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[ovs-dev,1/2] pinctrl: Fix missing MAC_Bindings.

Message ID 20240320071226.2754893-1-xsimonar@redhat.com
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Xavier Simonart March 20, 2024, 7:12 a.m. UTC
Pinctrl is responsible of creating MAC_Bindings on peer router datapaths.
However, when sb was read-only, this did not happen.
This caused the test "neighbor update on same HV" to fail in a flaky way.

Signed-off-by: Xavier Simonart <xsimonar@redhat.com>
---
 controller/pinctrl.c |   2 +-
 tests/ovn-macros.at  |  10 +++-
 tests/system-ovn.at  | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Ales Musil March 20, 2024, 11:10 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 8:12 AM Xavier Simonart <xsimonar@redhat.com> wrote:

> Pinctrl is responsible of creating MAC_Bindings on peer router datapaths.
> However, when sb was read-only, this did not happen.
> This caused the test "neighbor update on same HV" to fail in a flaky way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xavier Simonart <xsimonar@redhat.com>
> ---
>

Hi Xavier,

thank you for the patch. I have one comment down below.

 controller/pinctrl.c |   2 +-
>  tests/ovn-macros.at  |  10 +++-
>  tests/system-ovn.at  | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/controller/pinctrl.c b/controller/pinctrl.c
> index 2d3595cd2..f75b04696 100644
> --- a/controller/pinctrl.c
> +++ b/controller/pinctrl.c
> @@ -4711,7 +4711,7 @@ send_garp_rarp_update(struct ovsdb_idl_txn
> *ovnsb_idl_txn,
>                          garp_rarp->announce_time = time_msec() + 1000;
>                          garp_rarp->backoff = 1000; /* msec. */
>                      }
> -                } else {
> +                } else if (ovnsb_idl_txn) {
>                      add_garp_rarp(name, laddrs->ea,
>                                    laddrs->ipv4_addrs[i].addr,
>                                    binding_rec->datapath->tunnel_key,
> diff --git a/tests/ovn-macros.at b/tests/ovn-macros.at
> index ed93764d3..aaa8824cb 100644
> --- a/tests/ovn-macros.at
> +++ b/tests/ovn-macros.at
> @@ -220,12 +220,14 @@ ovn_start_northd() {
>  # options are accepted to adjust that:
>  #   --backup-northd         Start a backup northd.
>  #   --backup-northd=paused  Start the backup northd in the paused state.
> +#   --use-tcp-to-sb         Use tcp to connect to sb.
>  ovn_start () {
>      local backup_northd=false
>      local backup_northd_options=
>      case $1 in
>          --backup-northd) backup_northd=true; shift ;;
>          --backup-northd=paused) backup_northd=true;
> backup_northd_options=--paused; shift ;;
> +        --use-tcp-to-sb) use_tcp=true; shift ;;
>      esac
>      local AZ=$1
>      local msg_prefix=${AZ:+$AZ: }
> @@ -246,7 +248,13 @@ ovn_start () {
>          ovn_start_northd $backup_northd_options backup $AZ
>      fi
>
> -    if test X$HAVE_OPENSSL = Xyes; then
> +    if test $use_tcp; then
> +        # Create the SB DB ptcp connection.
> +        ovn-sbctl \
> +            -- --id=@c create connection \
> +                target=\"ptcp:0:127.0.0.1\" \
> +            -- add SB_Global . connections @c
> +    elif test X$HAVE_OPENSSL = Xyes; then
>          # Create the SB DB pssl+RBAC connection.
