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cmd/antrea-agent/agent.go

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func run(o *Options) error {
 		flowExporter := exporter.NewFlowExporter(
 			flowrecords.NewFlowRecords(connStore),
 			o.config.FlowExportFrequency)
-		go wait.Until(func() { flowExporter.CheckAndDoExport(o.flowCollector, pollDone) }, o.pollInterval, stopCh)
+		go wait.Until(func() { flowExporter.Export(o.flowCollector, pollDone) }, 0, stopCh)
 	}
 
 	<-stopCh

pkg/agent/flowexporter/connections/conntrack.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/antrea/pkg/ovs/ovsctl"
 )
 
-// InitializeConnTrackDumper initialize the ConnTrackDumper interface for different OS and datapath types.
+// InitializeConnTrackDumper initializes the ConnTrackDumper interface for different OS and datapath types.
 func InitializeConnTrackDumper(nodeConfig *config.NodeConfig, serviceCIDR *net.IPNet, ovsctlClient ovsctl.OVSCtlClient, ovsDatapathType string) ConnTrackDumper {
 	var connTrackDumper ConnTrackDumper
 	if ovsDatapathType == ovsconfig.OVSDatapathSystem {
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func filterAntreaConns(conns []*flowexporter.Connection, nodeConfig *config.Node
 		// Conntrack flows will be different for Pod-to-Service flows w/ Antrea-proxy. This implementation will be simpler, when the
 		// Antrea proxy is supported.
 		if serviceCIDR.Contains(srcIP) || serviceCIDR.Contains(dstIP) {
+			klog.V(4).Infof("Detected a flow with Cluster IP :%v", conn)
 			continue
 		}
 		filteredConns = append(filteredConns, conn)

pkg/agent/flowexporter/connections/conntrack_ovs.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (ct *connTrackOvsCtl) DumpFlows(zoneFilter uint16) ([]*flowexporter.Connect
 	}
 
 	filteredConns := filterAntreaConns(conns, ct.nodeConfig, ct.serviceCIDR, zoneFilter)
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Flow exporter considered flows: %d", len(filteredConns))
+	klog.V(2).Infof("FlowExporter considered flows: %d", len(filteredConns))
 
 	return filteredConns, nil
 }
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ func (ct *connTrackOvsCtl) ovsAppctlDumpConnections(zoneFilter uint16) ([]*flowe
 	for _, flow := range outputFlow {
 		conn, err := flowStringToAntreaConnection(flow, zoneFilter)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Warningf("Ignoring the flow from conntrack dump due to the error: %v", err)
+			klog.V(4).Infof("Ignoring the flow from conntrack dump due to parsing error: %v", err)
 			continue
 		}
 		if conn != nil {
 			antreaConns = append(antreaConns, conn)
 		}
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Finished dumping -- total no. of flows in conntrack: %d", len(antreaConns))
+	klog.V(2).Infof("FlowExporter considered flows in conntrack: %d", len(antreaConns))
 	return antreaConns, nil
 }
 

pkg/agent/flowexporter/exporter/exporter.go

@@ -91,34 +91,45 @@ func NewFlowExporter(records *flowrecords.FlowRecords, exportFrequency uint) *fl
 	}
 }
 
-// CheckAndDoExport enables us to export flow records periodically at a given flow export frequency.
-func (exp *flowExporter) CheckAndDoExport(collector net.Addr, pollDone chan struct{}) {
-	// Number of pollDone signals received or poll cycles should be equal to export frequency before starting the export cycle.
-	// This is necessary because IPFIX collector computes throughput based on flow records received interval.
-	<-pollDone
-	exp.pollCycle++
-	if exp.pollCycle%exp.exportFrequency == 0 {
-		if exp.process == nil {
-			err := exp.initFlowExporter(collector)
-			if err != nil {
-				klog.Errorf("Error when initializing flow exporter: %v", err)
-				return
+// DoExport enables us to export flow records periodically at a given flow export frequency.
+func (exp *flowExporter) Export(collector net.Addr, pollDone chan struct{}) {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-pollDone:
+			// Number of pollDone signals received or poll cycles should be equal to export frequency before starting
+			// the export cycle. This is necessary because IPFIX collector computes throughput based on flow records received interval.
+			exp.pollCycle++
+			if exp.pollCycle%exp.exportFrequency == 0 {
+				// Retry to connect to IPFIX collector if the exporting process gets reset
+				if exp.process == nil {
+					err := exp.initFlowExporter(collector)
+					if err != nil {
+						klog.Errorf("Error when initializing flow exporter: %v", err)
+						// There could be other errors while initializing flow exporter other than connecting to IPFIX collector,
+						// therefore closing the connection and resetting the process.
+						exp.process.CloseConnToCollector()
+						exp.process = nil
+						return
+					}
+				}
+				// Build and send flow records to IPFIX collector.
+				exp.flowRecords.BuildFlowRecords()
+				err := exp.sendFlowRecords()
+				if err != nil {
+					klog.Errorf("Error when sending flow records: %v", err)
+					// If there is an error when sending flow records because of intermittent connectivity, we reset the connection
+					// to IPFIX collector and retry in the next export cycle to reinitialize the connection and send flow records.
+					exp.process.CloseConnToCollector()
+					exp.process = nil
+					return
+				}
+				exp.pollCycle = 0
+				klog.V(2).Infof("Successfully exported IPFIX flow records")
 			}
+			break
 		}
-		exp.flowRecords.BuildFlowRecords()
-		err := exp.sendFlowRecords()
-		if err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("Error when sending flow records: %v", err)
-			// If there is an error when sending flow records because of intermittent connectivity, we reset the connection
-			// to IPFIX collector and retry in the next export cycle to reinitialize the connection and send flow records.
-			exp.process.CloseConnToCollector()
-			exp.process = nil
-		}
-		exp.pollCycle = 0
-		klog.V(2).Infof("Successfully exported IPFIX flow records")
 	}
 
-	return
 }
 
 func (exp *flowExporter) initFlowExporter(collector net.Addr) error {

test/e2e/framework.go

@@ -328,20 +328,6 @@ func (data *TestData) deployAntreaFlowExporter(ipfixCollector string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error when restarting antrea-agent Pod: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Just to be safe disabling the FlowExporter feature for subsequent tests.
-	configMap, err = data.GetAntreaConfigMap(antreaNamespace)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ConfigMap: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	antreaAgentConf, _ = configMap.Data["antrea-agent.conf"]
-	antreaAgentConf = strings.Replace(antreaAgentConf, " FlowExporter: true", " FlowExporter: false", 1)
-	configMap.Data["antrea-agent.conf"] = antreaAgentConf
-
-	if _, err := data.clientset.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(antreaNamespace).Update(context.TODO(), configMap, metav1.UpdateOptions{}); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update ConfigMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }