topology-updater:compute pod set fingerprint

Add an option to compute the fingerprint of the current pod set on each
node.

Report this new fingerprint using an attribute in NRT object.

cmd/nfd-topology-updater/main.go

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ func initFlags(flagset *flag.FlagSet) (*topology.Args, *resourcemonitor.Args) {
 		"Pod Resource Socket path to use.")
 	flagset.StringVar(&args.ConfigFile, "config", "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/nfd-topology-updater.conf",
 		"Config file to use.")
+	flagset.BoolVar(&resourcemonitorArgs.PodSetFingerprint, "pods-fingerprint", false, "Compute and report the pod set fingerprint")
 
 	klog.InitFlags(flagset)
 

deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/topologyupdater.yaml

@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ spec:
           - "-key-file=/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/certs/tls.key"
           - "-cert-file=/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/certs/tls.crt"
           {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.topologyUpdater.podSetFingerprint }}
+          - "-pods-fingerprint"
+          {{- end }}
         volumeMounts:
         - name: kubelet-config
           mountPath: /host-var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml

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

@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ topologyUpdater:
   tolerations: []
   annotations: {}
   affinity: {}
+  podSetFingerprint: true
 
 topologyGC:
   enable: true

docs/deployment/helm.md

@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ We have introduced the following Chart parameters.
 | `topologyUpdater.annotations`                 | dict   | {}      | Topology updater pod [annotations](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/)                                                                                    |
 | `topologyUpdater.affinity`                    | dict   | {}      | Topology updater pod [affinity](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/assign-pods-nodes-using-node-affinity/)                                                                      |
 | `topologyUpdater.config`                      | dict   |         | [configuration](../reference/topology-updater-configuration-reference)                                                                                                                                |
+| `topologyUpdater.podSetFingerprint`           | bool   | false   | Enables compute and report of pod fingerprint in NRT objects.                                                                                                                                         |
 
 ### Topology garbage collector parameters
 

docs/reference/topology-updater-commandline-reference.md

@@ -147,3 +147,16 @@ Example:
 ```bash
 nfd-topology-updater -podresources-socket=/var/lib/kubelet/pod-resources/kubelet.sock
 ```
+
+### -pods-fingerprint
+
+Enbles the compute and report the pod set fingerprint in the NRT.
+A pod fingerprint is a compact representation of the "node state" regarding resources.
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+nfd-topology-updater -pods-fingerprint
+```

go.mod

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/jaypipes/ghw v0.8.1-0.20210827132705-c7224150a17e
 	github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/noderesourcetopology-api v0.1.0
+	github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/podfingerprint v0.1.2
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.4
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.23.0
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.4.17 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.22 // indirect
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.8 // indirect
 	github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d // indirect
 	github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr v1.4.10 // indirect
 	github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e // indirect

go.sum

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v0.0.0-20170623195520-56545f4a5d46/go.mod h1:3wb0
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 h1:ZUDjpQae29j0ryrS0u/B8HZfJBtBQHjqw2rQ2cqUQ3I=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1/go.mod h1:n/CVRwUEOgIxrgPvAQhUUr9oeUtvrhMomdKFjzJNB0c=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
+github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.8 h1:31czK/TI9sNkxIKfaUfGlU47BAxQ0ztGgd9vPyqimf8=
+github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.8/go.mod h1:eZbhyaAYD41SGSSsnmcpxVoRiQ/MPUTjUdIIOT9Um7Q=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d h1:G0m3OIz70MZUWq3EgK3CesDbo8upS2Vm9/P3FtgI+Jk=
@@ -422,6 +424,8 @@ github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.2.0/go.mod h1:SYymIcj16QtmaHHD7aYtjjsJG7V
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0/go.mod h1:JR6WtHb+2LUe8TCKY3cZOxFyyO8IZAc4RVcycCCAKdM=
 github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/noderesourcetopology-api v0.1.0 h1:2uCRJbv+A+fmaUaO0wLZ8oYd6cLE1dRzBQcFNxggH3s=
 github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/noderesourcetopology-api v0.1.0/go.mod h1:AkACMQGiTgCt0lQw3m7TTU8PLH9lYKNK5e9DqFf5VuM=
+github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/podfingerprint v0.1.2 h1:Db5KLJjPg2mKaCoeEliMlea+JMyDMWdbNPXnWbPNDyM=
+github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/podfingerprint v0.1.2/go.mod h1:C23pM15t06dXg/OihGlqBvnYzLr+MXDXJ7zMfbNAyXI=
 github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.17.0 h1:b4kY7nqDdioR/6qnbHQyDvmA17u5G1cZ6J+CZXwSWoI=
 github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.17.0/go.mod h1:j4mkqPuvaLI8mp1DroR3P6ad7cyYd4c1qeJ3RV7ULlk=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=

