// +build !providerless

/*
Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/

package gce

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"strconv"
	"strings"

	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-cloud-provider/pkg/cloud"
	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
	servicehelpers "k8s.io/cloud-provider/service/helpers"
	utilnet "k8s.io/utils/net"

	compute "google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
)

const (
	errStrLbNoHosts = "cannot EnsureLoadBalancer() with no hosts"
)

// ensureExternalLoadBalancer is the external implementation of LoadBalancer.EnsureLoadBalancer.
// Our load balancers in GCE consist of four separate GCE resources - a static
// IP address, a firewall rule, a target pool, and a forwarding rule. This
// function has to manage all of them.
//
// Due to an interesting series of design decisions, this handles both creating
// new load balancers and updating existing load balancers, recognizing when
// each is needed.
func (g *Cloud) ensureExternalLoadBalancer(clusterName string, clusterID string, apiService *v1.Service, existingFwdRule *compute.ForwardingRule, nodes []*v1.Node) (*v1.LoadBalancerStatus, error) {
	if len(nodes) == 0 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errStrLbNoHosts)
	}

	hostNames := nodeNames(nodes)
	supportsNodesHealthCheck := supportsNodesHealthCheck(nodes)
	hosts, err := g.getInstancesByNames(hostNames)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	loadBalancerName := g.GetLoadBalancerName(context.TODO(), clusterName, apiService)
	requestedIP := apiService.Spec.LoadBalancerIP
	ports := apiService.Spec.Ports
	portStr := []string{}
	for _, p := range apiService.Spec.Ports {
		portStr = append(portStr, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", p.Protocol, p.Port))
	}

	serviceName := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: apiService.Namespace, Name: apiService.Name}
	lbRefStr := fmt.Sprintf("%v(%v)", loadBalancerName, serviceName)
	klog.V(2).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s, %v, %v, %v, %v, %v)", lbRefStr, g.region, requestedIP, portStr, hostNames, apiService.Annotations)

	// Check the current and the desired network tiers. If they do not match,
	// tear down the existing resources with the wrong tier.
	netTier, err := g.getServiceNetworkTier(apiService)
	if err != nil {
		klog.Errorf("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Failed to get the desired network tier: %v.", lbRefStr, err)
		return nil, err
	}
	klog.V(4).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Desired network tier %q.", lbRefStr, netTier)
	// TODO: distinguish between unspecified and specified network tiers annotation properly in forwardingrule creation
	// Only delete ForwardingRule when network tier annotation is specified, otherwise leave it only to avoid wrongful
	// deletion against user intention when network tier annotation is not specified.
	if _, ok := apiService.Annotations[NetworkTierAnnotationKey]; ok {
		g.deleteWrongNetworkTieredResources(loadBalancerName, lbRefStr, netTier)
	}

	// Check if the forwarding rule exists, and if so, what its IP is.
	fwdRuleExists, fwdRuleNeedsUpdate, fwdRuleIP, err := g.forwardingRuleNeedsUpdate(loadBalancerName, g.region, requestedIP, ports)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if !fwdRuleExists {
		klog.V(2).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Forwarding rule %v doesn't exist.", lbRefStr, loadBalancerName)
	}

	// Make sure we know which IP address will be used and have properly reserved
	// it as static before moving forward with the rest of our operations.
	//
	// We use static IP addresses when updating a load balancer to ensure that we
	// can replace the load balancer's other components without changing the
	// address its service is reachable on. We do it this way rather than always
	// keeping the static IP around even though this is more complicated because
	// it makes it less likely that we'll run into quota issues. Only 7 static
	// IP addresses are allowed per region by default.
	//
	// We could let an IP be allocated for us when the forwarding rule is created,
	// but we need the IP to set up the firewall rule, and we want to keep the
	// forwarding rule creation as the last thing that needs to be done in this
	// function in order to maintain the invariant that "if the forwarding rule
	// exists, the LB has been fully created".
	ipAddressToUse := ""

	// Through this process we try to keep track of whether it is safe to
	// release the IP that was allocated.  If the user specifically asked for
	// an IP, we assume they are managing it themselves.  Otherwise, we will
	// release the IP in case of early-terminating failure or upon successful
	// creating of the LB.
	// TODO(#36535): boil this logic down into a set of component functions
	// and key the flag values off of errors returned.
	isUserOwnedIP := false // if this is set, we never release the IP
	isSafeToReleaseIP := false
	defer func() {
		if isUserOwnedIP {
			return
		}
		if isSafeToReleaseIP {
			if err := g.DeleteRegionAddress(loadBalancerName, g.region); err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
				klog.Errorf("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Failed to release static IP %s in region %v: %v.", lbRefStr, ipAddressToUse, g.region, err)
			} else if isNotFound(err) {
				klog.V(2).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): IP address %s is not reserved.", lbRefStr, ipAddressToUse)
			} else {
				klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Released static IP %s.", lbRefStr, ipAddressToUse)
			}
		} else {
			klog.Warningf("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Orphaning static IP %s in region %v: %v.", lbRefStr, ipAddressToUse, g.region, err)
		}
	}()

	if requestedIP != "" {
		// If user requests a specific IP address, verify first. No mutation to
		// the GCE resources will be performed in the verification process.
		isUserOwnedIP, err = verifyUserRequestedIP(g, g.region, requestedIP, fwdRuleIP, lbRefStr, netTier)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		ipAddressToUse = requestedIP
	}

	if !isUserOwnedIP {
		// If we are not using the user-owned IP, either promote the
		// emphemeral IP used by the fwd rule, or create a new static IP.
		ipAddr, existed, err := ensureStaticIP(g, loadBalancerName, serviceName.String(), g.region, fwdRuleIP, netTier)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure a static IP for load balancer (%s): %v", lbRefStr, err)
		}
		klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Ensured IP address %s (tier: %s).", lbRefStr, ipAddr, netTier)
		// If the IP was not owned by the user, but it already existed, it
		// could indicate that the previous update cycle failed. We can use
		// this IP and try to run through the process again, but we should
		// not release the IP unless it is explicitly flagged as OK.
		isSafeToReleaseIP = !existed
		ipAddressToUse = ipAddr
	}