>          ovn-sbctl \
>              -- --id=@c create connection \
> diff --git a/tests/system-ovn.at b/tests/system-ovn.at
> index 54d913c0b..20ddb487f 100644
> --- a/tests/system-ovn.at
> +++ b/tests/system-ovn.at
> @@ -12208,3 +12208,130 @@ OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP(["/failed to query
> port patch-.*/d
>  /connection dropped.*/d"])
>  AT_CLEANUP
>  ])
> +
> +OVN_FOR_EACH_NORTHD([
> +AT_SETUP([MAC_Bindings updates on read-only sb])
> +ovn_start --use-tcp-to-sb
> +OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_START()
> +ADD_BR([br-int])
> +
> +PARSE_LISTENING_PORT([$ovs_base/ovn-sb/ovsdb-server.log], [TCP_PORT])
> +
> +# Use tcp to connect to sb
> +ovs-vsctl \
> +        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:system-id=hv1 \
> +        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-remote=tcp:127.0.0.1:$TCP_PORT
> \
> +        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-encap-type=geneve \
> +        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-encap-ip=169.0.0.1 \
> +        -- set bridge br-int fail-mode=secure
> other-config:disable-in-band=true
> +
> +# Start ovn-controller
> +start_daemon ovn-controller
> +
> +# Logical network:
> +# A public switch (pub) with a localnet port connected to two LRs (lr0
> and lr1)
> +# each with a distributed gateway port.
> +# Two VMs: lp0 on sw0 connected to lr0
> +#          lp1 on sw1 connected to lr1
> +#
> +# This test adds a floating IP on one VM and checks the MAC_Binding
> entries to be updated properly.
> +
> +# By stopping temporarily updates from controller to sb, we are making sb
> read-only.
> +# We can't just pause sb to make it read-only, as we expect sb to still
> handle northd changes.
> +stop_ovsdb_controller_updates() {
> +  TCP_PORT=$1
> +  echo Stopping updates from ovn-controller to ovsdb using port $TCP_PORT
> +  on_exit 'iptables -C INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j DROP
> 2>/dev/null && iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j
> DROP'
> +  iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j DROP
>

iptables are not available by default on Fedora (not sure about Ubuntu), we
should consider using nftables instead.
(/workspace/ovn/tests/system-kmod-testsuite.dir/at-groups/162/test-source:
line 214: iptables: command not found)


> +}
> +restart_ovsdb_controller_updates() {
> +  TCP_PORT=$1
> +  echo Restarting updates from ovn-controller to ovsdb
> +  iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT  -j DROP
> +}
> +
> +# Create logical switches
> +check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw0
> +check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw1
> +check ovn-nbctl ls-add pub
> +
> +# Created localnet port on public switch
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub ln-pub
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-type ln-pub localnet
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses ln-pub unknown
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-options ln-pub network_name=phys
> +
> +# Create logical routers and connect them to public switch
> +AT_CHECK([(ovn-nbctl create Logical_Router name=lr0;
> +           ovn-nbctl create Logical_Router name=lr1) | uuidfilt], [0],
> [<0>
> +<1>
> +])
> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-pub f0:00:00:00:00:01 172.24.4.220/24
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub pub-lr0 -- set Logical_Switch_Port pub-lr0 \
> +    type=router options:router-port=lr0-pub
> options:nat-addresses="router" addresses="router"
> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr1 lr1-pub f0:00:00:00:01:01 172.24.4.221/24
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub pub-lr1 -- set Logical_Switch_Port pub-lr1 \
> +    type=router options:router-port=lr1-pub
> options:nat-addresses="router" addresses="router"
> +
> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-set-gateway-chassis lr0-pub hv1 10
> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-set-gateway-chassis lr1-pub hv1 10
> +
> +# Connect sw0 and sw1 to lr0 and lr1
> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-sw0 00:00:00:00:ff:01 10.0.0.254/24
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw0 sw0-lr0 -- set Logical_Switch_Port sw0-lr0
> type=router \
> +    options:router-port=lr0-sw0 addresses="router"
> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr1 lr1-sw1 00:00:00:00:ff:02 20.0.0.254/24
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw1 sw1-lr1 -- set Logical_Switch_Port sw1-lr1
> type=router \
> +    options:router-port=lr1-sw1 addresses="router"
> +
> +check ovs-vsctl add-br br-phys
> +ovn_attach n1 br-phys 172.24.4.1
> +check ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge-mappings=phys:br-phys
> +
> +check ovs-vsctl add-port br-int vif0 \
> +      -- set Interface vif0 external-ids:iface-id=lp0 \
> +      -- set Interface vif0 type=internal
> +
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw0 lp0
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw1 lp1
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses lp0 "50:54:00:00:00:01 10.0.0.10"
> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses lp1 "50:54:00:00:00:02 20.0.0.10"
> +
> +OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([test x`ovn-nbctl lsp-get-up lp0` = xup])
> +ovn-nbctl --wait=hv sync
> +
> +# Stopping updates to sb
> +stop_ovsdb_controller_updates $TCP_PORT
> +
> +# Adding lp1 : this will make sb read-only
> +check ovs-vsctl add-port br-int vif1 \
> +      -- set Interface vif1 external-ids:iface-id=lp1 \
> +      -- set Interface vif1 type=internal
> +
> +# Make sure ovn-controller handled vif1 addition. So, at this point
> ovn-controller did try to update sb
> +OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([test `ovs-vsctl get Interface vif1
> external_ids:ovn-installed` = '"true"'])
> +
> +# Create floating IP. SB should be read-only, so we should be enable to
> update MAC_Bindings now.
