I'm not sure what to make of this discussion. Han, will you update the
patch to update the documentation? It seems that, at a minimum, that is
the conclusion here.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 06:40:45PM -0700, aginwala wrote:
> Sure. Thanks for re-validating different corner cases with me. Yup, we can
> update more details in leader-only section about using single LB VIP while
> accessing clustered db via ovn-nbctl/ovn-sbctl for sure to avoid
> confusion.
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 3:21 PM Han Zhou <zhou...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Aginwala, thanks for the testing. The change of this patch will cause
> > the IDL to avoid connecting to a follower if "leader_only" is set to
> > "true". It is the same behavior as before when multiple remotes are used,
> > but now it just does the same even when a single remote is used, because
> > the single remote could be a VIP, so it is desired behavior. For
> > ovn-nbctl, "leader_only" is default to true, so it is expected that it
> > refuses to connect if the remote is a follower. However, if you are using
> > daemon mode ovn-nbctl, and if you didn't set "--no-leader-only", it should
> > keep retrying until it connects to a leader (depends on LB redirecting to
> > different servers). I agree this may cause some confusion when a user of
> > ovn-nbctl connects to only a single remote of a cluster, he/she could get
> > failure if --no-leader-only is not specified, but it is better than let
> > user believe they are connected to a leader while in reality connected to a
> > follower. Maybe I can improve the ovn-nbctl/sbctl documentation to emphasis
> > this to avoid confusion.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 7:13 PM aginwala <aginw...@asu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 7:07 PM aginwala <aginw...@asu.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks for the fixes. Found a bug in current code which breaks both
> >>> nbctl with local socket and daemon mode on follower nodes. Also nbctl
> >>> daemon mode always tries to connect to leader node by default which also
> >>> failed to connect.
> >>> e.g. export OVN_NB_DB=tcp:<lb_vip>:6641; ovn-nbctl --pidfile --detach.
> >>>
> >>> 2019-08-14T01:07:06Z|00036|ovsdb_idl|INFO|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/ovnnb_db.sock:
> >>> clustered database server is not cluster leader; trying another server
> >>> 2019-08-14T01:07:06Z|00037|reconnect|DBG|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/ovnnb_db.sock:
> >>> entering RECONNECT
> >>> 2019-08-14T01:07:06Z|00038|ovsdb_idl|DBG|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/ovnnb_db.sock:
> >>> SERVER_MONITOR_COND_REQUESTED -> RETRY at lib/ovsdb-idl.c:1917
> >>> 2019-08-14T01:07:06Z|00039|poll_loop|DBG|wakeup due to 0-ms timeout at
> >>> lib/reconnect.c:643
> >>> 2019-08-14T01:07:06Z|00040|reconnect|INFO|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/ovnnb_db.sock:
> >>> connection attempt timed out
> >>> 2019-08-14T01:07:06Z|00041|reconnect|INFO|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/ovnnb_db.sock:
> >>> waiting 2 seconds before reconnect
> >>> 2019-08-14T01:07:06Z|00042|reconnect|DBG|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/ovnnb_db.sock:
> >>> entering BACKOFF
> >>>
> >>> Need to explicitly specify no-leader-only to work around. ovn-nbctl
> >>> --pidfile --detach --no-leader-only.
> >>> For LB VIP, since LB sees all nodes are active, connections are
> >>> established to all cluster nodes equally. I am using round robin setting
> >>> for LB VIP for 3 node cluster using raft.
> >>>
> >>> Hence, are we always going to avoid this behavior because this is
> >>> forcing to always connect to leader and not to followers? So if we use
> >>> this
> >>> approach, idl will show ovn-nbctl: tcp:<lb_vip>:6641: database connection
> >>> failed () if requests reaches followers and only processes success if
> >>> request reaches leader node with this patch.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 9:23 AM Han Zhou <zhou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> From: Han Zhou <hzh...@ebay.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> When clustered mode is used, the client needs to retry connecting
> >>>> to new servers when certain failures happen. Today it is allowed to
> >>>> retry new connection only if multiple remotes are used, which prevents
> >>>> using LB VIP with clustered nodes. This patch makes sure the retry
> >>>> logic works when using LB VIP: although same IP is used for retrying,
> >>>> the LB can actually redirect the connection to a new node.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Han Zhou <hzh...@ebay.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> lib/ovsdb-idl.c | 11 +++-------
> >>>> tests/ovsdb-cluster.at | 57
> >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>> tests/test-ovsdb.c | 1 +
> >>>> 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/lib/ovsdb-idl.c b/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
> >>>> index 1a6a4af..190143f 100644
> >>>> --- a/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
> >>>> +++ b/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
> >>>> @@ -657,12 +657,8 @@ ovsdb_idl_state_to_string(enum ovsdb_idl_state
> >>>> state)
> >>>> static void
> >>>> ovsdb_idl_retry_at(struct ovsdb_idl *idl, const char *where)
> >>>> {
> >>>> - if (idl->session && jsonrpc_session_get_n_remotes(idl->session) >
> >>>> 1) {
> >>>> - ovsdb_idl_force_reconnect(idl);
> >>>> - ovsdb_idl_transition_at(idl, IDL_S_RETRY, where);
> >>>> - } else {
> >>>> - ovsdb_idl_transition_at(idl, IDL_S_ERROR, where);
> >>>> - }
> >>>> + ovsdb_idl_force_reconnect(idl);
> >>>> + ovsdb_idl_transition_at(idl, IDL_S_RETRY, where);
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> static void
> >>>> @@ -1895,8 +1891,7 @@ ovsdb_idl_check_server_db(struct ovsdb_idl *idl)
> >>>> if (!database) {
> >>>> VLOG_INFO_RL(&rl, "%s: server does not have %s database",
> >>>> server_name, idl->data.class_->database);
> >>>> - } else if (!strcmp(database->model, "clustered")
> >>>> - && jsonrpc_session_get_n_remotes(idl->session) > 1) {
> >>>> + } else if (!strcmp(database->model, "clustered")) {
> >>>>
> >>> > I think this check jsonrpc_session_get_n_remotes(idl->session) > 1 is
> >>> still needed for follower nodes for monitor condition to avoid this bug.