	// Deal with the firewall next. The reason we do this here rather than last
	// is because the forwarding rule is used as the indicator that the load
	// balancer is fully created - it's what getLoadBalancer checks for.
	// Check if user specified the allow source range
	sourceRanges, err := servicehelpers.GetLoadBalancerSourceRanges(apiService)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	firewallExists, firewallNeedsUpdate, err := g.firewallNeedsUpdate(loadBalancerName, serviceName.String(), ipAddressToUse, ports, sourceRanges)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if firewallNeedsUpdate {
		desc := makeFirewallDescription(serviceName.String(), ipAddressToUse)
		// Unlike forwarding rules and target pools, firewalls can be updated
		// without needing to be deleted and recreated.
		if firewallExists {
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Updating firewall.", lbRefStr)
			if err := g.updateFirewall(apiService, MakeFirewallName(loadBalancerName), desc, sourceRanges, ports, hosts); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Updated firewall.", lbRefStr)
		} else {
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Creating firewall.", lbRefStr)
			if err := g.createFirewall(apiService, MakeFirewallName(loadBalancerName), desc, sourceRanges, ports, hosts); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Created firewall.", lbRefStr)
		}
	}

	tpExists, tpNeedsRecreation, err := g.targetPoolNeedsRecreation(loadBalancerName, g.region, apiService.Spec.SessionAffinity)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if !tpExists {
		klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Target pool for service doesn't exist.", lbRefStr)
	}

	// Check which health check needs to create and which health check needs to delete.
	// Health check management is coupled with target pool operation to prevent leaking.
	var hcToCreate, hcToDelete *compute.HttpHealthCheck
	hcLocalTrafficExisting, err := g.GetHTTPHealthCheck(loadBalancerName)
	if err != nil && !isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error checking HTTP health check for load balancer (%s): %v", lbRefStr, err)
	}
	if path, healthCheckNodePort := servicehelpers.GetServiceHealthCheckPathPort(apiService); path != "" {
		klog.V(4).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Service needs local traffic health checks on: %d%s.", lbRefStr, healthCheckNodePort, path)
		if hcLocalTrafficExisting == nil {
			// This logic exists to detect a transition for non-OnlyLocal to OnlyLocal service
			// turn on the tpNeedsRecreation flag to delete/recreate fwdrule/tpool updating the
			// target pool to use local traffic health check.
			klog.V(2).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Updating from nodes health checks to local traffic health checks.", lbRefStr)
			if supportsNodesHealthCheck {
				hcToDelete = makeHTTPHealthCheck(MakeNodesHealthCheckName(clusterID), GetNodesHealthCheckPath(), GetNodesHealthCheckPort())
			}
			tpNeedsRecreation = true
		}
		hcToCreate = makeHTTPHealthCheck(loadBalancerName, path, healthCheckNodePort)
	} else {
		klog.V(4).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Service needs nodes health checks.", lbRefStr)
		if hcLocalTrafficExisting != nil {
			// This logic exists to detect a transition from OnlyLocal to non-OnlyLocal service
			// and turn on the tpNeedsRecreation flag to delete/recreate fwdrule/tpool updating the
			// target pool to use nodes health check.
			klog.V(2).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Updating from local traffic health checks to nodes health checks.", lbRefStr)
			hcToDelete = hcLocalTrafficExisting
			tpNeedsRecreation = true
		}
		if supportsNodesHealthCheck {
			hcToCreate = makeHTTPHealthCheck(MakeNodesHealthCheckName(clusterID), GetNodesHealthCheckPath(), GetNodesHealthCheckPort())
		}
	}
	// Now we get to some slightly more interesting logic.
	// First, neither target pools nor forwarding rules can be updated in place -
	// they have to be deleted and recreated.
	// Second, forwarding rules are layered on top of target pools in that you
	// can't delete a target pool that's currently in use by a forwarding rule.
	// Thus, we have to tear down the forwarding rule if either it or the target
	// pool needs to be updated.
	if fwdRuleExists && (fwdRuleNeedsUpdate || tpNeedsRecreation) {
		// Begin critical section. If we have to delete the forwarding rule,
		// and something should fail before we recreate it, don't release the
		// IP.  That way we can come back to it later.
		isSafeToReleaseIP = false
		if err := g.DeleteRegionForwardingRule(loadBalancerName, g.region); err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete existing forwarding rule for load balancer (%s) update: %v", lbRefStr, err)
		}
		klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Deleted forwarding rule.", lbRefStr)
	}

	if err := g.ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(tpExists, tpNeedsRecreation, apiService, loadBalancerName, clusterID, ipAddressToUse, hosts, hcToCreate, hcToDelete); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if tpNeedsRecreation || fwdRuleNeedsUpdate {
		klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Creating forwarding rule, IP %s (tier: %s).", lbRefStr, ipAddressToUse, netTier)
		if err := createForwardingRule(g, loadBalancerName, serviceName.String(), g.region, ipAddressToUse, g.targetPoolURL(loadBalancerName), ports, netTier); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create forwarding rule for load balancer (%s): %v", lbRefStr, err)
		}
		// End critical section.  It is safe to release the static IP (which
		// just demotes it to ephemeral) now that it is attached.  In the case
		// of a user-requested IP, the "is user-owned" flag will be set,
		// preventing it from actually being released.
		isSafeToReleaseIP = true
		klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancer(%s): Created forwarding rule, IP %s.", lbRefStr, ipAddressToUse)
	}

	status := &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{}
	status.Ingress = []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{IP: ipAddressToUse}}

	return status, nil
}

// updateExternalLoadBalancer is the external implementation of LoadBalancer.UpdateLoadBalancer.
func (g *Cloud) updateExternalLoadBalancer(clusterName string, service *v1.Service, nodes []*v1.Node) error {
	hosts, err := g.getInstancesByNames(nodeNames(nodes))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	loadBalancerName := g.GetLoadBalancerName(context.TODO(), clusterName, service)
	return g.updateTargetPool(loadBalancerName, hosts)
}

// ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted is the external implementation of LoadBalancer.EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted
func (g *Cloud) ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(clusterName, clusterID string, service *v1.Service) error {
	loadBalancerName := g.GetLoadBalancerName(context.TODO(), clusterName, service)
	serviceName := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: service.Namespace, Name: service.Name}
	lbRefStr := fmt.Sprintf("%v(%v)", loadBalancerName, serviceName)

	var hcNames []string
	if path, _ := servicehelpers.GetServiceHealthCheckPathPort(service); path != "" {
		hcToDelete, err := g.GetHTTPHealthCheck(loadBalancerName)
		if err != nil && !isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%s): Failed to retrieve health check:%v.", lbRefStr, err)
			return err
		}
		// If we got 'StatusNotFound' LB was already deleted and it's safe to ignore.
		if err == nil {
			hcNames = append(hcNames, hcToDelete.Name)
		}
	} else {
		// EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted() could be triggered by changing service from
		// LoadBalancer type to others. In this case we have no idea whether it was
		// using local traffic health check or nodes health check. Attempt to delete
		// both to prevent leaking.
		hcNames = append(hcNames, loadBalancerName)
		hcNames = append(hcNames, MakeNodesHealthCheckName(clusterID))
	}

	errs := utilerrors.AggregateGoroutines(
		func() error {
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%s): Deleting firewall rule.", lbRefStr)
			fwName := MakeFirewallName(loadBalancerName)
			err := ignoreNotFound(g.DeleteFirewall(fwName))
			if isForbidden(err) && g.OnXPN() {
				klog.V(4).Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%s): Do not have permission to delete firewall rule %v (on XPN). Raising event.", lbRefStr, fwName)
				g.raiseFirewallChangeNeededEvent(service, FirewallToGCloudDeleteCmd(fwName, g.NetworkProjectID()))
				return nil
			}
			return err
		},
		// Even though we don't hold on to static IPs for load balancers, it's
		// possible that EnsureLoadBalancer left one around in a failed
		// creation/update attempt, so make sure we clean it up here just in case.
		func() error {
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%s): Deleting IP address.", lbRefStr)
			return ignoreNotFound(g.DeleteRegionAddress(loadBalancerName, g.region))
		},
		func() error {
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%s): Deleting forwarding rule.", lbRefStr)
			// The forwarding rule must be deleted before either the target pool can,
			// unfortunately, so we have to do these two serially.
			if err := ignoreNotFound(g.DeleteRegionForwardingRule(loadBalancerName, g.region)); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			klog.Infof("ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%s): Deleting target pool.", lbRefStr)
			if err := g.DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(service, loadBalancerName, g.region, clusterID, hcNames...); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},
	)
	if errs != nil {
		return utilerrors.Flatten(errs)
	}
	return nil
}

// DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks Deletes an external load balancer pool and verifies the operation
func (g *Cloud) DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(service *v1.Service, name, region, clusterID string, hcNames ...string) error {
	serviceName := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: service.Namespace, Name: service.Name}
	lbRefStr := fmt.Sprintf("%v(%v)", name, serviceName)

	if err := g.DeleteTargetPool(name, region); err != nil && isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
		klog.Infof("DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(%v): Target pool already deleted. Continuing to delete other resources.", lbRefStr)
	} else if err != nil {
		klog.Warningf("DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(%v): Failed to delete target pool, got error %s.", lbRefStr, err.Error())
		return err
	}

	// Deletion of health checks is allowed only after the TargetPool reference is deleted
	for _, hcName := range hcNames {
		if err := func() error {
			// Check whether it is nodes health check, which has different name from the load-balancer.
			isNodesHealthCheck := hcName != name
			if isNodesHealthCheck {
				// Lock to prevent deleting necessary nodes health check before it gets attached
				// to target pool.
				g.sharedResourceLock.Lock()
				defer g.sharedResourceLock.Unlock()
			}
			klog.Infof("DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(%v): Deleting health check %v.", lbRefStr, hcName)
			if err := g.DeleteHTTPHealthCheck(hcName); err != nil {
				// Delete nodes health checks will fail if any other target pool is using it.
				if isInUsedByError(err) {
					klog.V(4).Infof("DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(%v): Health check %v is in used: %v.", lbRefStr, hcName, err)
					return nil
				} else if !isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
					klog.Warningf("DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(%v): Failed to delete health check %v: %v.", lbRefStr, hcName, err)
					return err
				}
				// StatusNotFound could happen when:
				// - This is the first attempt but we pass in a healthcheck that is already deleted
				//   to prevent leaking.
				// - This is the first attempt but user manually deleted the heathcheck.
				// - This is a retry and in previous round we failed to delete the healthcheck firewall
				//   after deleted the healthcheck.
				// We continue to delete the healthcheck firewall to prevent leaking.
				klog.V(4).Infof("DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(%v): Health check %v is already deleted.", lbRefStr, hcName)
			}
			// If health check is deleted without error, it means no load-balancer is using it.
			// So we should delete the health check firewall as well.
			fwName := MakeHealthCheckFirewallName(clusterID, hcName, isNodesHealthCheck)
			klog.Infof("DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(%v): Deleting health check firewall %v.", lbRefStr, fwName)
			if err := ignoreNotFound(g.DeleteFirewall(fwName)); err != nil {
				if isForbidden(err) && g.OnXPN() {
					klog.V(4).Infof("DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(%v): Do not have permission to delete firewall rule %v (on XPN). Raising event.", lbRefStr, fwName)
					g.raiseFirewallChangeNeededEvent(service, FirewallToGCloudDeleteCmd(fwName, g.NetworkProjectID()))
					return nil
				}
				return err
			}
			return nil
		}(); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// verifyUserRequestedIP checks the user-provided IP to see whether it meets
// all the expected attributes for the load balancer, and returns an error if
// the verification failed. It also returns a boolean to indicate whether the
// IP address is considered owned by the user (i.e., not managed by the
// controller.
func verifyUserRequestedIP(s CloudAddressService, region, requestedIP, fwdRuleIP, lbRef string, desiredNetTier cloud.NetworkTier) (isUserOwnedIP bool, err error) {
	if requestedIP == "" {
		return false, nil
	}
	// If a specific IP address has been requested, we have to respect the
	// user's request and use that IP. If the forwarding rule was already using
	// a different IP, it will be harmlessly abandoned because it was only an
	// ephemeral IP (or it was a different static IP owned by the user, in which
	// case we shouldn't delete it anyway).
	existingAddress, err := s.GetRegionAddressByIP(region, requestedIP)
	if err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
		klog.Errorf("verifyUserRequestedIP: failed to check whether the requested IP %q for LB %s exists: %v", requestedIP, lbRef, err)
		return false, err
	}
	if err == nil {
		// The requested IP is a static IP, owned and managed by the user.

