OVS not forwarding traffic for debian 10 kvm

syfy323

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Nov 16, 2019
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Hi!

I've moved some VMs from Fedora 30 KVM hosts to one running Debian Buster (virsh dumpxml / define).

I need to clarify that I am not yet using a full deployment of proxmox, it's more a hybrid system of PVE kernel and QEMU.

The VMs boot fine but their network is not working correctly. I am not sure if their packaged version has different default settings that I am now missing.

Even the VMs on the same bridge do not reach each other:

Code:
root at vm2021 ~ # ovs-vsctl show
32f20e3e-f937-4b42-b426-133e1422638c
    Bridge "ovsbr39"
        Port "ovsbr39"
            Interface "ovsbr39"
                type: internal
        Port "bond0.39"
            Interface "bond0.39"
    Bridge "ovsbr40"
        Port "ovsbr40"
            Interface "ovsbr40"
                type: internal
        Port "vnet0"
            tag: 388
            Interface "vnet0"
        Port "vnet1"
            tag: 388
            Interface "vnet1"
        Port "bond0.40"
            Interface "bond0.40"
    ovs_version: "2.10.1"

For example, I can see ARP flow out of the VM -> VLAN -> Bridge -> Bond VLAN (QinQ) -> HW-Switch.
The VM never receives a reply. If there would be something broken in this network setup, I would expect the HW-network to be unreachable but OVS internal communication should always work.

Code:
root at vm2021 ~ # ovs-ofctl dump-ports ovsbr40
OFPST_PORT reply (xid=0x2): 4 ports
  port LOCAL: rx pkts=433827, bytes=24017868, drop=31, errs=0, frame=0,
over=0, crc=0
           tx pkts=373, bytes=48450, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0
  port  "bond0.40": rx pkts=433188, bytes=25766602, drop=0, errs=0,
frame=0, over=0, crc=0
           tx pkts=2124, bytes=115925, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0
  port  vnet0: rx pkts=1721, bytes=80663, drop=0, errs=0, frame=0, over=0,
crc=0
           tx pkts=552, bytes=66168, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0
  port  vnet1: rx pkts=196, bytes=9624, drop=0, errs=0, frame=0, over=0,
crc=0
           tx pkts=75, bytes=8741, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0

Code:
root at vm2021 ~ # ovs-dpctl show
system at ovs-system:
  lookups: hit:381405 missed:58486 lost:0
  flows: 509
  masks: hit:3095782 total:7 hit/pkt:7.04
  port 0: ovs-system (internal)
  port 1: ovsbr39 (internal)
  port 2: bond0.39
  port 3: ovsbr40 (internal)
  port 4: bond0.40
  port 5: vnet0
  port 6: vnet1

Code:
root at vm2021 ~ # ovs-dpctl dump-flows | grep 129.161
recirc_id(0),in_port(5),eth(src=52:54:00:bc:c6:b4,dst=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff),eth_type(0x0806),arp(sip=192.168.129.162,tip=192.168.129.161,op=1/0xff),
packets:1651, bytes:69342, used:0.717s,
actions:push_vlan(vid=388,pcp=0),3,4,pop_vlan,6
recirc_id(0),in_port(6),eth(src=52:54:00:e2:9a:65,dst=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff),eth_type(0x0806),arp(sip=192.168.129.163,tip=192.168.129.161,op=1/0xff),
packets:214, bytes:8988, used:0.104s,
actions:push_vlan(vid=388,pcp=0),3,4,pop_vlan,5
recirc_id(0),in_port(4),eth(src=52:54:00:81:e8:96,dst=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff),eth_type(0x8100),vlan(vid=388,pcp=0),encap(eth_type(0x0806),arp(sip=192.168.129.161,tip=192.168.129.163,op=1/0xff)),
packets:35, bytes:2100, used:0.476s, actions:3,pop_vlan,5,6

Code:
root at vm2021 ~ # uname -a
Linux vm2021.cloud03.srvfarm.net 5.0.21-5-pve #1 SMP PVE 5.0.21-10 (Wed, 13
Nov 2019 08:27:10 +0100) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Code:
root at vm2021 ~ # ovs-vsctl --version
ovs-vsctl (Open vSwitch) 2.10.1
DB Schema 7.16.1

Code:
root at vm2021 ~ # iptables-save
# Generated by xtables-save v1.8.2 on Sat Nov 16 11:03:44 2019
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
COMMIT
# Completed on Sat Nov 16 11:03:44 2019

I am running the same setup (including network setup) on FC30 and it works perfectly fine, I tried to get the same working with debian but I failed.

Any hints whats wrong here?
I've browsed all logs I found so far but there are no errors.

This is currently blocking my evaluation of migration from OpenNebula.

Thank you.

Kind regards
Kevin
 
If I downgrade to kernel 4.19.0-6-amd64, everything works.
There seems to be an issue with the 5.0/5.3 PVE kernel in this scenario.
 
I've now tested PVE v6 (original distribution) and OVS is also broken.
Same problem. If I deploy and set up a VM and attach it to a bridge (even without a tag), traffic does not flow.
 

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