On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 12:22 PM Numan Siddique <num...@ovn.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 9:57 AM Dumitru Ceara <dce...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/28/23 03:38, num...@ovn.org wrote:
> > > From: Numan Siddique <num...@ovn.org>
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Numan Siddique <num...@ovn.org>
> > > ---
> > >  northd/inc-proc-northd.c | 9 ++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/northd/inc-proc-northd.c b/northd/inc-proc-northd.c
> > > index 7b1c6597e2..28f397ff39 100644
> > > --- a/northd/inc-proc-northd.c
> > > +++ b/northd/inc-proc-northd.c
> > > @@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ void inc_proc_northd_init(struct ovsdb_idl_loop
*nb,
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_mirror, NULL);
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_meter, NULL);
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_datapath_binding, NULL);
> > > -    engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_mac_binding, NULL);
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_dns, NULL);
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_ha_chassis_group, NULL);
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_ip_multicast, NULL);
> > > @@ -196,6 +195,14 @@ void inc_proc_northd_init(struct ovsdb_idl_loop
*nb,
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_global_config,
> > >                       northd_global_config_handler);
> > >
> > > +    /* northd engine node uses the sb mac binding table to
> > > +     * cleanup mac binding entries for deleted logical ports
> > > +     * and datapaths. Any update to to SB mac binding doesn't
> > > +     * change the northd engine node state or data.  Hence
> > > +     * it is ok to add a noop_handler here. */
> > > +    engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_mac_binding,
> > > +                     engine_noop_handler);
> > > +
> >
> > Isn't this just a case of "ovn-northd" is not really interested in
> > change tracking for SB.MAC_Binding?  Can't we instead just disable
> > alerting, ovsdb_idl_omit_alert(..), for all SBREC_MAC_BINDING columns
> > like we do for other SB tables (lflow, multicast_group, meter,
> > portt_group, logical_dp_group)?
>
> I thought about that.  But mac_binding_ageing engine node also depends
> on SB mac_binding and it results in full recompute (no handler for it).
>
This is a reasonable consideration. In this case I would put such
consideration in the comment that explains why using the noop handler.

> If @Ales Musil  can confirm that the mac_binding_ageing node doesn't need
> to handle SB mac_binding changes,  then I'm fine with your suggestion.
>
I tend to believe that mac_binding_aging node doesn't really need to handle
mac_binding changes. The aging node processing should be triggered solely
by the aging timer. @Ales Musil <amu...@redhat.com> may help confirm.

Thanks,
Han

> Thanks
> Numan
>
> >
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_sb_port_binding,
> > >                       northd_sb_port_binding_handler);
> > >      engine_add_input(&en_northd, &en_nb_logical_switch,
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dumitru
> >
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