pkg/nfd-topology-updater/nfd-topology-updater.go

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) Run() error {
 
 	var resScan resourcemonitor.ResourcesScanner
 
-	resScan, err = resourcemonitor.NewPodResourcesScanner(w.resourcemonitorArgs.Namespace, podResClient, w.apihelper)
+	resScan, err = resourcemonitor.NewPodResourcesScanner(w.resourcemonitorArgs.Namespace, podResClient, w.apihelper, w.resourcemonitorArgs.PodSetFingerprint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize ResourceMonitor instance: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) Run() error {
 			zones = resAggr.Aggregate(scanResponse.PodResources)
 			utils.KlogDump(1, "After aggregating resources identified zones are", "  ", zones)
 			if !w.args.NoPublish {
-				if err = w.updateNodeResourceTopology(zones); err != nil {
+				if err = w.updateNodeResourceTopology(zones, scanResponse); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 			}
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) Stop() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) updateNodeResourceTopology(zoneInfo v1alpha2.ZoneList) error {
+func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) updateNodeResourceTopology(zoneInfo v1alpha2.ZoneList, scanResponse resourcemonitor.ScanResponse) error {
 	cli, err := w.apihelper.GetTopologyClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) updateNodeResourceTopology(zoneInfo v1alpha2.ZoneLi
 			Attributes:       createTopologyAttributes(w.nodeInfo.tmPolicy, w.nodeInfo.tmScope),
 		}
 
+		updateAttributes(&nrtNew.Attributes, scanResponse.Attributes)
+
 		_, err := cli.TopologyV1alpha2().NodeResourceTopologies().Create(context.TODO(), &nrtNew, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create NodeResourceTopology: %w", err)
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) updateNodeResourceTopology(zoneInfo v1alpha2.ZoneLi
 
 	nrtMutated := nrt.DeepCopy()
 	nrtMutated.Zones = zoneInfo
+	updateAttributes(&nrtMutated.Attributes, scanResponse.Attributes)
 
 	nrtUpdated, err := cli.TopologyV1alpha2().NodeResourceTopologies().Update(context.TODO(), nrtMutated, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -261,3 +264,22 @@ func createTopologyAttributes(policy string, scope string) v1alpha2.AttributeLis
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func updateAttribute(attrList *v1alpha2.AttributeList, attrInfo v1alpha2.AttributeInfo) {
+	if attrList == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for idx := range *attrList {
+		if (*attrList)[idx].Name == attrInfo.Name {
+			(*attrList)[idx].Value = attrInfo.Value
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	*attrList = append(*attrList, attrInfo)
+}
+func updateAttributes(lhs *v1alpha2.AttributeList, rhs v1alpha2.AttributeList) {
+	for _, attr := range rhs {
+		updateAttribute(lhs, attr)
+	}
+}

