Hi Mark,

Em sex., 17 de jul. de 2026 às 15:01, Mark Michelson via dev <
[email protected]> escreveu:

> Hi Lucas, thanks for the patch!
>
> I like the concept, but I'm curious about something. northd calls
> lsp_can_be_inc_processed() on all ovn_ports and caches the result. I
> wonder if you could invert the logic of virtual_lsp_needs_recompute()
> into a virtual_lsp_can_be_inc_processed() function instead. Then, you
> could incorporate this function into lsp_can_be_inc_processed(). This
> way, you would not need to make any alterations to
> handle_lsp_changes().
>
> Would that work, or is there something I'm missing?
>
>
I think it works. I'll adjust.

Regards,
Lucas


> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM Lucas Vargas Dias
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Until now any change to a logical switch port of type "virtual" fell back
> > to a full northd recompute, because lsp_can_be_inc_processed() only
> allowed
> > plain VIF and remote ports.  Enable incremental processing for creation
> and
> > deletion of virtual ports as well.
> >
> > The per-port lflows of a virtual port (the "bind_vport" ARP/ND responder
> > flows) are anchored on the port's own lflow_ref and are already handled
> by
> > the generic created/deleted tracked-port paths in the lflow engine.  The
> > dependency on the virtual parents is likewise already handled (existing
> > virtual ports are re-tracked when a parent VIF is created or deleted).
> >
> > Some virtual ports, however, have dependencies that live outside of their
> > own lflow_ref and that the incremental LSP path does not keep in sync.
> For
> > those we detect the situation and fall back to a full recompute:
> >
> >   - A distributed NAT rule whose logical_port is the virtual port adds a
> >     S_ROUTER_IN_GW_REDIRECT drop flow owned by the router datapath's
> >     lflow_ref (see build_lrouter_nat_defrag_and_lb()).
> >
> >   - Dynamic routing on a connected router advertises host routes for a
> >     virtual port based on its SB "virtual_parent", i.e. once the port is
> >     claimed.  The claim reaches northd as an "up"-only change on the NB
> >     port, which the incremental path otherwise ignores, so the advertised
> >     route engine would not be re-run.  The fallback is therefore also
> >     applied on the update path, before the "ignore_lsp_down" shortcut.
> >
> > Add tests covering incremental create/delete of a virtual port as well as
> > the recompute fallbacks for the distributed-NAT and dynamic-routing
> cases.
> >
> > Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.8, ClaudeCode
> > Signed-off-by: Lucas Vargas Dias <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  northd/northd.c     |  75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  tests/ovn-northd.at | 129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/northd/northd.c b/northd/northd.c
> > index 3a4afa063..4f4c0733a 100644
> > --- a/northd/northd.c
> > +++ b/northd/northd.c
> > @@ -1278,6 +1278,12 @@ lsp_is_remote(const struct
> nbrec_logical_switch_port *nbsp)
> >      return !strcmp(nbsp->type, "remote");
> >  }
> >
> > +static bool
> > +lsp_is_virtual(const struct nbrec_logical_switch_port *nbsp)
> > +{
> > +    return !strcmp(nbsp->type, "virtual");
> > +}
> > +
> >  static bool
> >  lsp_is_localnet(const struct nbrec_logical_switch_port *nbsp)
> >  {
> > @@ -4620,8 +4626,8 @@ destroy_northd_tracked_data(struct northd_data *nd)
> >  static bool
> >  lsp_can_be_inc_processed(const struct nbrec_logical_switch_port *nbsp)
> >  {
> > -    /* Support only normal VIF and remote ports for now. */
> > -    if (nbsp->type[0] && !lsp_is_remote(nbsp)) {
> > +    /* Support only normal VIF, remote and virtual ports for now. */
> > +    if (nbsp->type[0] && !lsp_is_remote(nbsp) && !lsp_is_virtual(nbsp))
> {
> >          return false;
> >      }
> >
> > @@ -4666,6 +4672,48 @@ lsp_can_be_inc_processed(const struct
> nbrec_logical_switch_port *nbsp)
> >      return true;
> >  }
> >
> > +/* A logical switch port of type "virtual" can have dependencies that
> live
> > + * outside of its own 'lflow_ref' and that the incremental LSP path
> does not
> > + * keep in sync.  When any such dependency is present on a logical
> router
> > + * connected to the port's logical switch, the caller must fall back to
> a full
> > + * recompute.  The known dependencies are:
> > + *
> > + *  - A distributed NAT rule whose 'logical_port' is this virtual
> port.  It
> > + *    adds a S_ROUTER_IN_GW_REDIRECT drop flow (see
> > + *    build_lrouter_nat_defrag_and_lb()) owned by the router datapath's
> > + *    'lflow_ref', not by the virtual port.