> +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lr-nat-add lr0 dnat_and_snat 172.24.4.100
> 10.0.0.10
> +
> +# Restarting updates.
> +restart_ovsdb_controller_updates $TCP_PORT
> +# Check that the MAC_Binding entries have been properly created as SB is
> now writable.
> +wait_row_count MAC_Binding 1 logical_port=lr1-pub ip=172.24.4.100
> +
> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovn-controller])
> +
> +as ovn-sb
> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovsdb-server])
> +
> +as ovn-nb
> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovsdb-server])
> +
> +as northd
> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovn-northd])
> +
> +as
> +OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP(["/failed to query port patch-.*/d
> +/connection dropped.*/d"])
> +AT_CLEANUP
> +])
> --
> 2.31.1
>
> _______________________________________________
> dev mailing list
> dev@openvswitch.org
> https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
>
>
Thanks,
Ales
Xavier Simonart March 20, 2024, 11:47 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi

Thanks Ales for the feedback.
There is also a small change needed to make userspace tests to work as well
(as pointed out by ovs_robot).
I'll send a v2.

Thanks
Xavier


On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 12:11 PM Ales Musil <amusil@redhat.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 8:12 AM Xavier Simonart <xsimonar@redhat.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Pinctrl is responsible of creating MAC_Bindings on peer router datapaths.
>> However, when sb was read-only, this did not happen.
>> This caused the test "neighbor update on same HV" to fail in a flaky way.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xavier Simonart <xsimonar@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>
>
> Hi Xavier,
>
> thank you for the patch. I have one comment down below.
>
>  controller/pinctrl.c |   2 +-
>>  tests/ovn-macros.at  |  10 +++-
>>  tests/system-ovn.at  | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/controller/pinctrl.c b/controller/pinctrl.c
>> index 2d3595cd2..f75b04696 100644
>> --- a/controller/pinctrl.c
>> +++ b/controller/pinctrl.c
>> @@ -4711,7 +4711,7 @@ send_garp_rarp_update(struct ovsdb_idl_txn
>> *ovnsb_idl_txn,
>>                          garp_rarp->announce_time = time_msec() + 1000;
>>                          garp_rarp->backoff = 1000; /* msec. */
>>                      }
>> -                } else {
>> +                } else if (ovnsb_idl_txn) {
>>                      add_garp_rarp(name, laddrs->ea,
>>                                    laddrs->ipv4_addrs[i].addr,
>>                                    binding_rec->datapath->tunnel_key,
>> diff --git a/tests/ovn-macros.at b/tests/ovn-macros.at
>> index ed93764d3..aaa8824cb 100644
>> --- a/tests/ovn-macros.at
>> +++ b/tests/ovn-macros.at
>> @@ -220,12 +220,14 @@ ovn_start_northd() {
>>  # options are accepted to adjust that:
>>  #   --backup-northd         Start a backup northd.
>>  #   --backup-northd=paused  Start the backup northd in the paused state.
>> +#   --use-tcp-to-sb         Use tcp to connect to sb.