		// Check if the network tier of the static IP matches the desired
		// network tier.
		netTierStr, err := s.getNetworkTierFromAddress(existingAddress.Name, region)
		if err != nil {
			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to check the network tier of the IP %q: %v", requestedIP, err)
		}
		netTier := cloud.NetworkTierGCEValueToType(netTierStr)
		if netTier != desiredNetTier {
			klog.Errorf("verifyUserRequestedIP: requested static IP %q (name: %s) for LB %s has network tier %s, need %s.", requestedIP, existingAddress.Name, lbRef, netTier, desiredNetTier)
			return false, fmt.Errorf("requested IP %q belongs to the %s network tier; expected %s", requestedIP, netTier, desiredNetTier)
		}
		klog.V(4).Infof("verifyUserRequestedIP: the requested static IP %q (name: %s, tier: %s) for LB %s exists.", requestedIP, existingAddress.Name, netTier, lbRef)
		return true, nil
	}
	if requestedIP == fwdRuleIP {
		// The requested IP is not a static IP, but is currently assigned
		// to this forwarding rule, so we can just use it.
		klog.V(4).Infof("verifyUserRequestedIP: the requested IP %q is not static, but is currently in use by for LB %s", requestedIP, lbRef)
		return false, nil
	}
	// The requested IP is not static and it is not assigned to the
	// current forwarding rule.  It might be attached to a different
	// rule or it might not be part of this project at all.  Either
	// way, we can't use it.
	klog.Errorf("verifyUserRequestedIP: requested IP %q for LB %s is neither static nor assigned to the LB", requestedIP, lbRef)
	return false, fmt.Errorf("requested ip %q is neither static nor assigned to the LB", requestedIP)
}

func (g *Cloud) ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(tpExists, tpNeedsRecreation bool, svc *v1.Service, loadBalancerName, clusterID, ipAddressToUse string, hosts []*gceInstance, hcToCreate, hcToDelete *compute.HttpHealthCheck) error {
	serviceName := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: svc.Namespace, Name: svc.Name}
	lbRefStr := fmt.Sprintf("%v(%v)", loadBalancerName, serviceName)

	if tpExists && tpNeedsRecreation {
		// Pass healthchecks to DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks to cleanup health checks after cleaning up the target pool itself.
		var hcNames []string
		if hcToDelete != nil {
			hcNames = append(hcNames, hcToDelete.Name)
		}
		if err := g.DeleteExternalTargetPoolAndChecks(svc, loadBalancerName, g.region, clusterID, hcNames...); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete existing target pool for load balancer (%s) update: %v", lbRefStr, err)
		}
		klog.Infof("ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(%s): Deleted target pool.", lbRefStr)
	}
	// Once we've deleted the resources (if necessary), build them back up (or for
	// the first time if they're new).
	if tpNeedsRecreation {
		createInstances := hosts
		if len(hosts) > maxTargetPoolCreateInstances {
			createInstances = createInstances[:maxTargetPoolCreateInstances]
		}
		if err := g.createTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(svc, loadBalancerName, serviceName.String(), ipAddressToUse, g.region, clusterID, createInstances, hcToCreate); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create target pool for load balancer (%s): %v", lbRefStr, err)
		}
		if hcToCreate != nil {
			klog.Infof("ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(%s): Created health checks %v.", lbRefStr, hcToCreate.Name)
		}
		if len(hosts) <= maxTargetPoolCreateInstances {
			klog.Infof("ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(%s): Created target pool.", lbRefStr)
		} else {
			klog.Infof("ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(%s): Created initial target pool (now updating the remaining %d hosts).", lbRefStr, len(hosts)-maxTargetPoolCreateInstances)
			if err := g.updateTargetPool(loadBalancerName, hosts); err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("failed to update target pool for load balancer (%s): %v", lbRefStr, err)
			}
			klog.Infof("ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(%s): Updated target pool (with %d hosts).", lbRefStr, len(hosts)-maxTargetPoolCreateInstances)
		}
	} else if tpExists {
		// Ensure hosts are updated even if there is no other changes required on target pool.
		if err := g.updateTargetPool(loadBalancerName, hosts); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to update target pool for load balancer (%s): %v", lbRefStr, err)
		}
		klog.Infof("ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(%s): Updated target pool (with %d hosts).", lbRefStr, len(hosts))
		if hcToCreate != nil {
			if hc, err := g.ensureHTTPHealthCheck(hcToCreate.Name, hcToCreate.RequestPath, int32(hcToCreate.Port)); err != nil || hc == nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure health check for %v port %d path %v: %v", loadBalancerName, hcToCreate.Port, hcToCreate.RequestPath, err)
			}
		}
	} else {
		// Panic worthy.
		klog.Errorf("ensureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(%s): target pool not exists and doesn't need to be created.", lbRefStr)
	}
	return nil
}

func (g *Cloud) createTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(svc *v1.Service, name, serviceName, ipAddress, region, clusterID string, hosts []*gceInstance, hc *compute.HttpHealthCheck) error {
	// health check management is coupled with targetPools to prevent leaks. A
	// target pool is the only thing that requires a health check, so we delete
	// associated checks on teardown, and ensure checks on setup.
	hcLinks := []string{}
	if hc != nil {
		// Check whether it is nodes health check, which has different name from the load-balancer.
		isNodesHealthCheck := hc.Name != name
		if isNodesHealthCheck {
			// Lock to prevent necessary nodes health check / firewall gets deleted.
			g.sharedResourceLock.Lock()
			defer g.sharedResourceLock.Unlock()
		}