> > + *
> > + *  - Dynamic routing on the connected router.  Host routes for a
> virtual port
> > + *    are advertised based on its SB 'virtual_parent' (i.e. once the
> port is
> > + *    claimed, see publish_host_routes_for_virtual_ports()).  The claim
> reaches
> > + *    northd as an "up"-only change on the NB port, which the
> incremental path
> > + *    ignores, so the advertised-route engine would not be re-run. */
> > +static bool
> > +virtual_lsp_needs_recompute(struct ovn_datapath *od, const char *lport)
> > +{
> > +    struct ovn_port *rp;
> > +    VECTOR_FOR_EACH (&od->router_ports, rp) {
> > +        struct ovn_port *lrp = rp->peer;
> > +        if (!lrp || !lrp->od || !lrp->od->nbr) {
> > +            continue;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        if (lrp->od->dynamic_routing) {
> > +            return true;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        const struct nbrec_logical_router *nbr = lrp->od->nbr;
> > +        for (size_t i = 0; i < nbr->n_nat; i++) {
> > +            const struct nbrec_nat *nat = nbr->nat[i];
> > +            if (nat->logical_port && !strcmp(nat->logical_port, lport)
> &&
> > +                is_nat_distributed(nat, lrp->od)) {
> > +                return true;
> > +            }
> > +        }
> > +    }
> > +    return false;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static bool
> >  ls_port_has_changed(const struct nbrec_logical_switch_port *new)
> >  {
> > @@ -4963,6 +5011,13 @@ ls_handle_lsp_changes(struct ovsdb_idl_txn
> *ovnsb_idl_txn,
> >                  if (!lsp_can_be_inc_processed(new_nbsp)) {
> >                      goto fail;
> >                  }
> > +                if (lsp_is_virtual(new_nbsp) &&
> > +                    virtual_lsp_needs_recompute(od, new_nbsp->name)) {
> > +                    /* The new virtual port has a dependency on a
> connected
> > +                     * router that can't be handled incrementally.
> Fall back
> > +                     * to recompute. */
> > +                    goto fail;
> > +                }
> >                  op = ls_port_create(ovnsb_idl_txn, &nd->ls_ports,
> >                                      new_nbsp->name, new_nbsp, od,
> >                                      ni->sbrec_mirror_table,
> > @@ -4981,6 +5036,15 @@ ls_handle_lsp_changes(struct ovsdb_idl_txn
> *ovnsb_idl_txn,
> >                      !lsp_can_be_inc_processed(new_nbsp)) {
> >                      goto fail;
> >                  }
> > +                if (lsp_is_virtual(new_nbsp) &&
> > +                    virtual_lsp_needs_recompute(od, new_nbsp->name)) {
> > +                    /* This virtual port has a dependency on a
> connected router
> > +                     * that can't be handled incrementally.  In
> particular a
> > +                     * claim (which reaches northd as an "up"-only
> change) must
> > +                     * re-run the advertised-route engine.  Fall back to
> > +                     * recompute. */
> > +                    goto fail;
> > +                }
> >                  const struct sbrec_port_binding *sb = op->sb;
> >                  if (sset_contains(&nd->svc_monitor_lsps,
> new_nbsp->name)) {
> >                      /* This port is used for svc monitor, which may be
> impacted
> > @@ -5038,6 +5102,13 @@ ls_handle_lsp_changes(struct ovsdb_idl_txn
