Add ALL-IN operator to extra spec ops

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/add-all-in-list- operator-to-extra-spec-ops

Allow extra spec to match all values in a list by adding the ALL-IN operator.

Problem description

This blueprint aims to allow querying if ALL of the given values are present in a list.

Currently there’s support for an IN operator that returns True if a given element is present in a list. There is also an OR operator that only works for single values.

Use Cases

Suppose operator or user want a flavor that will place VMs on a host that has the cpu flags ‘aes’ and ‘vmx’. As it is today is not possible since the only posibility is to use the <in> operator. But, as the extra specs is a dict, the flavor extra-spec key would be the same:

capabilities:cpu_info:features : <in> aes capabilities:cpu_info:features : <in> vmx

Just one of them will be saved.

Something like this is needed:

capabilities:cpu_info:features : <all-in> aes vmx

Project Priority

This blueprint doest’t fit into scheduler priorities for Kilo. It was accepted for Juno.

Proposed change

We need to add the new <all-in> operator and its lambda function to _op_methods dict in extra_specs_ops.py.

… ‘<all-in>’: lambda x, y: all(val in x for val in y), …

Then add a call to this function with a list, instead of with a string if there are more than one element in the query.

Alternatives

Instead of add the ‘<all-in>’ operator extend/overload the ‘<in>’ operator to work with a list.

capabilities:cpu_info:features : <in> aes vmx

Seems to be easy to understand but could generate confusion because <in> operator as it is today, aims to be used to match a substring.

Another possibility is add both <any> and <all> operators. By doing this, we are using <in> and <or> for single values and the new set of operators for collections values. But something is missing with this approach, <all> or <any> what? All elements in a list, all elements are True, or all elements are equal to a given value.

Data model impact

None

REST API impact

None

Security impact

None

Notifications impact

None

Other end user impact

None

Performance Impact

None

Other deployer impact

None

Developer impact

None

Implementation

Add a new lambda function to nova/scheduler/filter/extra_specs_ops.py _ops_method dict:

‘<all-in>’: lambda x, y: all(val in x for val in y)

Assignee(s)

Primary assignee:

artur-malinowski

Other contributors:

pawel-koniszewski facundo-n-maldonado

Work Items

The change is simple and can be done in one Gerrit patch. Implementation is acutally completed.

Dependencies

None

Testing

Unit tests should be added for the new operator.

Documentation Impact

Filter scheduler documentation should be updated with the new operator.

References