		if err := g.ensureHTTPHealthCheckFirewall(svc, serviceName, ipAddress, region, clusterID, hosts, hc.Name, int32(hc.Port), isNodesHealthCheck); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		var err error
		hcRequestPath, hcPort := hc.RequestPath, hc.Port
		if hc, err = g.ensureHTTPHealthCheck(hc.Name, hc.RequestPath, int32(hc.Port)); err != nil || hc == nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure health check for %v port %d path %v: %v", name, hcPort, hcRequestPath, err)
		}
		hcLinks = append(hcLinks, hc.SelfLink)
	}

	var instances []string
	for _, host := range hosts {
		instances = append(instances, host.makeComparableHostPath())
	}
	klog.Infof("Creating targetpool %v with %d healthchecks", name, len(hcLinks))
	pool := &compute.TargetPool{
		Name:            name,
		Description:     fmt.Sprintf(`{"kubernetes.io/service-name":"%s"}`, serviceName),
		Instances:       instances,
		SessionAffinity: translateAffinityType(svc.Spec.SessionAffinity),
		HealthChecks:    hcLinks,
	}

	if err := g.CreateTargetPool(pool, region); err != nil && !isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusConflict) {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func (g *Cloud) updateTargetPool(loadBalancerName string, hosts []*gceInstance) error {
	pool, err := g.GetTargetPool(loadBalancerName, g.region)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	existing := sets.NewString()
	for _, instance := range pool.Instances {
		existing.Insert(hostURLToComparablePath(instance))
	}

	var toAdd []*compute.InstanceReference
	var toRemove []*compute.InstanceReference
	for _, host := range hosts {
		link := host.makeComparableHostPath()
		if !existing.Has(link) {
			toAdd = append(toAdd, &compute.InstanceReference{Instance: link})
		}
		existing.Delete(link)
	}
	for link := range existing {
		toRemove = append(toRemove, &compute.InstanceReference{Instance: link})
	}

	for len(toAdd) > 0 {
		// Do not remove more than maxInstancesPerTargetPoolUpdate in a single call.
		instancesCount := len(toAdd)
		if instancesCount > maxInstancesPerTargetPoolUpdate {
			instancesCount = maxInstancesPerTargetPoolUpdate
		}
		// The operation to add 1000 instances is fairly long (may take minutes), so
		// we don't need to worry about saturating QPS limits.
		if err := g.AddInstancesToTargetPool(loadBalancerName, g.region, toAdd[:instancesCount]); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		toAdd = toAdd[instancesCount:]
	}

	for len(toRemove) > 0 {
		// Do not remove more than maxInstancesPerTargetPoolUpdate in a single call.
		instancesCount := len(toRemove)
		if instancesCount > maxInstancesPerTargetPoolUpdate {
			instancesCount = maxInstancesPerTargetPoolUpdate
		}
		// The operation to remove 1000 instances is fairly long (may take minutes), so
		// we don't need to worry about saturating QPS limits.
		if err := g.RemoveInstancesFromTargetPool(loadBalancerName, g.region, toRemove[:instancesCount]); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		toRemove = toRemove[instancesCount:]
	}

	// Try to verify that the correct number of nodes are now in the target pool.
	// We've been bitten by a bug here before (#11327) where all nodes were
	// accidentally removed and want to make similar problems easier to notice.
	updatedPool, err := g.GetTargetPool(loadBalancerName, g.region)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if len(updatedPool.Instances) != len(hosts) {
		klog.Errorf("Unexpected number of instances (%d) in target pool %s after updating (expected %d). Instances in updated pool: %s",
			len(updatedPool.Instances), loadBalancerName, len(hosts), strings.Join(updatedPool.Instances, ","))
		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of instances (%d) in target pool %s after update (expected %d)", len(updatedPool.Instances), loadBalancerName, len(hosts))
	}
	return nil
}

func (g *Cloud) targetPoolURL(name string) string {
	return g.service.BasePath + strings.Join([]string{g.projectID, "regions", g.region, "targetPools", name}, "/")
}

func makeHTTPHealthCheck(name, path string, port int32) *compute.HttpHealthCheck {
	return &compute.HttpHealthCheck{
		Name:               name,
		Port:               int64(port),
		RequestPath:        path,
		Host:               "",
		Description:        makeHealthCheckDescription(name),
		CheckIntervalSec:   gceHcCheckIntervalSeconds,
		TimeoutSec:         gceHcTimeoutSeconds,
		HealthyThreshold:   gceHcHealthyThreshold,
		UnhealthyThreshold: gceHcUnhealthyThreshold,
	}
}

// mergeHTTPHealthChecks reconciles HttpHealthCheck configures to be no smaller
// than the default values.
// E.g. old health check interval is 2s, new default is 8.
// The HC interval will be reconciled to 8 seconds.
// If the existing health check is larger than the default interval,
// the configuration will be kept.
func mergeHTTPHealthChecks(hc, newHC *compute.HttpHealthCheck) {
	if hc.CheckIntervalSec > newHC.CheckIntervalSec {
		newHC.CheckIntervalSec = hc.CheckIntervalSec
	}
	if hc.TimeoutSec > newHC.TimeoutSec {
		newHC.TimeoutSec = hc.TimeoutSec
	}
	if hc.UnhealthyThreshold > newHC.UnhealthyThreshold {
		newHC.UnhealthyThreshold = hc.UnhealthyThreshold
	}
	if hc.HealthyThreshold > newHC.HealthyThreshold {
		newHC.HealthyThreshold = hc.HealthyThreshold
	}
}

