config file for informerPageSize

cmd/nfd-master/main.go

@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ func initFlags(flagset *flag.FlagSet) (*master.Args, *master.ConfigOverrideArgs)
 			"in the same format as in the config file (i.e. json or yaml). These options")
 	flagset.BoolVar(&args.EnableLeaderElection, "enable-leader-election", false,
 		"Enables a leader election. Enable this when running more than one replica on nfd master.")
-	flagset.Int64Var(&args.ListSize, "informer-page-size", 200,
-		"The list size to use when listing NodeFeature objects to sync informer cache.")
 
 	args.Klog = klogutils.InitKlogFlags(flagset)
 
@@ -142,6 +140,8 @@ func initFlags(flagset *flag.FlagSet) (*master.Args, *master.ConfigOverrideArgs)
 	flagset.Var(overrides.ResyncPeriod, "resync-period", "Specify the NFD API controller resync period.")
 	overrides.NfdApiParallelism = flagset.Int("nfd-api-parallelism", 10, "Defines the maximum number of goroutines responsible of updating nodes. "+
 		"Can be used for the throttling mechanism.")
+	overrides.InformerPageSize = flagset.Int64("informer-page-size", 200,
+		"The list size to use when listing NodeFeature objects to sync informer cache.")
 
 	return args, overrides
 }

deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ master:
     #   # this value has to be greater than 0
     #   retryPeriod: 2s
     # nfdApiParallelism: 10
+    # informerPageSize: 50
   ### <NFD-MASTER-CONF-END-DO-NOT-REMOVE>
   port: 8080
   instance:

docs/reference/master-configuration-reference.md

@@ -216,6 +216,21 @@ Example:
 nfdApiParallelism: 1
 ```
 
+## informerPageSize
+
+The `informerPageSize` option is used to control pagination
+during informer cache sync on nfd-master startup.
+This is useful to control load on api-server/etcd as listing
+NodeFeature objects can be expensive, especially in large clusters.
+
+Default: 200
+
+Example:
+
+```yaml
+informerPageSize: 50
+```
+
 ## klog
 
 The following options specify the logger configuration. Most of which can be

pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ type NFDConfig struct {
 	NfdApiParallelism int
 	Klog              klogutils.KlogConfigOpts
 	Restrictions      Restrictions
+	InformerPageSize  int64
 }
 
 // LeaderElectionConfig contains the configuration for leader election
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ type ConfigOverrideArgs struct {
 	NoPublish         *bool
 	ResyncPeriod      *utils.DurationVal
 	NfdApiParallelism *int
+	InformerPageSize  *int64
 }
 
 // Args holds command line arguments
@@ -122,7 +124,6 @@ type Args struct {
 	Options              string
 	EnableLeaderElection bool
 	MetricsPort          int
-	ListSize             int64
 
 	Overrides ConfigOverrideArgs
 }
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ func newDefaultConfig() *NFDConfig {
 		NfdApiParallelism: 10,
 		EnableTaints:      false,
 		ResyncPeriod:      utils.DurationVal{Duration: time.Duration(1) * time.Hour},
+		InformerPageSize:  200,
 		LeaderElection: LeaderElectionConfig{
 			LeaseDuration: utils.DurationVal{Duration: time.Duration(15) * time.Second},
 			RetryPeriod:   utils.DurationVal{Duration: time.Duration(2) * time.Second},
@@ -1191,6 +1193,9 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) configure(filepath string, overrides string) error {
 	if m.args.Overrides.NfdApiParallelism != nil {
 		c.NfdApiParallelism = *m.args.Overrides.NfdApiParallelism
 	}
+	if m.args.Overrides.InformerPageSize != nil {
+		c.InformerPageSize = *m.args.Overrides.InformerPageSize
+	}
 
 	if c.NfdApiParallelism <= 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("the maximum number of concurrent labelers should be a non-zero positive number")
@@ -1296,7 +1301,7 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) startNfdApiController() error {
 		ResyncPeriod:                 m.config.ResyncPeriod.Duration,
 		K8sClient:                    m.k8sClient,
 		NodeFeatureNamespaceSelector: m.config.Restrictions.NodeFeatureNamespaceSelector,
-		ListSize:                     m.args.ListSize,
+		ListSize:                     m.config.InformerPageSize,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize CRD controller: %w", err)