>>  ovn_start () {
>>      local backup_northd=false
>>      local backup_northd_options=
>>      case $1 in
>>          --backup-northd) backup_northd=true; shift ;;
>>          --backup-northd=paused) backup_northd=true;
>> backup_northd_options=--paused; shift ;;
>> +        --use-tcp-to-sb) use_tcp=true; shift ;;
>>      esac
>>      local AZ=$1
>>      local msg_prefix=${AZ:+$AZ: }
>> @@ -246,7 +248,13 @@ ovn_start () {
>>          ovn_start_northd $backup_northd_options backup $AZ
>>      fi
>>
>> -    if test X$HAVE_OPENSSL = Xyes; then
>> +    if test $use_tcp; then
>> +        # Create the SB DB ptcp connection.
>> +        ovn-sbctl \
>> +            -- --id=@c create connection \
>> +                target=\"ptcp:0:127.0.0.1\" \
>> +            -- add SB_Global . connections @c
>> +    elif test X$HAVE_OPENSSL = Xyes; then
>>          # Create the SB DB pssl+RBAC connection.
>>          ovn-sbctl \
>>              -- --id=@c create connection \
>> diff --git a/tests/system-ovn.at b/tests/system-ovn.at
>> index 54d913c0b..20ddb487f 100644
>> --- a/tests/system-ovn.at
>> +++ b/tests/system-ovn.at
>> @@ -12208,3 +12208,130 @@ OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP(["/failed to query
>> port patch-.*/d
>>  /connection dropped.*/d"])
>>  AT_CLEANUP
>>  ])
>> +
>> +OVN_FOR_EACH_NORTHD([
>> +AT_SETUP([MAC_Bindings updates on read-only sb])
>> +ovn_start --use-tcp-to-sb
>> +OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_START()
>> +ADD_BR([br-int])
>> +
>> +PARSE_LISTENING_PORT([$ovs_base/ovn-sb/ovsdb-server.log], [TCP_PORT])
>> +
>> +# Use tcp to connect to sb
>> +ovs-vsctl \
>> +        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:system-id=hv1 \
>> +        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-remote=tcp:127.0.0.1:$TCP_PORT
>> \
>> +        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-encap-type=geneve \
>> +        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-encap-ip=169.0.0.1 \
>> +        -- set bridge br-int fail-mode=secure
>> other-config:disable-in-band=true
>> +
>> +# Start ovn-controller
>> +start_daemon ovn-controller
>> +
>> +# Logical network:
>> +# A public switch (pub) with a localnet port connected to two LRs (lr0
>> and lr1)
>> +# each with a distributed gateway port.
>> +# Two VMs: lp0 on sw0 connected to lr0
>> +#          lp1 on sw1 connected to lr1
>> +#
>> +# This test adds a floating IP on one VM and checks the MAC_Binding
>> entries to be updated properly.
>> +
>> +# By stopping temporarily updates from controller to sb, we are making
>> sb read-only.
>> +# We can't just pause sb to make it read-only, as we expect sb to still
>> handle northd changes.
>> +stop_ovsdb_controller_updates() {
>> +  TCP_PORT=$1
>> +  echo Stopping updates from ovn-controller to ovsdb using port $TCP_PORT
>> +  on_exit 'iptables -C INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j DROP
>> 2>/dev/null && iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j
>> DROP'
>> +  iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j DROP
>>
>
> iptables are not available by default on Fedora (not sure about Ubuntu),
> we should consider using nftables instead.