// needToUpdateHTTPHealthChecks checks whether the http healthcheck needs to be
// updated.
func needToUpdateHTTPHealthChecks(hc, newHC *compute.HttpHealthCheck) bool {
	switch {
	case
		hc.Port != newHC.Port,
		hc.RequestPath != newHC.RequestPath,
		hc.Description != newHC.Description,
		hc.CheckIntervalSec < newHC.CheckIntervalSec,
		hc.TimeoutSec < newHC.TimeoutSec,
		hc.UnhealthyThreshold < newHC.UnhealthyThreshold,
		hc.HealthyThreshold < newHC.HealthyThreshold:
		return true
	}
	return false
}

func (g *Cloud) ensureHTTPHealthCheck(name, path string, port int32) (hc *compute.HttpHealthCheck, err error) {
	newHC := makeHTTPHealthCheck(name, path, port)
	hc, err = g.GetHTTPHealthCheck(name)
	if hc == nil || err != nil && isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
		klog.Infof("Did not find health check %v, creating port %v path %v", name, port, path)
		if err = g.CreateHTTPHealthCheck(newHC); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		hc, err = g.GetHTTPHealthCheck(name)
		if err != nil {
			klog.Errorf("Failed to get http health check %v", err)
			return nil, err
		}
		klog.Infof("Created HTTP health check %v healthCheckNodePort: %d", name, port)
		return hc, nil
	}
	// Validate health check fields
	klog.V(4).Infof("Checking http health check params %s", name)
	if needToUpdateHTTPHealthChecks(hc, newHC) {
		klog.Warningf("Health check %v exists but parameters have drifted - updating...", name)
		mergeHTTPHealthChecks(hc, newHC)
		if err := g.UpdateHTTPHealthCheck(newHC); err != nil {
			klog.Warningf("Failed to reconcile http health check %v parameters", name)
			return nil, err
		}
		klog.V(4).Infof("Corrected health check %v parameters successful", name)
		hc, err = g.GetHTTPHealthCheck(name)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}
	return hc, nil
}

// Passing nil for requested IP is perfectly fine - it just means that no specific
// IP is being requested.
// Returns whether the forwarding rule exists, whether it needs to be updated,
// what its IP address is (if it exists), and any error we encountered.
func (g *Cloud) forwardingRuleNeedsUpdate(name, region string, loadBalancerIP string, ports []v1.ServicePort) (exists bool, needsUpdate bool, ipAddress string, err error) {
	fwd, err := g.GetRegionForwardingRule(name, region)
	if err != nil {
		if isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
			return false, true, "", nil
		}
		// Err on the side of caution in case of errors. Caller should notice the error and retry.
		// We never want to end up recreating resources because g api flaked.
		return true, false, "", fmt.Errorf("error getting load balancer's forwarding rule: %v", err)
	}
	// If the user asks for a specific static ip through the Service spec,
	// check that we're actually using it.
	// TODO: we report loadbalancer IP through status, so we want to verify if
	// that matches the forwarding rule as well.
	if loadBalancerIP != "" && loadBalancerIP != fwd.IPAddress {
		klog.Infof("LoadBalancer ip for forwarding rule %v was expected to be %v, but was actually %v", fwd.Name, fwd.IPAddress, loadBalancerIP)
		return true, true, fwd.IPAddress, nil
	}
	portRange, err := loadBalancerPortRange(ports)
	if err != nil {
		// Err on the side of caution in case of errors. Caller should notice the error and retry.
		// We never want to end up recreating resources because g api flaked.
		return true, false, "", err
	}
	if portRange != fwd.PortRange {
		klog.Infof("LoadBalancer port range for forwarding rule %v was expected to be %v, but was actually %v", fwd.Name, fwd.PortRange, portRange)
		return true, true, fwd.IPAddress, nil
	}
	// The service controller verified all the protocols match on the ports, just check the first one
	if string(ports[0].Protocol) != fwd.IPProtocol {
		klog.Infof("LoadBalancer protocol for forwarding rule %v was expected to be %v, but was actually %v", fwd.Name, fwd.IPProtocol, string(ports[0].Protocol))
		return true, true, fwd.IPAddress, nil
	}

	return true, false, fwd.IPAddress, nil
}

// Doesn't check whether the hosts have changed, since host updating is handled
// separately.
func (g *Cloud) targetPoolNeedsRecreation(name, region string, affinityType v1.ServiceAffinity) (exists bool, needsRecreation bool, err error) {
	tp, err := g.GetTargetPool(name, region)
	if err != nil {
		if isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
			return false, true, nil
		}
		// Err on the side of caution in case of errors. Caller should notice the error and retry.
		// We never want to end up recreating resources because g api flaked.
		return true, false, fmt.Errorf("error getting load balancer's target pool: %v", err)
	}
	// TODO: If the user modifies their Service's session affinity, it *should*
	// reflect in the associated target pool. However, currently not setting the
	// session affinity on a target pool defaults it to the empty string while
	// not setting in on a Service defaults it to None. There is a lack of
	// documentation around the default setting for the target pool, so if we
	// find it's the undocumented empty string, don't blindly recreate the
	// target pool (which results in downtime). Fix this when we have formally
	// defined the defaults on either side.
	if tp.SessionAffinity != "" && translateAffinityType(affinityType) != tp.SessionAffinity {
		klog.Infof("LoadBalancer target pool %v changed affinity from %v to %v", name, tp.SessionAffinity, affinityType)
		return true, true, nil
	}
	return true, false, nil
}

func (h *gceInstance) makeComparableHostPath() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("/zones/%s/instances/%s", h.Zone, h.Name)
}

func nodeNames(nodes []*v1.Node) []string {
	ret := make([]string, len(nodes))
	for i, node := range nodes {
		ret[i] = node.Name
	}
	return ret
}

func hostURLToComparablePath(hostURL string) string {
	idx := strings.Index(hostURL, "/zones/")
	if idx < 0 {
		return ""
	}
	return hostURL[idx:]
}

func loadBalancerPortRange(ports []v1.ServicePort) (string, error) {
	if len(ports) == 0 {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("no ports specified for GCE load balancer")
	}

	// The service controller verified all the protocols match on the ports, just check and use the first one
	if ports[0].Protocol != v1.ProtocolTCP && ports[0].Protocol != v1.ProtocolUDP {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid protocol %s, only TCP and UDP are supported", string(ports[0].Protocol))
	}

	minPort := int32(65536)
	maxPort := int32(0)
	for i := range ports {
		if ports[i].Port < minPort {
			minPort = ports[i].Port
		}
		if ports[i].Port > maxPort {
			maxPort = ports[i].Port
		}
	}
	return fmt.Sprintf("%d-%d", minPort, maxPort), nil
}

