalidator/wait])
 OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
 AT_CLEANUP
 
-AT_SETUP([ofproto-dpif - active-backup bonding])
+AT_SETUP([ofproto-dpif - active-backup bonding (with primary)])
+
+# Create br0 with interfaces p1, p2 and p7, creating bond0 with p1 and
+#    p2 (p1 as primary) and br1 with interfaces p3, p4 and p8.
+# toggle p1,p2 of bond0 up and down to test bonding in active-backup mode.
+# With p1 down and p2 up/active, bring p1 back up.  Since p1 is the primary,
+# it should become active.
+OVS_VSWITCHD_START(
+  [add-bond br0 bond0 p1 p2 bond_mode=active-backup \
+                other_config:bond-primary=p1 -- \
+   set interface p1 type=dummy options:pstream=punix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p1.sock ofport_request=1 -- \
+   set interface p2 type=dummy options:pstream=punix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p2.sock ofport_request=2 -- \
+   add-port br0 p7 -- set interface p7 ofport_request=7 type=dummy -- \
+   add-br br1 -- \
+   set bridge br1 other-config:hwaddr=aa:66:aa:66:00:00 -- \
+   set bridge br1 datapath-type=dummy other-config:datapath-id=1234 \
+                  fail-mode=secure -- \
+   add-port br1 p3 -- set interface p3 type=dummy options:stream=unix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p1.sock ofport_request=3 -- \
+   add-port br1 p4 -- set interface p4 type=dummy options:stream=unix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p2.sock ofport_request=4 -- \
+   add-port br1 p8 -- set interface p8 ofport_request=8 type=dummy --])
+WAIT_FOR_DUMMY_PORTS([p3], [p4])
+AT_CHECK([test -n "`ovs-appctl bond/show | grep 'primary: p1'`"])
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl vlog/set dpif:dbg dpif_netdev:dbg])
+
+AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 action=normal])
+AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl add-flow br1 action=normal])
+ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/set-admin-state up
+ovs-appctl time/warp 100
+ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/set-admin-state p2 down
+ovs-appctl time/stop
+ovs-appctl time/warp 100
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/receive p7 'in_port(7),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:09,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0a),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=10.0.0.2,dst=10.0.0.1,proto=1,tos=0,ttl=64,frag=no),icmp(type=8,code=0)'])
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/receive p7 'in_port(7),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:0b,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0c),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=10.0.0.3,dst=10.0.0.4,proto=1,tos=0,ttl=64,frag=no),icmp(type=8,code=0)'])
+ovs-appctl time/warp 100
+ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/set-admin-state p2 up
+ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/set-admin-state p1 down
+ovs-appctl time/warp 100
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/receive p7 'in_port(7),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:09,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0d),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=10.0.0.5,dst=10.0.0.1,proto=1,tos=0,ttl=64,frag=no),icmp(type=8,code=0)'])
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/receive p7 'in_port(7),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:09,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0e),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=10.0.0.6,dst=10.0.0.1,proto=1,tos=0,ttl=64,frag=no),icmp(type=8,code=0)'])
+ovs-appctl time/warp 200 100
+sleep 1
+AT_CHECK([grep 'in_port([[348]])' ovs-vswitchd.log | filter_flow_install | strip_xout], [0], [dnl
+recirc_id(0),in_port(3),packet_type(ns=0,id=0),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:09,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0a),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(frag=no), actions: <del>
+recirc_id(0),in_port(3),packet_type(ns=0,id=0),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:0b,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0c),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(frag=no), actions: <del>
+recirc_id(0),in_port(4),packet_type(ns=0,id=0),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:09,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0d),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(frag=no), actions: <del>
+recirc_id(0),in_port(4),packet_type(ns=0,id=0),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:09,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0e),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(frag=no), actions: <del>
+recirc_id(0),in_port(4),packet_type(ns=0,id=0),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:09,dst=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff),eth_type(0x8035), actions: <del>
+recirc_id(0),in_port(4),packet_type(ns=0,id=0),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:0b,dst=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff),eth_type(0x8035), actions: <del>
+])
+
+ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/set-admin-state p1 up
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl bond/show | STRIP_RECIRC_ID | STRIP_ACTIVE_SLAVE_MAC], [0], [dnl
+---- bond0 ----
+bond_mode: active-backup
+bond may use recirculation: no, <del>
+bond-hash-basis: 0
+updelay: 0 ms
+downdelay: 0 ms
+lacp_status: off
+lacp_fallback_ab: false
+primary: p1
+<active slave mac del>
+
+slave p1: enabled
+  active slave
+  may_enable: true
+
+slave p2: enabled
+  may_enable: true
+
+])
+
+AT_CHECK([test -n "`ovs-appctl bond/show | grep 'primary: p1'`"])
+
+OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
+AT_CLEANUP
+
+AT_SETUP([ofproto-dpif - active-backup bonding (primary validation)])
+# Make a switch with 3 ports in a bond, so that when we delete one of
+# the ports from the bond, there are still 2 ports left and the bond
