[ovs-dev] [PATCH v3 ovn] Support 802.11ad EthType for localnet ports

Mark Michelson mmichels at redhat.com
Mon Apr 19 12:21:17 UTC 2021


Acked-by: Mark Michelson <mmichels at redhat.com>

On 4/16/21 1:07 PM, Ihar Hrachyshka wrote:
> In some environments, hardware serving the fabric network doesn't
> support double 802.1q (0x8100) VLAN tags, but does support 802.11ad
> (0x8a88) EthType for two layer VLAN traffic. Specifically, Cisco
> hardware UCS VIC was identified affected by this limitation.
> 
> With vlan-passthru=true set for a logical switch, VLAN tagged traffic
> may be generated by VIFs. This patch allows to support the feature in
> affected hardware environments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka <ihrachys at redhat.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> v1: initial version.
> v2: fixed test scenario to actually validate packets sent by vifs.
> v2: stylistic (spacing) change for a ternary operator.
> v3: ux: switch to symbolic vlan ethtype representation.
> ---
>   NEWS                  |  1 +
>   controller/physical.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++----
>   ovn-nb.xml            |  6 +++
>   tests/ovn.at          | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   4 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 0e98d5e36..1ddde15f8 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Post-v21.03.0
>     - Introduced parallel processing in ovn-northd with the NB_Global config option
>       'use_parallel_build' to enable it.  It is disabled by default.
>     - Support vlan-passthru mode for tag=0 localnet ports.
> +  - Support custom 802.11ad EthType for localnet ports.
>   
>   OVN v21.03.0 - 12 Mar 2021
>   -------------------------
> diff --git a/controller/physical.c b/controller/physical.c
> index 3710bf407..6ed02df29 100644
> --- a/controller/physical.c
> +++ b/controller/physical.c
> @@ -609,6 +609,37 @@ put_replace_chassis_mac_flows(const struct simap *ct_zones,
>       }
>   }
>   
> +#define VLAN_80211AD_ETHTYPE 0x88a8
> +#define VLAN_80211Q_ETHTYPE 0x8100
> +
> +static void
> +ofpact_put_push_vlan(struct ofpbuf *ofpacts, const struct smap *options, int tag)
> +{
> +    const char *ethtype_opt = NULL;
> +    if (options) {
> +        ethtype_opt = smap_get(options, "ethtype");
> +    }
> +
> +    int ethtype = VLAN_80211Q_ETHTYPE;
> +    if (ethtype_opt) {
> +        if (!strcasecmp(ethtype_opt, "802.11ad")) {
> +            ethtype = VLAN_80211AD_ETHTYPE;
> +        } else if (strcasecmp(ethtype_opt, "802.11q")) {
> +            static struct vlog_rate_limit rl = VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(1, 1);
> +            VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "Unknown port ethtype: %s", ethtype_opt);
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    struct ofpact_push_vlan *push_vlan;
> +    push_vlan = ofpact_put_PUSH_VLAN(ofpacts);
> +    push_vlan->ethertype = htons(ethtype);
> +
> +    struct ofpact_vlan_vid *vlan_vid;
> +    vlan_vid = ofpact_put_SET_VLAN_VID(ofpacts);
> +    vlan_vid->vlan_vid = tag;
> +    vlan_vid->push_vlan_if_needed = false;
> +}
> +
>   static void
>   put_replace_router_port_mac_flows(struct ovsdb_idl_index
>                                     *sbrec_port_binding_by_name,
> @@ -696,10 +727,7 @@ put_replace_router_port_mac_flows(struct ovsdb_idl_index
>           replace_mac->mac = chassis_mac;
>   
>           if (tag) {
> -            struct ofpact_vlan_vid *vlan_vid;
> -            vlan_vid = ofpact_put_SET_VLAN_VID(ofpacts_p);
> -            vlan_vid->vlan_vid = tag;
> -            vlan_vid->push_vlan_if_needed = true;
> +            ofpact_put_push_vlan(ofpacts_p, &localnet_port->options, tag);
>           }
>   
>           ofpact_put_OUTPUT(ofpacts_p)->port = ofport;
> @@ -1203,10 +1231,9 @@ consider_port_binding(struct ovsdb_idl_index *sbrec_port_binding_by_name,
>           if (tag) {
>               /* For containers sitting behind a local vif, tag the packets
>                * before delivering them. */
> -            struct ofpact_vlan_vid *vlan_vid;
> -            vlan_vid = ofpact_put_SET_VLAN_VID(ofpacts_p);
> -            vlan_vid->vlan_vid = tag;
> -            vlan_vid->push_vlan_if_needed = true;
> +            ofpact_put_push_vlan(
> +                ofpacts_p, localnet_port ? &localnet_port->options : NULL,
> +                tag);
>           }
>           ofpact_put_OUTPUT(ofpacts_p)->port = ofport;
>           if (tag) {
> diff --git a/ovn-nb.xml b/ovn-nb.xml
> index 365d9e9c9..feb38b5d3 100644
> --- a/ovn-nb.xml
> +++ b/ovn-nb.xml
> @@ -847,6 +847,12 @@
>             uses its local configuration to determine exactly how to connect to
>             this locally accessible network, if at all.
>           </column>
> +
> +        <column name="options" key="ethtype">
> +          Optional. VLAN EtherType field value for encapsulating VLAN
> +          headers. Supported values: 802.11q (default), 802.11ad.
> +        </column>
> +
>         </group>
>   
>         <group title="Options for l2gateway ports">
> diff --git a/tests/ovn.at b/tests/ovn.at
> index 4c3d76d57..d00bac131 100644
> --- a/tests/ovn.at
> +++ b/tests/ovn.at
> @@ -3227,6 +3227,91 @@ done
>   AT_CLEANUP
>   ])
>   
> +OVN_FOR_EACH_NORTHD([
> +AT_SETUP([ovn -- VLAN transparency, passthru=true, multiple hosts, custom ethtype])
> +ovn_start
> +
> +ethtype=802.11ad
> +
> +check ovn-nbctl ls-add ls
> +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb add Logical-Switch ls other_config vlan-passthru=true
> +
> +ln_port_name=ln-100
> +ovn-nbctl lsp-add ls $ln_port_name "" 100
> +ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses $ln_port_name unknown
> +ovn-nbctl lsp-set-type $ln_port_name localnet
> +ovn-nbctl lsp-set-options $ln_port_name network_name=phys-100 ethtype=$ethtype
> +net_add n-100
> +
> +# two hypervisors, each connected to the same network
> +for i in 1 2; do
> +    sim_add hv-$i
> +    as hv-$i
> +    ovs-vsctl add-br br-phys
> +    ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge-mappings=phys-100:br-phys
> +    ovn_attach n-100 br-phys 192.168.0.$i
> +done
> +
> +for i in 1 2; do
> +    check ovn-nbctl lsp-add ls lsp$i
> +    check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses lsp$i f0:00:00:00:00:0$i
> +done
> +
> +for i in 1 2; do
> +    as hv-$i
> +    ovs-vsctl add-port br-int vif$i -- set Interface vif$i external-ids:iface-id=lsp$i \
> +                                  options:tx_pcap=vif$i-tx.pcap \
> +                                  options:rxq_pcap=vif$i-rx.pcap \
> +                                  ofport-request=$i
> +    OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([test x`ovn-nbctl lsp-get-up lsp$i` = xup])
> +done
> +
> +# create taps on fabric to check vlan encapsulation there
> +for i in 1 2; do
> +    as hv-$i
> +    ovs-vsctl add-port br-phys tap$i -- set Interface tap$i \
> +                                  options:tx_pcap=tap$i-tx.pcap \
> +                                  options:rxq_pcap=tap$i-rx.pcap
> +done
> +
> +for i in 1 2; do
> +    : > $i.expected
> +done
> +: > tap.expected
> +
> +test_packet() {
> +    local inport=$1 dst=$2 src=$3 eth=$4 lout=$5 ethtype=$6
> +
> +    # First try tracing the packet.
> +    uflow="inport==\"lsp$inport\" && eth.dst==$dst && eth.src==$src && eth.type==0x$eth && vlan.present==1"
> +    echo "output(\"$lout\");" > expout
> +    AT_CAPTURE_FILE([trace])
> +    AT_CHECK([ovn-trace --all ls "$uflow" | tee trace | sed '1,/Minimal trace/d'], [0], [expout])
> +
> +    # Then actually send a packet, for an end-to-end test.
> +    payload=fefefefe
> +    local packet=$(echo $dst$src | sed 's/://g')${eth}${payload}
> +    vif=vif$inport
> +    as hv-$1
> +    ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/receive $vif $packet
> +    echo $packet >> ${inport}.expected
> +
> +    phys_packet=$(echo $dst$src | sed 's/://g')${ethtype}0064${eth}${payload}
> +    echo $phys_packet >> tap.expected
> +}
> +
> +test_packet 1 f0:00:00:00:00:03 f0:00:00:00:00:01 8100 ln-100 88a8
> +test_packet 2 f0:00:00:00:00:03 f0:00:00:00:00:02 8100 ln-100 88a8
> +for i in 1 2; do
> +    OVN_CHECK_PACKETS_REMOVE_BROADCAST([vif$i-rx.pcap], [$i.expected])
> +done
> +for i in 1 2; do
> +    OVN_CHECK_PACKETS_REMOVE_BROADCAST([tap$i-tx.pcap], [tap.expected])
> +done
> +
> +AT_CLEANUP
> +])
> +
>   OVN_FOR_EACH_NORTHD([
>   AT_SETUP([ovn -- VLAN transparency, passthru=true, multiple hosts, flat/untagged])
>   ovn_start
> 



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