// translate from what K8s supports to what the cloud provider supports for session affinity.
func translateAffinityType(affinityType v1.ServiceAffinity) string {
	switch affinityType {
	case v1.ServiceAffinityClientIP:
		return gceAffinityTypeClientIP
	case v1.ServiceAffinityNone:
		return gceAffinityTypeNone
	default:
		klog.Errorf("Unexpected affinity type: %v", affinityType)
		return gceAffinityTypeNone
	}
}

func (g *Cloud) firewallNeedsUpdate(name, serviceName, ipAddress string, ports []v1.ServicePort, sourceRanges utilnet.IPNetSet) (exists bool, needsUpdate bool, err error) {
	fw, err := g.GetFirewall(MakeFirewallName(name))
	if err != nil {
		if isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
			return false, true, nil
		}
		return false, false, fmt.Errorf("error getting load balancer's firewall: %v", err)
	}
	if fw.Description != makeFirewallDescription(serviceName, ipAddress) {
		return true, true, nil
	}
	if len(fw.Allowed) != 1 || (fw.Allowed[0].IPProtocol != "tcp" && fw.Allowed[0].IPProtocol != "udp") {
		return true, true, nil
	}
	// Make sure the allowed ports match.
	portNums, portRanges, _ := getPortsAndProtocol(ports)
	// This logic checks if the existing firewall rules contains either enumerated service ports or port ranges.
	// This is to prevent unnecessary noop updates to the firewall rule when the existing firewall rule is
	// set up via the previous pattern using enumerated ports instead of port ranges.
	if !equalStringSets(portNums, fw.Allowed[0].Ports) && !equalStringSets(portRanges, fw.Allowed[0].Ports) {
		return true, true, nil
	}

	// The service controller already verified that the protocol matches on all ports, no need to check.
	actualSourceRanges, err := utilnet.ParseIPNets(fw.SourceRanges...)
	if err != nil {
		// This really shouldn't happen... GCE has returned something unexpected
		klog.Warningf("Error parsing firewall SourceRanges: %v", fw.SourceRanges)
		// We don't return the error, because we can hopefully recover from this by reconfiguring the firewall
		return true, true, nil
	}

	if !sourceRanges.Equal(actualSourceRanges) {
		return true, true, nil
	}
	return true, false, nil
}

func (g *Cloud) ensureHTTPHealthCheckFirewall(svc *v1.Service, serviceName, ipAddress, region, clusterID string, hosts []*gceInstance, hcName string, hcPort int32, isNodesHealthCheck bool) error {
	// Prepare the firewall params for creating / checking.
	desc := fmt.Sprintf(`{"kubernetes.io/cluster-id":"%s"}`, clusterID)
	if !isNodesHealthCheck {
		desc = makeFirewallDescription(serviceName, ipAddress)
	}
	sourceRanges := l4LbSrcRngsFlag.ipn
	ports := []v1.ServicePort{{Protocol: "tcp", Port: hcPort}}

	fwName := MakeHealthCheckFirewallName(clusterID, hcName, isNodesHealthCheck)
	fw, err := g.GetFirewall(fwName)
	if err != nil {
		if !isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
			return fmt.Errorf("error getting firewall for health checks: %v", err)
		}
		klog.Infof("Creating firewall %v for health checks.", fwName)
		if err := g.createFirewall(svc, fwName, desc, sourceRanges, ports, hosts); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		klog.Infof("Created firewall %v for health checks.", fwName)
		return nil
	}
	// Validate firewall fields.
	if fw.Description != desc ||
		len(fw.Allowed) != 1 ||
		fw.Allowed[0].IPProtocol != string(ports[0].Protocol) ||
		!equalStringSets(fw.Allowed[0].Ports, []string{strconv.Itoa(int(ports[0].Port))}) ||
		!equalStringSets(fw.SourceRanges, sourceRanges.StringSlice()) {
		klog.Warningf("Firewall %v exists but parameters have drifted - updating...", fwName)
		if err := g.updateFirewall(svc, fwName, desc, sourceRanges, ports, hosts); err != nil {
			klog.Warningf("Failed to reconcile firewall %v parameters.", fwName)
			return err
		}
		klog.V(4).Infof("Corrected firewall %v parameters successful", fwName)
	}
	return nil
}

func createForwardingRule(s CloudForwardingRuleService, name, serviceName, region, ipAddress, target string, ports []v1.ServicePort, netTier cloud.NetworkTier) error {
	portRange, err := loadBalancerPortRange(ports)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	desc := makeServiceDescription(serviceName)
	ipProtocol := string(ports[0].Protocol)

	rule := &compute.ForwardingRule{
		Name:        name,
		Description: desc,
		IPAddress:   ipAddress,
		IPProtocol:  ipProtocol,
		PortRange:   portRange,
		Target:      target,
		NetworkTier: netTier.ToGCEValue(),
	}

	err = s.CreateRegionForwardingRule(rule, region)

	if err != nil && !isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusConflict) {
		return err
	}

	return nil
}

func (g *Cloud) createFirewall(svc *v1.Service, name, desc string, sourceRanges utilnet.IPNetSet, ports []v1.ServicePort, hosts []*gceInstance) error {
	firewall, err := g.firewallObject(name, desc, sourceRanges, ports, hosts)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err = g.CreateFirewall(firewall); err != nil {
		if isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusConflict) {
			return nil
		} else if isForbidden(err) && g.OnXPN() {
			klog.V(4).Infof("createFirewall(%v): do not have permission to create firewall rule (on XPN). Raising event.", firewall.Name)
			g.raiseFirewallChangeNeededEvent(svc, FirewallToGCloudCreateCmd(firewall, g.NetworkProjectID()))
			return nil
		}
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func (g *Cloud) updateFirewall(svc *v1.Service, name, desc string, sourceRanges utilnet.IPNetSet, ports []v1.ServicePort, hosts []*gceInstance) error {
	firewall, err := g.firewallObject(name, desc, sourceRanges, ports, hosts)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if err = g.UpdateFirewall(firewall); err != nil {
		if isHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusConflict) {
			return nil
		} else if isForbidden(err) && g.OnXPN() {
			klog.V(4).Infof("updateFirewall(%v): do not have permission to update firewall rule (on XPN). Raising event.", firewall.Name)
			g.raiseFirewallChangeNeededEvent(svc, FirewallToGCloudUpdateCmd(firewall, g.NetworkProjectID()))
			return nil
		}
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func (g *Cloud) firewallObject(name, desc string, sourceRanges utilnet.IPNetSet, ports []v1.ServicePort, hosts []*gceInstance) (*compute.Firewall, error) {
	// Concatenate service ports into port ranges. This help to workaround the gce firewall limitation where only
	// 100 ports or port ranges can be used in a firewall rule.
	_, portRanges, _ := getPortsAndProtocol(ports)