+# remains functional.
+OVS_VSWITCHD_START(
+  [add-bond br0 bond0 p1 p2 p3 bond_mode=active-backup \
+                other_config:bond-primary=p1 -- \
+   set interface p1 type=dummy options:pstream=punix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p1.sock ofport_request=1 -- \
+   set interface p2 type=dummy options:pstream=punix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p2.sock ofport_request=2 -- \
+   set interface p3 type=dummy options:pstream=punix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p3.sock ofport_request=3 -- \
+   add-port br0 p7 -- set interface p7 ofport_request=7 type=dummy --])
+
+dnl Make sure the initial primary interface is set
+AT_CHECK([test -n "`ovs-appctl bond/show | grep 'primary: p1'`"])
+
+dnl Down the primary interface and verify that we switched.  Then
+dnl bring the primary back and verify that we switched back to the
+dnl primary.
+ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/set-admin-state p1 down
+AT_CHECK([test -n "`ovs-appctl bond/show | fgrep 'slave p1: disabled'`"])
+ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/set-admin-state p1 up
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl bond/show | STRIP_RECIRC_ID | STRIP_ACTIVE_SLAVE_MAC], [0], [dnl
+---- bond0 ----
+bond_mode: active-backup
+bond may use recirculation: no, <del>
+bond-hash-basis: 0
+updelay: 0 ms
+downdelay: 0 ms
+lacp_status: off
+lacp_fallback_ab: false
+primary: p1
+<active slave mac del>
+
+slave p1: enabled
+  active slave
+  may_enable: true
+
+slave p2: enabled
+  may_enable: true
+
+slave p3: enabled
+  may_enable: true
+
+])
+
+dnl Now delete the primary and verify that the output shows that the
+dnl primary is no longer enslaved
+ovs-vsctl --id=@p1 get Interface p1 -- remove Port bond0 interfaces @p1
+AT_CHECK([test -n "`ovs-appctl bond/show | fgrep 'primary: p1 (no such slave)'`"])
+
+dnl Now re-add the primary and verify that the output shows that the
+dnl primary is available again.
+dnl
+dnl First, get the UUIDs of the interfaces that exist on bond0.
+dnl Strip the trailing ] so that we can add a new UUID to the end.
+uuids=`ovs-vsctl get Port bond0 interfaces | sed -e 's/]//'`
+dnl Create a new port "p1" and add its UUID to the set of interfaces
+dnl on bond0.
+ovs-vsctl \
+   --id=@p1 create Interface name=p1 type=dummy options:pstream=punix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p1.sock ofport_request=1 -- \
+   set Port bond0 interfaces="$uuids, @p1]"
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl bond/show | STRIP_RECIRC_ID | STRIP_ACTIVE_SLAVE_MAC], [0], [dnl
+---- bond0 ----
+bond_mode: active-backup
+bond may use recirculation: no, <del>
+bond-hash-basis: 0
+updelay: 0 ms
+downdelay: 0 ms
+lacp_status: off
+lacp_fallback_ab: false
+primary: p1
+<active slave mac del>
+
+slave p1: enabled
+  active slave
+  may_enable: true
+
+slave p2: enabled
+  may_enable: true
+
+slave p3: enabled
+  may_enable: true
+
+])
+
+dnl Remove the "bond-primary" config directive from the bond.
+dnl First, find the other_config values on bond0.
+other_config=`ovs-vsctl get Port bond0 other_config | sed -e 's/\(, \)*bond-primary=p1//'`
+dnl Now re-set the other_config on bond0.
+ovs-vsctl set Port bond0 other_config="$other_config"
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl bond/show | STRIP_RECIRC_ID | STRIP_ACTIVE_SLAVE_MAC], [0], [dnl
+---- bond0 ----
+bond_mode: active-backup
+bond may use recirculation: no, <del>
+bond-hash-basis: 0
+updelay: 0 ms
+downdelay: 0 ms
+lacp_status: off
+lacp_fallback_ab: false
+primary: <none>
+<active slave mac del>
+
+slave p1: enabled
+  active slave
+  may_enable: true
+
+slave p2: enabled
+  may_enable: true
+
+slave p3: enabled
+  may_enable: true
+
+])
+
+OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
+AT_CLEANUP
+
+AT_SETUP([ofproto-dpif - active-backup bonding (without primary)])
 # Create br0 with interfaces p1, p2 and p7, creating bond0 with p1 and p2
 #    and br1 with interfaces p3, p4 and p8.
 # toggle p1,p2 of bond0 up and down to test bonding in active-backup mode.
@@ -46,6 +240,7 @@ OVS_VSWITCHD_START(
    add-port br1 p4 -- set interface p4 type=dummy options:stream=unix:$OVS_RUNDIR/p2.sock ofport_request=4 -- \
    add-port br1 p8 -- set interface p8 ofport_request=8 type=dummy --])
 WAIT_FOR_DUMMY_PORTS([p3], [p4])
+AT_CHECK([test -n "`ovs-appctl bond/show | grep 'primary: <none>'`"])
 AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl vlog/set dpif:dbg dpif_netdev:dbg])
 
 AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 action=normal])
diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
index fe73c38d4..5f30b7737 100644
--- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
+++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
@@ -4563,6 +4563,11 @@ port_configure_bond(struct port *port, struct bond_settings *s)
                   port->name);
     }
 
+    s->primary = NULL;
+    if (s->balance == BM_AB) {
+        s->primary = smap_get(&port->cfg->other_config, "bond-primary");
+    }
+
     miimon_interval = smap_get_int(&port->cfg->other_config,
                                    "bond-miimon-interval", 0);
     if (miimon_interval <= 0) {
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index f9339af85..7cb6edd41 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -1994,6 +1994,14 @@
         <code>active-backup</code>.
       </column>
 
+      <column name="other_config" key="bond-primary"
+              type='{"type": "string"}'>
+        If a slave interface with this name exists in the bond and
+        is up, it will be made active.  Relevant only when <ref
+        column="other_config" key="bond-mode"/> is
+        <code>active-backup</code>.
+      </column>
+
       <group title="Link Failure Detection">
         <p>
           An important part of link bonding is detecting that links are down so
-- 
2.22.0



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