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Automated backport of #4131: Fix get nexthop IP address for OVN mgmt interface - #4135

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Backport of #4131 on release-0.24.

#4131: Fix get nexthop IP address for OVN mgmt interface

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved route selection when multiple routes share a destination.
    • Network-address routes are now skipped when selecting a gateway.
    • Host routes without an explicit gateway are now accepted correctly.
    • Improved handling of management-interface address changes across IPv4 and IPv6.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for IPv4 and IPv6 host routes, route ordering, gateway selection, and management-interface changes.

The getNextHopOnK8sMgmtIntf() function would return Dst.IP
when no explicit gateway was set on a route. However, Dst.IP is the
network address (the base of the CIDR), not a valid host IP.

Fix: Added validation to skip routes where Dst.IP equals the network
address (IP & Mask == IP), but allow host routes (/32 or /128) where
Dst.IP is a valid host address.

Tests: Added test cases to verify:
1. Network addresses are rejected when route order changes
2. Host routes (/32 or /128) with Gw=nil are accepted

Addresses CodeRabbit review comment about preserving /32 and /128 routes.

Fixes: submariner-io#4121
Signed-off-by: Yossi Boaron <yboaron@redhat.com>
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🤖 Created branch: z_pr4135/yboaron/automated-backport-of-#4131-origin-release-0.24
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Walkthrough

The OVN host-network route matcher now skips gateway-less network-address routes and accepts gateway-less /32 and /128 host routes. Tests cover route ordering, IPv4 and IPv6 host routes, and management-interface address changes.

Changes

OVN route selection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Route matching behavior
pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/host_networking.go
Gateway-less network-address routes are logged and skipped. Gateway-less /32 and /128 host routes remain eligible.
Route selection integration tests
pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/handler_test.go
Tests cover competing routes, route ordering, IPv4 and IPv6 host routes, IP-family-specific endpoint subnets, and management-interface address changes.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to cceb8

The PR fixes nexthop handling for the OVN management interface, but its tests currently do not validate the IPv6 address-change path or the intended host-route behavior. Merge should wait for those test corrections so regressions in these paths cannot go undetected.

Suggested reviewers: skitt, vthapar, sridhargaddam, tpantelis, oats87


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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Actionable Comments Resolved ❌ Error Both actionable comments remain unresolved: the address-change test still hardcodes IPv4 state, and the host-route test still uses a gateway outside t.clusterCIDR. Use t.ipFamily for the management CIDR and replacement address, and derive hostIP from an address inside t.clusterCIDR.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the automated backport and the primary fix for OVN management interface nexthop detection.
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Inline comments:
In `@pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/handler_test.go`:
- Around line 901-969: Register the host-route test in both IPv4 and IPv6 family
contexts instead of the shared registration, and ensure its endpoint subnet is
selected for the active IP family. Update the test around the existing hostRoute
construction and endpoint creation so the /32 path runs for IPv4 and the /128
path runs for IPv6.
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Comment thread pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/handler_test.go Outdated
testOVNMgmtInterfaceAddressChange was registered outside both IP-family
contexts so it only ever ran with IPv4. Move it into both Context("IPv4")
and Context("IPv6") so the /128 host-route path is exercised.

Also fix compile errors in the two It blocks: ctx was incorrectly passed
to createEndpoint and DeleteEndpoint, and the endpoint subnet was
hardcoded to ipv4Subnets[0]. Select the subnet from the active IP family
so each context exercises the correct address family.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Yossi Boaron <yboaron@redhat.com>

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Inline comments:
In `@pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/handler_test.go`:
- Line 88: Update testOVNMgmtInterfaceAddressChange and its setup to use
t.ipFamily for the management-interface CIDR, endpoint subnet, and replacement
address, including indexing OVNK8sMgmntIntCIDR by t.ipFamily, so the IPv6
registration exercises IPv6 state rather than IPv4.
- Around line 951-956: Update the test around endpoint creation and host-route
setup to derive hostIP from an address within t.clusterCIDR for the active IP
family, then build hostRoute from that address and compare the selected route
against it. Keep the test focused on gateway-less host-route handling and avoid
using t.OVNK8sMgmntIntGw as the destination.
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@submariner-bot submariner-bot added the ready-to-test When a PR is ready for full E2E testing label Aug 21, 2026
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