feat(GC): Add check for GC disabled (#5005)

This change implements a simple check, if the GCInterval is set to
the GC methods will not run, even on server start. This change
allows an operator to run kube-ovn in mixed environments without
worry that garbage collection would inadvertently destroy something
it shouldn't.

Related-Issue: #4995

Signed-off-by: Kevin Carter <kevin.carter@rackspace.com>

Author: cloudnull

pkg/controller/config.go

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func ParseFlags() (*Configuration, error) {
 		argExternalGatewayVlanID   = pflag.Int("external-gateway-vlanid", 0, "The vlanId of port ln-ovn-external, default: 0")
 		argNodeLocalDNSIP          = pflag.String("node-local-dns-ip", "", "Comma-separated string of nodelocal DNS ip addresses")
 
-		argGCInterval      = pflag.Int("gc-interval", 360, "The interval between GC processes, default 360 seconds")
+		argGCInterval      = pflag.Int("gc-interval", 360, "The interval between GC processes, default 360 seconds. If set to 0, GC will be disabled")
 		argInspectInterval = pflag.Int("inspect-interval", 20, "The interval between inspect processes, default 20 seconds")
 
 		argBfdMinTx      = pflag.Int("bfd-min-tx", 100, "This is the minimum interval, in milliseconds, ovn would like to use when transmitting BFD Control packets")

pkg/controller/controller.go

@@ -1189,11 +1189,13 @@ func (c *Controller) startWorkers(ctx context.Context) {
 		c.resyncVpcNatConfig()
 	}, time.Second, ctx.Done())
 
-	go wait.Until(func() {
-		if err := c.markAndCleanLSP(); err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("gc lsp error: %v", err)
-		}
-	}, time.Duration(c.config.GCInterval)*time.Second, ctx.Done())
+	if c.config.GCInterval != 0 {
+		go wait.Until(func() {
+			if err := c.markAndCleanLSP(); err != nil {
+				klog.Errorf("gc lsp error: %v", err)
+			}
+		}, time.Duration(c.config.GCInterval)*time.Second, ctx.Done())
+	}
 
 	go wait.Until(func() {
 		if err := c.inspectPod(); err != nil {

pkg/controller/gc.go

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ import (
 var lastNoPodLSP = strset.New()
 
 func (c *Controller) gc() error {
+	if c.config.GCInterval == 0 {
+		klog.Infof("gc is disabled")
+		return nil
+	}
 	gcFunctions := []func() error{
 		c.gcNode,
 		c.gcChassis,