> >>> Correct me if I am wrong or missed any case.
> >>>
> >>> uint64_t index = database->n_index ? *database->index : 0;
> >>>>
> >>>> if (!database->schema) {
> >>>> diff --git a/tests/ovsdb-cluster.at b/tests/ovsdb-cluster.at
> >>>> index 4701272..6a13843 100644
> >>>> --- a/tests/ovsdb-cluster.at
> >>>> +++ b/tests/ovsdb-cluster.at
> >>>> @@ -63,6 +63,63 @@ m4_define([OVSDB_CHECK_EXECUTION],
> >>>> EXECUTION_EXAMPLES
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> +AT_BANNER([OVSDB - disconnect from cluster])
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# When a node is disconnected from the cluster, the IDL should
> >>>> disconnect
> >>>> +# and retry even if it uses a single remote, because the remote IP can
> >>>> be
> >>>> +# a VIP on a load-balance.
> >>>> +AT_SETUP([OVSDB cluster - disconnect from cluster, single remote])
> >>>> +AT_KEYWORDS([ovsdb server negative unix cluster disconnect])
> >>>> +
> >>>> +schema_name=`ovsdb-tool schema-name $abs_srcdir/idltest.ovsschema`
> >>>> +ordinal_schema > schema
> >>>> +AT_CHECK([ovsdb-tool '-vPATTERN:console:%c|%p|%m' create-cluster s1.db
> >>>> $abs_srcdir/idltest.ovsschema unix:s1.raft], [0], [], [stderr])
> >>>> +cid=`ovsdb-tool db-cid s1.db`
> >>>> +schema_name=`ovsdb-tool schema-name $abs_srcdir/idltest.ovsschema`
> >>>> +for i in `seq 2 3`; do
> >>>> + AT_CHECK([ovsdb-tool join-cluster s$i.db $schema_name
> >>>> unix:s$i.raft unix:s1.raft])
> >>>> +done
> >>>> +
> >>>> +on_exit 'kill `cat *.pid`'
> >>>> +for i in `seq 3`; do
> >>>> + AT_CHECK([ovsdb-server -v -vconsole:off -vsyslog:off --detach
> >>>> --no-chdir --log-file=s$i.log --pidfile=s$i.pid --unixctl=s$i
> >>>> --remote=punix:s$i.ovsdb s$i.db])
> >>>> +done
> >>>> +for i in `seq 3`; do
> >>>> + AT_CHECK([ovsdb_client_wait unix:s$i.ovsdb $schema_name connected])
> >>>> +done
> >>>> +
> >>>> +AT_CHECK([ovsdb-client transact unix:s1.ovsdb '[["idltest",
> >>>> + {"op": "insert",
> >>>> + "table": "simple",
> >>>> + "row": {"i": 1}}]]'], [0], [ignore], [ignore])
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# Connect to a single remote s3. Use "wait" to trigger a non-op
> >>>> transaction so
> >>>> +# that test-ovsdb will not quit.
> >>>> +
> >>>> +on_exit 'pkill test-ovsdb'
> >>>> +test-ovsdb '-vPATTERN:console:test-ovsdb|%c|%m' -v -t10 idl
> >>>> unix:s3.ovsdb '[["idltest",
> >>>> + {"op": "wait",
> >>>> + "table": "simple",
> >>>> + "where": [["i", "==", 1]],
> >>>> + "columns": ["i"],
> >>>> + "until": "==",
> >>>> + "rows": [{"i": 1}]}]]' > test-ovsdb.log 2>&1 &
> >>>> +
> >>>> +OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([grep "000: i=1" test-ovsdb.log])
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# Shutdown the other 2 servers so that s3 is disconnected from the
> >>>> cluster.
> >>>> +for i in 2 1; do
> >>>> + OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT_BY_TARGET([`pwd`/s$i], [s$i.pid])
> >>>> +done
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# The test-ovsdb should detect the disconnect and retry.
> >>>> +OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([grep disconnect test-ovsdb.log])
> >>>> +
> >>>> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT_BY_TARGET([`pwd`/s3], [s3.pid])
> >>>> +
> >>>> +AT_CLEANUP
> >>>> +
> >>>> +
> >>>> OVS_START_SHELL_HELPERS
> >>>> # ovsdb_cluster_failure_test SCHEMA_FUNC OUTPUT TRANSACTION...
> >>>> ovsdb_cluster_failure_test () {
> >>>> diff --git a/tests/test-ovsdb.c b/tests/test-ovsdb.c
> >>>> index 187eb28..b1a4be3 100644
> >>>> --- a/tests/test-ovsdb.c
> >>>> +++ b/tests/test-ovsdb.c
> >>>> @@ -2412,6 +2412,7 @@ do_idl(struct ovs_cmdl_context *ctx)
> >>>> track = ((struct test_ovsdb_pvt_context *)(ctx->pvt))->track;
> >>>>
> >>>> idl = ovsdb_idl_create(ctx->argv[1], &idltest_idl_class, true,
> >>>> true);
> >>>> + ovsdb_idl_set_leader_only(idl, false);
> >>>> if (ctx->argc > 2) {
> >>>> struct stream *stream;
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> 2.1.0
> >>>>
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