> (/workspace/ovn/tests/system-kmod-testsuite.dir/at-groups/162/test-source:
> line 214: iptables: command not found)
>
>
>> +}
>> +restart_ovsdb_controller_updates() {
>> +  TCP_PORT=$1
>> +  echo Restarting updates from ovn-controller to ovsdb
>> +  iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT  -j DROP
>> +}
>> +
>> +# Create logical switches
>> +check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw0
>> +check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw1
>> +check ovn-nbctl ls-add pub
>> +
>> +# Created localnet port on public switch
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub ln-pub
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-type ln-pub localnet
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses ln-pub unknown
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-options ln-pub network_name=phys
>> +
>> +# Create logical routers and connect them to public switch
>> +AT_CHECK([(ovn-nbctl create Logical_Router name=lr0;
>> +           ovn-nbctl create Logical_Router name=lr1) | uuidfilt], [0],
>> [<0>
>> +<1>
>> +])
>> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-pub f0:00:00:00:00:01 172.24.4.220/24
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub pub-lr0 -- set Logical_Switch_Port pub-lr0 \
>> +    type=router options:router-port=lr0-pub
>> options:nat-addresses="router" addresses="router"
>> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr1 lr1-pub f0:00:00:00:01:01 172.24.4.221/24
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub pub-lr1 -- set Logical_Switch_Port pub-lr1 \
>> +    type=router options:router-port=lr1-pub
>> options:nat-addresses="router" addresses="router"
>> +
>> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-set-gateway-chassis lr0-pub hv1 10
>> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-set-gateway-chassis lr1-pub hv1 10
>> +
>> +# Connect sw0 and sw1 to lr0 and lr1
>> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-sw0 00:00:00:00:ff:01 10.0.0.254/24
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw0 sw0-lr0 -- set Logical_Switch_Port sw0-lr0
>> type=router \
>> +    options:router-port=lr0-sw0 addresses="router"
>> +check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr1 lr1-sw1 00:00:00:00:ff:02 20.0.0.254/24
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw1 sw1-lr1 -- set Logical_Switch_Port sw1-lr1
>> type=router \
>> +    options:router-port=lr1-sw1 addresses="router"
>> +
>> +check ovs-vsctl add-br br-phys
>> +ovn_attach n1 br-phys 172.24.4.1
>> +check ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge-mappings=phys:br-phys
>> +
>> +check ovs-vsctl add-port br-int vif0 \
>> +      -- set Interface vif0 external-ids:iface-id=lp0 \
>> +      -- set Interface vif0 type=internal
>> +
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw0 lp0
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw1 lp1
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses lp0 "50:54:00:00:00:01 10.0.0.10"
>> +check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses lp1 "50:54:00:00:00:02 20.0.0.10"
>> +
>> +OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([test x`ovn-nbctl lsp-get-up lp0` = xup])
>> +ovn-nbctl --wait=hv sync
>> +
>> +# Stopping updates to sb
>> +stop_ovsdb_controller_updates $TCP_PORT
>> +
>> +# Adding lp1 : this will make sb read-only
>> +check ovs-vsctl add-port br-int vif1 \
>> +      -- set Interface vif1 external-ids:iface-id=lp1 \
>> +      -- set Interface vif1 type=internal
>> +
>> +# Make sure ovn-controller handled vif1 addition. So, at this point
>> ovn-controller did try to update sb
>> +OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([test `ovs-vsctl get Interface vif1
>> external_ids:ovn-installed` = '"true"'])
>> +
>> +# Create floating IP. SB should be read-only, so we should be enable to
>> update MAC_Bindings now.
>> +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lr-nat-add lr0 dnat_and_snat 172.24.4.100
>> 10.0.0.10
>> +
>> +# Restarting updates.
>> +restart_ovsdb_controller_updates $TCP_PORT
>> +# Check that the MAC_Binding entries have been properly created as SB is
>> now writable.
