oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/omicron

VPC system router resolution should just query all subnets unconditionally

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Description

While writing #7463, it became apparent that we can make fewer queries when resolving rules for a system router:

https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron/blob/1ad7df2298ec192dd14d81f3e487b75e40285626/nexus/db-queries/src/db/datastore/vpc.rs#L2563-L2584

...except we already know that we should have a route for every VpcSubnet, so don't really need to bother with resolving names one-by-one as they appear in the routeset. We should just request the full paginated list here.

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Research direction

Start in nexus/db-queries/src/db/datastore/vpc.rs around lines 2563-2584 and read how system-router rules currently resolve subnet names. Change the lookup to request the full paginated list of VpcSubnet records, then verify that route resolution uses that list rather than querying names individually.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
databases, networking
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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