pkg/nfd-topology-updater/nfd-topology-updater_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 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.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package nfdtopologyupdater
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/noderesourcetopology-api/pkg/apis/topology/v1alpha2"
+	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
+)
+
+func TestTopologyUpdater(t *testing.T) {
+
+	Convey("Given a list of Attributes", t, func() {
+
+		attr_two := v1alpha2.AttributeInfo{
+			Name:  "attr_two_name",
+			Value: "attr_two_value",
+		}
+
+		attrList := v1alpha2.AttributeList{
+			v1alpha2.AttributeInfo{
+				Name:  "attr_one_name",
+				Value: "attr_one_value",
+			},
+			attr_two,
+			v1alpha2.AttributeInfo{
+				Name:  "attr_three_name",
+				Value: "attr_three_value",
+			},
+		}
+		attrListLen := len(attrList)
+		attrNames := getListOfNames(attrList)
+
+		Convey("When an existing attribute is updated", func() {
+
+			updatedAttribute := v1alpha2.AttributeInfo{
+				Name:  attr_two.Name,
+				Value: attr_two.Value + "_new",
+			}
+			updateAttribute(&attrList, updatedAttribute)
+
+			Convey("Then list should have the same number of elements", func() {
+				So(attrList, ShouldHaveLength, attrListLen)
+			})
+			Convey("Then the order of the elemens should be the same", func() {
+				So(attrNames, ShouldResemble, getListOfNames(attrList))
+			})
+			Convey("Then Attribute value in the list should be updated", func() {
+				attr, err := findAttributeByName(attrList, attr_two.Name)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(attr.Value, ShouldEqual, updatedAttribute.Value)
+			})
+		})
+
+		Convey("When a non existing attribute is updated", func() {
+			completelyNewAttribute := v1alpha2.AttributeInfo{
+				Name:  "NonExistingAttribute_Name",
+				Value: "NonExistingAttribute_Value",
+			}
+			_, err := findAttributeByName(attrList, completelyNewAttribute.Name)
+			So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
+
+			updateAttribute(&attrList, completelyNewAttribute)
+
+			Convey("Then list should have the one more element", func() {
+				So(attrList, ShouldHaveLength, attrListLen+1)
+			})
+
+			Convey("Then new Attribute should be added at the end of the list", func() {
+				So(attrList[len(attrList)-1], ShouldResemble, completelyNewAttribute)
+			})
+
+			Convey("Then the order of the elemens should be the same", func() {
+				So(attrNames, ShouldResemble, getListOfNames(attrList[:len(attrList)-1]))
+			})
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+func getListOfNames(attrList v1alpha2.AttributeList) []string {
+	ret := make([]string, len(attrList))
+
+	for idx, attr := range attrList {
+		ret[idx] = attr.Name
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
+func findAttributeByName(attrList v1alpha2.AttributeList, name string) (v1alpha2.AttributeInfo, error) {
+	for _, attr := range attrList {
+		if attr.Name == name {
+			return attr, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return v1alpha2.AttributeInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("Attribute Not Found name:=%s", name)
+}

pkg/resourcemonitor/podresourcesscanner.go

@@ -27,20 +27,25 @@ import (
 	podresourcesapi "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/apihelper"
+
+	"github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/noderesourcetopology-api/pkg/apis/topology/v1alpha2"
+	"github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/podfingerprint"
 )
 
 type PodResourcesScanner struct {
 	namespace         string
 	podResourceClient podresourcesapi.PodResourcesListerClient
 	apihelper         apihelper.APIHelpers
+	podFingerprint    bool
 }
 
 // NewPodResourcesScanner creates a new ResourcesScanner instance
-func NewPodResourcesScanner(namespace string, podResourceClient podresourcesapi.PodResourcesListerClient, kubeApihelper apihelper.APIHelpers) (ResourcesScanner, error) {
+func NewPodResourcesScanner(namespace string, podResourceClient podresourcesapi.PodResourcesListerClient, kubeApihelper apihelper.APIHelpers, podFingerprint bool) (ResourcesScanner, error) {
 	resourcemonitorInstance := &PodResourcesScanner{
 		namespace:         namespace,
 		podResourceClient: podResourceClient,
 		apihelper:         kubeApihelper,
+		podFingerprint:    podFingerprint,
 	}
 	if resourcemonitorInstance.namespace != "*" {
 		klog.Infof("watching namespace %q", resourcemonitorInstance.namespace)
@@ -123,9 +128,28 @@ func (resMon *PodResourcesScanner) Scan() (ScanResponse, error) {
 		return ScanResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("can't receive response: %v.Get(_) = _, %w", resMon.podResourceClient, err)
 	}
 