>> +wait_row_count MAC_Binding 1 logical_port=lr1-pub ip=172.24.4.100
>> +
>> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovn-controller])
>> +
>> +as ovn-sb
>> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovsdb-server])
>> +
>> +as ovn-nb
>> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovsdb-server])
>> +
>> +as northd
>> +OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovn-northd])
>> +
>> +as
>> +OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP(["/failed to query port patch-.*/d
>> +/connection dropped.*/d"])
>> +AT_CLEANUP
>> +])
>> --
>> 2.31.1
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> dev mailing list
>> dev@openvswitch.org
>> https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
>>
>>
> Thanks,
> Ales
> --
>
> Ales Musil
>
> Senior Software Engineer - OVN Core
>
> Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com>
>
> amusil@redhat.com
> <https://red.ht/sig>
>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/controller/pinctrl.c b/controller/pinctrl.c
index 2d3595cd2..f75b04696 100644
--- a/controller/pinctrl.c
+++ b/controller/pinctrl.c
@@ -4711,7 +4711,7 @@  send_garp_rarp_update(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *ovnsb_idl_txn,
                         garp_rarp->announce_time = time_msec() + 1000;
                         garp_rarp->backoff = 1000; /* msec. */
                     }
-                } else {
+                } else if (ovnsb_idl_txn) {
                     add_garp_rarp(name, laddrs->ea,
                                   laddrs->ipv4_addrs[i].addr,
                                   binding_rec->datapath->tunnel_key,
diff --git a/tests/ovn-macros.at b/tests/ovn-macros.at
index ed93764d3..aaa8824cb 100644
--- a/tests/ovn-macros.at
+++ b/tests/ovn-macros.at
@@ -220,12 +220,14 @@  ovn_start_northd() {
 # options are accepted to adjust that:
 #   --backup-northd         Start a backup northd.
 #   --backup-northd=paused  Start the backup northd in the paused state.
+#   --use-tcp-to-sb         Use tcp to connect to sb.
 ovn_start () {
     local backup_northd=false
     local backup_northd_options=
     case $1 in
         --backup-northd) backup_northd=true; shift ;;
         --backup-northd=paused) backup_northd=true; backup_northd_options=--paused; shift ;;
+        --use-tcp-to-sb) use_tcp=true; shift ;;
     esac
     local AZ=$1
     local msg_prefix=${AZ:+$AZ: }
@@ -246,7 +248,13 @@  ovn_start () {
         ovn_start_northd $backup_northd_options backup $AZ
     fi
 
-    if test X$HAVE_OPENSSL = Xyes; then
+    if test $use_tcp; then
+        # Create the SB DB ptcp connection.
+        ovn-sbctl \
+            -- --id=@c create connection \
+                target=\"ptcp:0:127.0.0.1\" \
+            -- add SB_Global . connections @c
+    elif test X$HAVE_OPENSSL = Xyes; then
         # Create the SB DB pssl+RBAC connection.
         ovn-sbctl \
             -- --id=@c create connection \
diff --git a/tests/system-ovn.at b/tests/system-ovn.at
index 54d913c0b..20ddb487f 100644
--- a/tests/system-ovn.at
+++ b/tests/system-ovn.at
@@ -12208,3 +12208,130 @@  OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP(["/failed to query port patch-.*/d
 /connection dropped.*/d"])
 AT_CLEANUP
 ])
+
+OVN_FOR_EACH_NORTHD([
+AT_SETUP([MAC_Bindings updates on read-only sb])
+ovn_start --use-tcp-to-sb
+OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_START()
+ADD_BR([br-int])
+
+PARSE_LISTENING_PORT([$ovs_base/ovn-sb/ovsdb-server.log], [TCP_PORT])
+
+# Use tcp to connect to sb
+ovs-vsctl \
+        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:system-id=hv1 \
+        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-remote=tcp:127.0.0.1:$TCP_PORT \
+        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-encap-type=geneve \
+        -- set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:ovn-encap-ip=169.0.0.1 \
+        -- set bridge br-int fail-mode=secure other-config:disable-in-band=true
+
+# Start ovn-controller
+start_daemon ovn-controller
+
+# Logical network:
+# A public switch (pub) with a localnet port connected to two LRs (lr0 and lr1)
+# each with a distributed gateway port.
+# Two VMs: lp0 on sw0 connected to lr0
+#          lp1 on sw1 connected to lr1
+#
+# This test adds a floating IP on one VM and checks the MAC_Binding entries to be updated properly.
+
+# By stopping temporarily updates from controller to sb, we are making sb read-only.
+# We can't just pause sb to make it read-only, as we expect sb to still handle northd changes.