> *ovnsb_idl_txn,
> >              if (!op->lsp_can_be_inc_processed) {
> >                  goto fail;
> >              }
> > +            if (lsp_is_virtual(op->nbsp) &&
> > +                virtual_lsp_needs_recompute(op->od, op->key)) {
> > +                /* This virtual port has a dependency on a connected
> router
> > +                 * that can't be regenerated incrementally.  Fall back
> to
> > +                 * recompute. */
> > +                goto fail;
> > +            }
> >              if (sset_contains(&nd->svc_monitor_lsps, op->key)) {
> >                  /* This port was used for svc monitor, which may be
> >                   * impacted by this deletion. Fallback to recompute. */
> > diff --git a/tests/ovn-northd.at b/tests/ovn-northd.at
> > index 86cab3d5b..ed7aef72f 100644
> > --- a/tests/ovn-northd.at
> > +++ b/tests/ovn-northd.at
> > @@ -12043,6 +12043,135 @@ ignored_dp=ls0
> >  AT_CLEANUP
> >  ])
> >
> > +AT_SETUP([Virtual port incremental processing])
> > +AT_KEYWORDS([incremental processing])
> > +ovn_start
> > +
> > +check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw0
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add sw0 vif0 \
> > +    -- lsp-set-addresses vif0 "00:00:00:00:00:01 10.0.0.4"
> > +
> > +# Creating a virtual port should be incrementally processed.
> > +check as northd ovn-appctl -t ovn-northd inc-engine/clear-stats
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add sw0 vip0 \
> > +    -- lsp-set-type vip0 virtual \
> > +    -- set Logical_Switch_Port vip0 \
> > +        options:virtual-ip=10.0.0.10 options:virtual-parents=vif0
> > +check_engine_compute northd incremental
> > +check_engine_compute lflow incremental
> > +
> > +# The bind_vport flow for the virtual port is present.
> > +AT_CHECK([ovn-sbctl dump-flows sw0 | grep ls_in_arp_rsp | grep
> bind_vport \
> > +    | ovn_strip_lflows], [0], [dnl
> > +  table=??(ls_in_arp_rsp      ), priority=100  , match=(inport ==
> "vif0" && ((arp.op == 1 && arp.spa == 10.0.0.10 && arp.tpa == 10.0.0.10) ||
> (arp.op == 2 && arp.spa == 10.0.0.10))), action=(bind_vport("vip0",
> inport); next;)
> > +])
> > +
> > +CHECK_NO_CHANGE_AFTER_RECOMPUTE
> > +
> > +# Deleting a virtual port should be incrementally processed.
> > +check as northd ovn-appctl -t ovn-northd inc-engine/clear-stats
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-del vip0
> > +check_engine_compute northd incremental
> > +check_engine_compute lflow incremental
> > +
> > +# The bind_vport flow for the virtual port is gone.
> > +AT_CHECK([ovn-sbctl dump-flows sw0 | grep ls_in_arp_rsp | grep
> bind_vport \
> > +    | ovn_strip_lflows], [0], [])
> > +
> > +CHECK_NO_CHANGE_AFTER_RECOMPUTE
> > +
> > +OVN_CLEANUP_NORTHD
> > +AT_CLEANUP
> > +
> > +AT_SETUP([Virtual port incremental processing fallback with distributed
> NAT])
> > +AT_KEYWORDS([incremental processing])
> > +ovn_start
> > +
> > +check ovn-sbctl chassis-add gw1 geneve 127.0.0.1
> > +
> > +check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw0
> > +check ovn-nbctl lr-add lr0
> > +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-sw0 00:00:00:00:ff:01 10.0.0.1/24
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add-router-port sw0 sw0-lr0 lr0-sw0
> > +
> > +# Distributed gateway port so that dnat_and_snat NATs become
> distributed.
