On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM Han Zhou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM Numan Siddique <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > +Numan (fixed up his email address) > > > > > > On 10/7/25 5:28 PM, Dumitru Ceara wrote: > > > > On 10/7/25 5:17 PM, Martin Kennelly wrote: > > > >> Hi OVN team, > > > >> > > > > > > > > Hi Martin, > > > > > > > >> I would like to request a backport of the following patch titled > > > >> "northd: Introduce disable_garp_rarp option for logical_router > > > >> table" [1] to the 25.09.z branch. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Just in case there were small tweaks between what was on patchwork > and > > > > what actually ended up on the main branch: > > > > > > > > https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn/commit/4ed3b96 > > > > > > > >> We are maintaining a network plugin - ovn-kubernetes. We utilize the > > > >> full OVN stack per host. > > > >> When our network plugin, which programs OVN is down/not > reconciling, we > > > >> want to be able to suppress ovn-controller generated GARPs on its > > > >> startup, resulting from SNATs. > > > >> When our network plugin is down, we cannot be sure if the external > IP > > > >> defined in the SNAT has moved to another node. > > > >> > > > >> WIthout the aforementioned feature, we may GARP for an IP that isn't > > > >> "owned" by the current host. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Given that the feature is opt-in (disabled by default) and relatively > > > > straightforward to backport and also knowing that the workaround > > > > required for this issue in ovn-kubernetes is complex, I'm OK with > > > > backporting this feature. However, let's give other maintainers a > few > > > > days to object if they have concerns. > > > > No objections from me. > > > > Numan > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Dumitru > > > > > > > >> > > > >> Thank you, > > > >> > > > >> Martin Kennelly (Red Hat) > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> *[1] *https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ovn/ > > > >> patch/ > 67a5c2813f77c67f6069a3766edaf28982e2f81a.1757022110.git.lorenzo.bianc...@redhat.com/ > < > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ovn/patch/67a5c2813f77c67f6069a3766edaf28982e2f81a.1757022110.git.lorenzo.bianc...@redhat.com/ > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > No objections from me. > > Han >
Thank you all, based on the feedback above I went ahead and backported https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn/commit/4ed3b96 into 25.09. Regards, Ales _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