+stop_ovsdb_controller_updates() {
+  TCP_PORT=$1
+  echo Stopping updates from ovn-controller to ovsdb using port $TCP_PORT
+  on_exit 'iptables -C INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j DROP 2>/dev/null && iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j DROP'
+  iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT -j DROP
+}
+restart_ovsdb_controller_updates() {
+  TCP_PORT=$1
+  echo Restarting updates from ovn-controller to ovsdb
+  iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --destination-port $TCP_PORT  -j DROP
+}
+
+# Create logical switches
+check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw0
+check ovn-nbctl ls-add sw1
+check ovn-nbctl ls-add pub
+
+# Created localnet port on public switch
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub ln-pub
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-type ln-pub localnet
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses ln-pub unknown
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-options ln-pub network_name=phys
+
+# Create logical routers and connect them to public switch
+AT_CHECK([(ovn-nbctl create Logical_Router name=lr0;
+           ovn-nbctl create Logical_Router name=lr1) | uuidfilt], [0], [<0>
+<1>
+])
+check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-pub f0:00:00:00:00:01 172.24.4.220/24
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub pub-lr0 -- set Logical_Switch_Port pub-lr0 \
+    type=router options:router-port=lr0-pub options:nat-addresses="router" addresses="router"
+check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr1 lr1-pub f0:00:00:00:01:01 172.24.4.221/24
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-add pub pub-lr1 -- set Logical_Switch_Port pub-lr1 \
+    type=router options:router-port=lr1-pub options:nat-addresses="router" addresses="router"
+
+check ovn-nbctl lrp-set-gateway-chassis lr0-pub hv1 10
+check ovn-nbctl lrp-set-gateway-chassis lr1-pub hv1 10
+
+# Connect sw0 and sw1 to lr0 and lr1
+check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr0 lr0-sw0 00:00:00:00:ff:01 10.0.0.254/24
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw0 sw0-lr0 -- set Logical_Switch_Port sw0-lr0 type=router \
+    options:router-port=lr0-sw0 addresses="router"
+check ovn-nbctl lrp-add lr1 lr1-sw1 00:00:00:00:ff:02 20.0.0.254/24
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw1 sw1-lr1 -- set Logical_Switch_Port sw1-lr1 type=router \
+    options:router-port=lr1-sw1 addresses="router"
+
+check ovs-vsctl add-br br-phys
+ovn_attach n1 br-phys 172.24.4.1
+check ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge-mappings=phys:br-phys
+
+check ovs-vsctl add-port br-int vif0 \
+      -- set Interface vif0 external-ids:iface-id=lp0 \
+      -- set Interface vif0 type=internal
+
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw0 lp0
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-add sw1 lp1
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses lp0 "50:54:00:00:00:01 10.0.0.10"
+check ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses lp1 "50:54:00:00:00:02 20.0.0.10"
+
+OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([test x`ovn-nbctl lsp-get-up lp0` = xup])
+ovn-nbctl --wait=hv sync
+
+# Stopping updates to sb
+stop_ovsdb_controller_updates $TCP_PORT
+
+# Adding lp1 : this will make sb read-only
+check ovs-vsctl add-port br-int vif1 \
+      -- set Interface vif1 external-ids:iface-id=lp1 \
+      -- set Interface vif1 type=internal
+
+# Make sure ovn-controller handled vif1 addition. So, at this point ovn-controller did try to update sb
+OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([test `ovs-vsctl get Interface vif1 external_ids:ovn-installed` = '"true"'])
+
+# Create floating IP. SB should be read-only, so we should be enable to update MAC_Bindings now.
+check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lr-nat-add lr0 dnat_and_snat 172.24.4.100 10.0.0.10
+
+# Restarting updates.
+restart_ovsdb_controller_updates $TCP_PORT
+# Check that the MAC_Binding entries have been properly created as SB is now writable.
+wait_row_count MAC_Binding 1 logical_port=lr1-pub ip=172.24.4.100
+
+OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovn-controller])
+
+as ovn-sb
+OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovsdb-server])
+
+as ovn-nb
+OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovsdb-server])
+
+as northd
+OVS_APP_EXIT_AND_WAIT([ovn-northd])
+
+as
+OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP(["/failed to query port patch-.*/d
+/connection dropped.*/d"])
+AT_CLEANUP
+])