operator: add allowNoUplink to OVN-Kubernetes GatewayConfig - #3009
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Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change is localized, but the API documentation currently describes Disabled as allowing the platform to choose while the enum contract requires a physical uplink. Aligning that documentation before merge is recommended; the remaining risk is bounded and does not require blocking the change. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15✅ Passed checks (15 passed)
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| // is "Disabled", which requires an uplink on the gateway bridge. | ||
| // This setting only takes effect when routingViaHost is true (local gateway mode). | ||
| // +optional | ||
| AllowNoUplink AllowNoUplinkEnablement `json:"allowNoUplink,omitempty"` |
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The field name allowNoUplink with Enabled/Disabled values has a couple of issues:
- Double negative —
allowNoUplink: Disabledmeans "don't allow no uplink" = "require uplink." The conventions call for "only one phrasing for each idea." - Disguised boolean — Enabled/Disabled is essentially a boolean in enum form. It's recommended to use domain-meaningful enum values instead (e.g., "Optional", "Required").
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// Option A
UplinkMode UplinkMode `json:"uplinkMode,omitempty"`
// Option B
UplinkRequirement UplinkRequirement `json:"uplinkRequirement,omitempty"`With
// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum:="Required";"Optional"Required maps to the current default behavior (uplink must exist on br-ex), Optional maps to the new "allow no uplink" behavior.
The empty string enum "" value is unnecessary. The field is optional with omitempty, so omission already expresses "no opinion."
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I'd push back on Yes/No, those are still boolean-ish values, which is what we are trying to move away from. uplinkMode with Required / Optional reads more naturally and uses domain-meaningful values that can easily be extended in the future if needed.
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I think Optional is not the value we want - there is no option.. its gotta be absent or present as the intent of the API i.e if its set to allownouplink=true then we expect no uplink configured there
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Uplink: Present or Enabled or Required or Set or Expected?
Uplink: Absent or Disabled or ??
deff u/s definition of AllowNoUplink naming wasn't done well :) so we shouldn't use that as the user facing config
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What about Required (gateway bridges must have uplink configured) v/s None (gateway bridges must have no uplink configured) and in future Optional if someone asks for that...
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After looking at the upstream ovn-kubernetes code, I'm revising my earlier position. The --allow-no-uplink flag acts purely as a "tolerate absence" guard every usage checks both the config flag and whether the uplink is actually missing. If the flag is set but an uplink is present, the system works normally. It never disables uplink functionality; it just relaxes the requirement:
- bridgeconfig.go#L215-L219 : only enters the "no uplink" path when getIntfName fails; if the uplink exists, normal path runs.
- bridgeconfig.go#L215-L219 : only enters the "no uplink" path when getIntfName fails; if the uplink exists, normal path runs.
- gateway_shared_intf.go#L257-L260 : AllowNoUplink && ofportPhys == "" skips service flows only when both conditions are true; if uplink is present, ofportPhys is populated and flows are added normally.
- openflow_manager.go#L737-L741 : AllowNoUplink && physIntf == "" same pattern; if uplink is present, tracking proceeds as normal.
- gateway_init.go#L95-L97 suppresses error only when getDefaultGatewayInterfaceDetails fails; if uplink exists, this succeeds and the guard is irrelevant.
So maybe Optional is the right call :) but None is equally ok for me
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None would mean you need to explicitly validate there is no uplink configured, which doesn't seem the case based on your research.
Seems Required / Optional fits nicely here.
Allow users to start a local-gateway br-ex without a physical uplink. Omitted or false preserves the current ovn-kubernetes default. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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In `@operator/v1/types_network.go`:
- Around line 657-659: Update the documentation for the uplink enum near
AllowNoUplinkDisabled so omission is described as expressing no opinion, while
the explicit Disabled value is documented as requiring a physical uplink; remove
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| // When omitted or set to "Disabled", this means no opinion and the platform is left to | ||
| // choose a reasonable default which is subject to change over time. The current default | ||
| // is "Disabled", which requires an uplink on the gateway bridge. |
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Define Disabled as an explicit uplink requirement.
Disabled is an explicit enum value. It should not mean “no opinion” or depend on a future platform default.
Document omission as no opinion. Document Disabled as requiring a physical uplink. This matches AllowNoUplinkDisabled and the declared API contract.
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- // When omitted or set to "Disabled", this means no opinion and the platform is left to
- // choose a reasonable default which is subject to change over time. The current default
- // is "Disabled", which requires an uplink on the gateway bridge.
+ // When omitted, the platform chooses its default behavior.
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In `@operator/v1/types_network.go` around lines 657 - 659, Update the
documentation for the uplink enum near AllowNoUplinkDisabled so omission is
described as expressing no opinion, while the explicit Disabled value is
documented as requiring a physical uplink; remove wording that treats Disabled
as a platform-dependent default.
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Allow users to start a local-gateway br-ex without a physical uplink. Omitted or false preserves the current ovn-kubernetes default.