From dac58808c0c4acf15e660963b0f97aebaec20069 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Nasiadka <mnasiadka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 07:01:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] openvswitch: add option to set hw offload
Change-Id: I8bf5453c6943fd2ad8912e5d80af179296ada894
---
ansible/roles/openvswitch/defaults/main.yml | 1 +
ansible/roles/openvswitch/tasks/post-config.yml | 13 ++++++++-----
doc/source/reference/networking/sriov.rst | 7 +++++++
.../openvswitch-hw-offload-5d9319d69472db69.yaml | 5 +++++
4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 releasenotes/notes/openvswitch-hw-offload-5d9319d69472db69.yaml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/openvswitch/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/openvswitch/defaults/main.yml
index dce692f112..a5e3d84537 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/openvswitch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/openvswitch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -104,3 +104,4 @@ openvswitch_vswitchd_extra_volumes: "{{ openvswitch_extra_volumes }}"
#############
openvswitch_system_id: "{{ ansible_facts.hostname }}"
+openvswitch_hw_offload: "no"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/openvswitch/tasks/post-config.yml b/ansible/roles/openvswitch/tasks/post-config.yml
index 74995b1274..d4e0b5e9b9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/openvswitch/tasks/post-config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/openvswitch/tasks/post-config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
# NOTE(mnasiadka): external_ids:system-id uniquely identifies a physical system, used by OVN and other controllers
-- name: Set system-id
+- name: Set system-id and hw-offload
become: true
kolla_toolbox:
user: root
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
module_args:
table: Open_vSwitch
record: .
- col: external_ids
- key: system-id
- value: "{{ openvswitch_system_id }}"
- state: present
+ col: "{{ item.col }}"
+ key: "{{ item.name }}"
+ value: "{{ item.value }}"
+ state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
+ loop:
+ - { col: "external_ids", name: "system-id", value: "{{ openvswitch_system_id }}" }
+ - { col: "other_config", name: "hw-offload", value: true, state: "{{ 'present' if openvswitch_hw_offload | bool else 'absent' }}" }
- name: Ensuring OVS bridge is properly setup
become: true
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/networking/sriov.rst b/doc/source/reference/networking/sriov.rst
index 53d6db4564..404dddd8ba 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/networking/sriov.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/networking/sriov.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ VFs enabled:
[sriov_nic]
exclude_devices =
+To use OpenvSwitch hardware offloading modify `/etc/kolla/globals.yml``:
+
+.. path /etc/kolla/globals.yml
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ openvswitch_hw_offload: "yes"
+
Run deployment.
Verification
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/openvswitch-hw-offload-5d9319d69472db69.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/openvswitch-hw-offload-5d9319d69472db69.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a4f089eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/openvswitch-hw-offload-5d9319d69472db69.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+ - |
+ Adds functionality to enable HW offload in OpenvSwitch using
+ ``openvswitch_hw_offload`` variable.
--
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