+	respPodResources := resp.GetPodResources()
+	retVal := ScanResponse{
+		Attributes: v1alpha2.AttributeList{},
+	}
+
+	if resMon.podFingerprint && len(respPodResources) > 0 {
+		var status podfingerprint.Status
+		podFingerprintSign, err := computePodFingerprint(respPodResources, &status)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("podFingerprint: Unable to compute fingerprint %v", err)
+		} else {
+			klog.Info("podFingerprint: " + status.Repr())
+
+			retVal.Attributes = append(retVal.Attributes, v1alpha2.AttributeInfo{
+				Name:  podfingerprint.Attribute,
+				Value: podFingerprintSign,
+			})
+		}
+	}
 	var podResData []PodResources
 
-	for _, podResource := range resp.GetPodResources() {
+	for _, podResource := range respPodResources {
 		klog.Infof("podresource iter: %s", podResource.GetName())
 		hasDevice := hasDevice(podResource)
 		isWatchable, isIntegralGuaranteed, err := resMon.isWatchable(podResource.GetNamespace(), podResource.GetName(), hasDevice)
@@ -198,7 +222,9 @@ func (resMon *PodResourcesScanner) Scan() (ScanResponse, error) {
 
 	}
 
-	return ScanResponse{PodResources: podResData}, nil
+	retVal.PodResources = podResData
+
+	return retVal, nil
 }
 
 func hasDevice(podResource *podresourcesapi.PodResources) bool {
@@ -225,3 +251,14 @@ func getNumaNodeIds(topologyInfo *podresourcesapi.TopologyInfo) []int {
 
 	return topology
 }
+
+func computePodFingerprint(podResources []*podresourcesapi.PodResources, status *podfingerprint.Status) (string, error) {
+	fingerprint := podfingerprint.NewTracingFingerprint(len(podResources), status)
+	for _, podResource := range podResources {
+		err := fingerprint.Add(podResource.Namespace, podResource.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+	return fingerprint.Sign(), nil
+}

pkg/resourcemonitor/podresourcesscanner_test.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/podfingerprint"
 	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 
@@ -40,11 +41,24 @@ func TestPodScanner(t *testing.T) {
 	var resScan ResourcesScanner
 	var err error
 
+	// PodFingerprint only depends on Name/Namespace of the pods running on a Node
+	// so we can precalculate the expected value
+	expectedFingerprintCompute := func(pods []*corev1.Pod) (string, error) {
+		pf := podfingerprint.NewFingerprint(len(pods))
+		for _, pr := range pods {
+			if err := pf.Add(pr.Namespace, pr.Name); err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+		}
+		return pf.Sign(), nil
+	}
+
 	Convey("When I scan for pod resources using fake client and no namespace", t, func() {
 		mockPodResClient := new(podres.MockPodResourcesListerClient)
 		mockAPIHelper := new(apihelper.MockAPIHelpers)
 		mockClient := &k8sclient.Clientset{}
-		resScan, err = NewPodResourcesScanner("*", mockPodResClient, mockAPIHelper)
+		computePodFingerprint := true
+		resScan, err = NewPodResourcesScanner("*", mockPodResClient, mockAPIHelper, computePodFingerprint)
 
 		Convey("Creating a Resources Scanner using a mock client", func() {
 			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
@@ -60,6 +74,9 @@ func TestPodScanner(t *testing.T) {
 			Convey("Return PodResources should be nil", func() {
 				So(res.PodResources, ShouldBeNil)
 			})
+			Convey("Return Attributes should be empty", func() {
+				So(res.Attributes, ShouldBeEmpty)
+			})
 		})
 
 		Convey("When I successfully get empty response", func() {
@@ -72,6 +89,9 @@ func TestPodScanner(t *testing.T) {
 			Convey("Return PodResources should be zero", func() {
 				So(len(res.PodResources), ShouldEqual, 0)
 			})
+			Convey("Return Attributes should be empty", func() {
+				So(res.Attributes, ShouldBeEmpty)
+			})
 		})
 
 		Convey("When I successfully get valid response", func() {
@@ -203,6 +223,14 @@ func TestPodScanner(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				So(reflect.DeepEqual(res.PodResources, expected), ShouldBeTrue)
 			})
+			Convey("Return Attributes should have pod fingerprint attribute with proper value", func() {
+				So(len(res.Attributes), ShouldEqual, 1)
+				// can compute expected fringerprint only with the list of pods in the node.
+				expectedFingerprint, err := expectedFingerprintCompute([]*corev1.Pod{pod})
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Name, ShouldEqual, podfingerprint.Attribute)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Value, ShouldEqual, expectedFingerprint)
+			})
 		})
 