> > +check ovn-nbctl ls-add public
> > +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-public 00:00:20:20:12:13
> 172.168.0.100/24
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add-router-port public public-lr0
> lr0-public
> > +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add-localnet-port public ln-public public
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lrp-set-gateway-chassis lr0-public gw1 20
> > +
> > +# Parent VIF and the virtual port.  No NAT references it yet, so
> creating it is
> > +# incrementally processed.
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add sw0 vif0 \
> > +    -- lsp-set-addresses vif0 "00:00:20:20:12:01 10.0.0.4"
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add sw0 vip0 \
> > +    -- lsp-set-type vip0 virtual \
> > +    -- set Logical_Switch_Port vip0 \
> > +        options:virtual-ip=10.0.0.5 options:virtual-parents=vif0
> > +
> > +# Distributed dnat_and_snat whose logical_port is the virtual port
> 'vip0'.
> > +# The router's S_ROUTER_IN_GW_REDIRECT drop flow for this NAT depends on
> > +# 'vip0' being a virtual port, but that flow is owned by the router
> datapath's
> > +# lflow_ref, not by 'vip0'.
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lr-nat-add lr0 dnat_and_snat \
> > +    172.168.0.110 10.0.0.5 vip0 30:54:00:00:00:03
> > +
> > +# Deleting the virtual port must fall back to recompute.
> > +check as northd ovn-appctl -t ovn-northd inc-engine/clear-stats
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-del vip0
> > +check_engine_compute northd recompute
> > +
> > +# Re-creating the virtual port (still referenced by the NAT) must also
> fall
> > +# back to recompute.
> > +check as northd ovn-appctl -t ovn-northd inc-engine/clear-stats
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add sw0 vip0 \
> > +    -- lsp-set-type vip0 virtual \
> > +    -- set Logical_Switch_Port vip0 \
> > +        options:virtual-ip=10.0.0.5 options:virtual-parents=vif0
> > +check_engine_compute northd recompute
> > +
> > +CHECK_NO_CHANGE_AFTER_RECOMPUTE
> > +
> > +OVN_CLEANUP_NORTHD
> > +AT_CLEANUP
> > +
> > +AT_SETUP([Virtual port incremental processing fallback with dynamic
> routing])
> > +AT_KEYWORDS([incremental processing])
> > +ovn_start
> > +
> > +check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw0
> > +check ovn-nbctl lr-add lr0 \
> > +    -- set Logical_Router lr0 options:dynamic-routing=true
> > +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-sw0 00:00:00:00:ff:01 10.0.0.1/24 \
> > +    -- set Logical_Router_Port lr0-sw0 \
> > +        options:dynamic-routing-redistribute=connected-as-host
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add-router-port sw0 sw0-lr0 lr0-sw0
> > +
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add sw0 vif0 \
> > +    -- lsp-set-addresses vif0 "00:00:00:00:00:01 10.0.0.4"
> > +
> > +# Creating a virtual port on a switch connected to a dynamic-routing
> router
> > +# must fall back to recompute: advertised host routes for virtual ports
> depend
> > +# on the SB "virtual_parent" (claim), which the incremental path does
> not
> > +# track.
> > +check as northd ovn-appctl -t ovn-northd inc-engine/clear-stats
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-add sw0 vip0 \
> > +    -- lsp-set-type vip0 virtual \
> > +    -- set Logical_Switch_Port vip0 \
> > +        options:virtual-ip=10.0.0.5 options:virtual-parents=vif0
> > +check_engine_compute northd recompute
> > +
> > +# Deleting it must also fall back to recompute.
> > +check as northd ovn-appctl -t ovn-northd inc-engine/clear-stats
> > +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lsp-del vip0
> > +check_engine_compute northd recompute
> > +
> > +CHECK_NO_CHANGE_AFTER_RECOMPUTE
> > +
> > +OVN_CLEANUP_NORTHD
> > +AT_CLEANUP
> > +
> >  OVN_FOR_EACH_NORTHD_NO_HV([
> >  AT_SETUP([SB Port binding incremental processing])
> >  ovn_start
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
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