I have a question, I'm using ovn_datapath in the function
virtual_lsp_can_be_inc_processed.
So, I will need to pass ovn_datapath to ovn_port_set_nb. It's called by
many functions.
What do you think? Is it better to keep this v0 or send a version adjusting
the functions?

Regards,
Lucas

Em sex., 17 de jul. de 2026 às 15:24, Lucas Vargas Dias
<[email protected]> escreveu:

> 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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