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Description

Problem
UpdateInstance previously created replacement rows for unchanged physical
interfaces and marked the original rows as Deleting. Because both rows
remained non-deleted and held the same IP, VPC prefix usage counted the
allocation twice and could incorrectly report the prefix as exhausted.

Summary

  • Reconcile Ethernet interfaces during UpdateInstance instead of replacing every row.
  • Reuse matching interfaces in request order and mark only omitted interfaces as Deleting.
  • Ignore Deleting rows when calculating existing demand for capacity admission.
  • Calculate VPC prefix usage from unique acquired /31 prefixes plus interfaces awaiting IP allocation.
  • Preserve the existing /30 meaning of availableSmallestPrefixes.

Result
Adding a VF no longer replaces an unchanged PF. Stale Ready/Deleting rows
holding the same IP are counted as one /31, while pending interfaces without
an assigned IP continue to reserve capacity.

Related issues

Fixes #4908] #4908

Type of Change

  • Fix - Bug fixes

Testing

  • Unit tests added/updated

Steps:-

  • Reproduced the original regression before the fix (AcquiredIPs == 16).
  • Verified six unique /31 allocations report AcquiredIPs == 12.
  • Verified adding a VF preserves the original PF row and creates no duplicate.
  • Verified omitted interfaces transition to Deleting.
  • Verified pending, mixed, invalid-IP, zero-interface, and clamp cases.
  • Ran the REST DB test suite.
  • Ran the Instance handler test suite.
  • Ran formatting and changed-code lint checks.

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  • rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go
  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go
  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface_test.go
  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix.go
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  • rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved Ethernet interface updates by reusing matching interfaces and cleanly handling additions and removals.
    • Enhanced VPC prefix capacity calculations for IPv4 interfaces, including aligned /31 prefixes and interfaces without assigned IPs.
    • Preserved interface IP assignments during supported configuration updates.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Excluded interfaces being deleted from capacity checks.
    • Rejected malformed or CIDR-form IP addresses during interface updates.
    • Corrected handling of duplicate, invalid, and pending IP reservations.
    • Improved transitions between explicit and automatically managed networking.

Walkthrough

The update flow reconciles explicit Ethernet interfaces by composite key. It reuses unchanged records, creates new records, and marks removed records as deleting. VPC prefix usage now separates no-IP interfaces from valid IP allocations and excludes deleting interfaces.

Changes

Ethernet capacity and reconciliation

Layer / File(s) Summary
VPC prefix usage calculation
rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix.go, rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix_test.go
Usage calculation tracks interfaces without IPs separately. It validates aligned IPv4 /31 prefixes, removes duplicate address accounting, propagates acquisition errors, and tests capacity and admission scenarios.
Interface matching and IP validation
rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go, rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface_test.go
EthernetInterfaceKey defines comparable reconciliation fields. Interface updates reject malformed and CIDR-form IP values.
Instance update reconciliation
rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go
Instance updates use unsigned capacity counts, ignore deleting interfaces, validate only positive additions, reuse matching interfaces, create unmatched interfaces, and mark removed interfaces as deleting.
Reconciliation validation
rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance_test.go
Tests cover physical-interface preservation, virtual-function changes, status transitions, IP retention, VPC-prefix usage, and active interface verification.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ff36a

The change reuses unchanged interfaces and corrects prefix-capacity accounting; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant InstanceHandler
  participant InterfaceRows
  participant VPCPrefixUsage
  InstanceHandler->>InterfaceRows: load existing Ethernet interfaces
  InstanceHandler->>InterfaceRows: match, reuse, create, or mark records as deleting
  InstanceHandler->>VPCPrefixUsage: validate requested interface capacity
  VPCPrefixUsage-->>InstanceHandler: return prefix usage and admission result
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Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/infra-controller#5021: Overlaps in instance.go and related instance reconciliation while adding IPv4/IPv6 family-mode persistence and selection.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: reusing unchanged instance interfaces during updates.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the interface reconciliation and VPC prefix usage fixes covered by the changeset.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #4908 by reusing unchanged interfaces, excluding Deleting rows, and counting unique /31 allocations.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation and tests remain focused on instance interface reconciliation and VPC prefix usage requirements.
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Actionable comments posted: 2

🧹 Nitpick comments (3)
rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix.go (1)

581-586: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider distinguishing an unexpected acquisition failure from an expected one.

AcquireSpecificChildPrefix errors are discarded. A duplicate address is already filtered by the acquiredPrefixes check above, so a failure here signals an unexpected IPAM condition. The current code converts that condition into silently reduced usage, which reports more free capacity than actually exists.

This function has no logger, so a full fix requires plumbing. A pragmatic option is to return the error for non-duplicate cases, or to record the count of failed acquisitions for later diagnosis. Treat this as a hardening improvement rather than a defect.

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In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix.go` around lines 581 - 586, Update the
acquisition loop around AcquireSpecificChildPrefix so unexpected errors are not
silently ignored: return or otherwise propagate non-duplicate failures, while
preserving the existing acquiredPrefixes duplicate filtering and expected
duplicate handling.
rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix_test.go (1)

1029-1048: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider clarifying what actually protects this case.