 		Convey("When I successfully get valid response without topology", func() {
@@ -292,6 +320,14 @@ func TestPodScanner(t *testing.T) {
 
 				So(reflect.DeepEqual(res.PodResources, expected), ShouldBeTrue)
 			})
+			Convey("Return Attributes should have pod fingerprint attribute with proper value", func() {
+				So(len(res.Attributes), ShouldEqual, 1)
+				// can compute expected fringerprint only with the list of pods in the node.
+				expectedFingerprint, err := expectedFingerprintCompute([]*corev1.Pod{pod})
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Name, ShouldEqual, podfingerprint.Attribute)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Value, ShouldEqual, expectedFingerprint)
+			})
 		})
 
 		Convey("When I successfully get valid response without devices", func() {
@@ -367,6 +403,14 @@ func TestPodScanner(t *testing.T) {
 
 				So(reflect.DeepEqual(res.PodResources, expected), ShouldBeTrue)
 			})
+			Convey("Return Attributes should have pod fingerprint attribute with proper value", func() {
+				So(len(res.Attributes), ShouldEqual, 1)
+				// can compute expected fringerprint only with the list of pods in the node.
+				expectedFingerprint, err := expectedFingerprintCompute([]*corev1.Pod{pod})
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Name, ShouldEqual, podfingerprint.Attribute)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Value, ShouldEqual, expectedFingerprint)
+			})
 		})
 
 		Convey("When I successfully get valid response without cpus", func() {
@@ -507,6 +551,14 @@ func TestPodScanner(t *testing.T) {
 			Convey("Return PodResources should have values", func() {
 				So(len(res.PodResources), ShouldBeGreaterThan, 0)
 			})
+			Convey("Return Attributes should have pod fingerprint attribute with proper value", func() {
+				So(len(res.Attributes), ShouldEqual, 1)
+				// can compute expected fringerprint only with the list of pods in the node.
+				expectedFingerprint, err := expectedFingerprintCompute([]*corev1.Pod{pod})
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Name, ShouldEqual, podfingerprint.Attribute)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Value, ShouldEqual, expectedFingerprint)
+			})
 
 			expected := []PodResources{
 				{
@@ -610,15 +662,25 @@ func TestPodScanner(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}
 			So(reflect.DeepEqual(res.PodResources, expected), ShouldBeTrue)
-		})
 
+			Convey("Return Attributes should have pod fingerprint attribute with proper value", func() {
+				So(len(res.Attributes), ShouldEqual, 1)
+
+				// can compute expected fringerprint only with the list of pods in the node.
+				expectedFingerprint, err := expectedFingerprintCompute([]*corev1.Pod{pod})
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Name, ShouldEqual, podfingerprint.Attribute)
+				So(res.Attributes[0].Value, ShouldEqual, expectedFingerprint)
+			})
+		})
 	})
 
 	Convey("When I scan for pod resources using fake client and given namespace", t, func() {
 		mockPodResClient := new(podres.MockPodResourcesListerClient)
 		mockAPIHelper := new(apihelper.MockAPIHelpers)
 		mockClient := &k8sclient.Clientset{}
-		resScan, err = NewPodResourcesScanner("pod-res-test", mockPodResClient, mockAPIHelper)
+		computePodFingerprint := false
+		resScan, err = NewPodResourcesScanner("pod-res-test", mockPodResClient, mockAPIHelper, computePodFingerprint)
 
 		Convey("Creating a Resources Scanner using a mock client", func() {
 			So(err, ShouldBeNil)

pkg/resourcemonitor/types.go

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Args struct {
 	Namespace             string
 	KubeletConfigURI      string
 	APIAuthTokenFile      string
+	PodSetFingerprint     bool
 }
 
 // ResourceInfo stores information of resources and their corresponding IDs obtained from PodResource API
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ type PodResources struct {
 
 type ScanResponse struct {
 	PodResources []PodResources
+	Attributes   topologyv1alpha2.AttributeList
 }
 
 // ResourcesScanner gathers all the PodResources from the system, using the podresources API client