	// If the node tags to be used for this cluster have been predefined in the
	// provider config, just use them. Otherwise, invoke computeHostTags method to get the tags.
	hostTags := g.nodeTags
	if len(hostTags) == 0 {
		var err error
		if hostTags, err = g.computeHostTags(hosts); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no node tags supplied and also failed to parse the given lists of hosts for tags. Abort creating firewall rule")
		}
	}

	firewall := &compute.Firewall{
		Name:         name,
		Description:  desc,
		Network:      g.networkURL,
		SourceRanges: sourceRanges.StringSlice(),
		TargetTags:   hostTags,
		Allowed: []*compute.FirewallAllowed{
			{
				// TODO: Make this more generic. Currently this method is only
				// used to create firewall rules for loadbalancers, which have
				// exactly one protocol, so we can never end up with a list of
				// mixed TCP and UDP ports. It should be possible to use a
				// single firewall rule for both a TCP and UDP lb.
				IPProtocol: strings.ToLower(string(ports[0].Protocol)),
				Ports:      portRanges,
			},
		},
	}
	return firewall, nil
}

func ensureStaticIP(s CloudAddressService, name, serviceName, region, existingIP string, netTier cloud.NetworkTier) (ipAddress string, existing bool, err error) {
	// If the address doesn't exist, this will create it.
	// If the existingIP exists but is ephemeral, this will promote it to static.
	// If the address already exists, this will harmlessly return a StatusConflict
	// and we'll grab the IP before returning.
	existed := false
	desc := makeServiceDescription(serviceName)

	var creationErr error
	addressObj := &compute.Address{
		Name:        name,
		Description: desc,
		NetworkTier: netTier.ToGCEValue(),
	}
	if existingIP != "" {
		addressObj.Address = existingIP
	}
	creationErr = s.ReserveRegionAddress(addressObj, region)

	if creationErr != nil {
		// GCE returns StatusConflict if the name conflicts; it returns
		// StatusBadRequest if the IP conflicts.
		if !isHTTPErrorCode(creationErr, http.StatusConflict) && !isHTTPErrorCode(creationErr, http.StatusBadRequest) {
			return "", false, fmt.Errorf("error creating gce static IP address: %v", creationErr)
		}
		existed = true
	}

	// If address exists, get it by IP, because name might be different.
	// This can specifically happen if the IP was changed from ephemeral to static,
	// which results in a new name for the IP.
	if existingIP != "" {
		addr, err := s.GetRegionAddressByIP(region, existingIP)
		if err != nil {
			return "", false, fmt.Errorf("error getting static IP address: %v", err)
		}
		return addr.Address, existed, nil
	}

	// Otherwise, get address by name
	addr, err := s.GetRegionAddress(name, region)
	if err != nil {
		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("error getting static IP address: %v", err)
	}

	return addr.Address, existed, nil
}

func (g *Cloud) getServiceNetworkTier(svc *v1.Service) (cloud.NetworkTier, error) {
	tier, err := GetServiceNetworkTier(svc)
	if err != nil {
		// Returns an error if the annotation is invalid.
		return cloud.NetworkTier(""), err
	}
	return tier, nil
}

func (g *Cloud) deleteWrongNetworkTieredResources(lbName, lbRef string, desiredNetTier cloud.NetworkTier) error {
	logPrefix := fmt.Sprintf("deleteWrongNetworkTieredResources:(%s)", lbRef)
	if err := deleteFWDRuleWithWrongTier(g, g.region, lbName, logPrefix, desiredNetTier); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := deleteAddressWithWrongTier(g, g.region, lbName, logPrefix, desiredNetTier); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

// deleteFWDRuleWithWrongTier checks the network tier of existing forwarding
// rule and delete the rule if the tier does not matched the desired tier.
func deleteFWDRuleWithWrongTier(s CloudForwardingRuleService, region, name, logPrefix string, desiredNetTier cloud.NetworkTier) error {
	tierStr, err := s.getNetworkTierFromForwardingRule(name, region)
	if isNotFound(err) {
		return nil
	} else if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	existingTier := cloud.NetworkTierGCEValueToType(tierStr)
	if existingTier == desiredNetTier {
		return nil
	}
	klog.V(2).Infof("%s: Network tiers do not match; existing forwarding rule: %q, desired: %q. Deleting the forwarding rule",
		logPrefix, existingTier, desiredNetTier)
	err = s.DeleteRegionForwardingRule(name, region)
	return ignoreNotFound(err)
}

// deleteAddressWithWrongTier checks the network tier of existing address
// and delete the address if the tier does not matched the desired tier.
func deleteAddressWithWrongTier(s CloudAddressService, region, name, logPrefix string, desiredNetTier cloud.NetworkTier) error {
	// We only check the IP address matching the reserved name that the
	// controller assigned to the LB. We make the assumption that an address of
	// such name is owned by the controller and is safe to release. Whether an
	// IP is owned by the user is not clearly defined in the current code, and
	// this assumption may not match some of the existing logic in the code.
	// However, this is okay since network tiering is still Alpha and will be
	// properly gated.
	// TODO(#51665): Re-evaluate the "ownership" of the IP address to ensure
	// we don't release IP unintentionally.
	tierStr, err := s.getNetworkTierFromAddress(name, region)
	if isNotFound(err) {
		return nil
	} else if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	existingTier := cloud.NetworkTierGCEValueToType(tierStr)
	if existingTier == desiredNetTier {
		return nil
	}
	klog.V(2).Infof("%s: Network tiers do not match; existing address: %q, desired: %q. Deleting the address",
		logPrefix, existingTier, desiredNetTier)
	err = s.DeleteRegionAddress(name, region)
	return ignoreNotFound(err)
}