The case name states that stale Deleting rows do not exhaust the prefix. The SQL in GetPrefixUsage does not filter on interface status, so the protection comes from /31 de-duplication, not from status exclusion. Every Deleting fixture here reuses an IP that a Ready row already holds.

A short comment that records this mechanism will prevent a future reader from assuming a status filter exists. An additional case with a Deleting row that holds a distinct IP would also pin the intended behaviour, because such a row still consumes capacity.

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In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix_test.go` around lines 1029 - 1048, Add a
concise comment to the “stale deleting rows do not exhaust prefix issue 4908”
fixture explaining that duplicate /31 IPs are de-duplicated, not excluded by
interface status. Add a separate test case with a Deleting interface using a
distinct IP and assert that it consumes capacity, preserving the existing
expectations for duplicate IPs.
rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go (1)

119-135: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Key derivation for EthernetInterfaceKey sits in the handler instead of on the model type. The new type describes an Interface, yet the rule that builds it lives in a closure inside UpdateInstanceHandler.Handle. That separation adds 60 lines to an already long handler and prevents direct unit tests of the matching rule.

  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go#L119-L135: add an Interface.EthernetKey() EthernetInterfaceKey receiver method that contains the derivation logic, including the VpcPrefix/Subnet fallback for VpcID and the Has* flag assignments.
  • rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go#L3149-L3208: delete the keyForInterface closure and call existingIfcs[i].EthernetKey() and dbifc.EthernetKey() at the two call sites.

As per path instructions: "discourage scattered independent functions when a receiver method would make ownership and responsibilities clearer".

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In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go` around lines 119 - 135, Move the
Ethernet key derivation from the keyForInterface closure in
UpdateInstanceHandler.Handle into an Interface.EthernetKey() receiver method,
preserving the VpcPrefix/Subnet fallback for VpcID and all Has* flag
assignments. Remove the closure and use existingIfcs[i].EthernetKey() and
dbifc.EthernetKey() at the two call sites. Apply this to
rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go lines 119-135 and
rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go lines 3149-3208.

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Inline comments:
In `@rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go`:
- Around line 3276-3289: Remove the unused nil-valued fields from the
InterfaceSQLDAO.Update call, retaining only the fields that are actually
applied, especially Status. If association and address clearing is required,
implement explicit clear semantics in the DAO or update flow; otherwise document
that deletion retains these values until site cleanup.

In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix.go`:
- Around line 562-570: Validate InstanceInterfaceStatus.addresses at the
workflow/DAO boundary before persisting them, treating each value as a host IP
address rather than CIDR notation; reject or normalize malformed values
consistently with the existing contract. Update the capacity calculation around
netip.ParseAddr and add a regression test covering invalid and CIDR-form address
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Nitpick comments:
In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go`:
- Around line 119-135: Move the Ethernet key derivation from the keyForInterface
closure in UpdateInstanceHandler.Handle into an Interface.EthernetKey() receiver
method, preserving the VpcPrefix/Subnet fallback for VpcID and all Has* flag
assignments. Remove the closure and use existingIfcs[i].EthernetKey() and
dbifc.EthernetKey() at the two call sites. Apply this to
rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go lines 119-135 and
rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go lines 3149-3208.

In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix_test.go`:
- Around line 1029-1048: Add a concise comment to the “stale deleting rows do
not exhaust prefix issue 4908” fixture explaining that duplicate /31 IPs are
de-duplicated, not excluded by interface status. Add a separate test case with a
Deleting interface using a distinct IP and assert that it consumes capacity,
preserving the existing expectations for duplicate IPs.

In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix.go`:
- Around line 581-586: Update the acquisition loop around
AcquireSpecificChildPrefix so unexpected errors are not silently ignored: return
or otherwise propagate non-duplicate failures, while preserving the existing
acquiredPrefixes duplicate filtering and expected duplicate handling.
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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go (1)

134-152: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Keep one canonical EthernetInterfaceKey definition.

The supplied context also shows rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go declaring EthernetInterfaceKey at Lines 135-152. If that declaration remains, this exported model type is not the single reconciliation contract. The two definitions can drift when a matching field changes. Remove the handler-local copy and use cdbm.EthernetInterfaceKey at the reconciliation call sites.

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In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go` around lines 134 - 152, Remove the
duplicate handler-local EthernetInterfaceKey declaration and use
cdbm.EthernetInterfaceKey at the reconciliation call sites in the instance
handler. Update any construction or references to use the canonical model type
from the database package, preserving existing field values and control flow.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go`:
- Around line 134-152: Remove the duplicate handler-local EthernetInterfaceKey
declaration and use cdbm.EthernetInterfaceKey at the reconciliation call sites
in the instance handler. Update any construction or references to use the
canonical model type from the database package, preserving existing field values
and control flow.

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  • rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go
  • rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance_test.go
  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/interface.go
  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix.go
  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix_test.go
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  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix.go
  • rest-api/db/pkg/db/model/vpcprefix_test.go
  • rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance.go
  • rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/instance_test.go

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