Merge pull request #1860 from ozhuraki/no-owner-refs

nfd-worker: Add an option to disable setting the owner references

cmd/nfd-worker/main.go

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ func parseArgs(flags *flag.FlagSet, osArgs ...string) *worker.Args {
 			args.Overrides.FeatureSources = overrides.FeatureSources
 		case "label-sources":
 			args.Overrides.LabelSources = overrides.LabelSources
+		case "no-owner-refs":
+			args.Overrides.NoOwnerRefs = overrides.NoOwnerRefs
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ func initFlags(flagset *flag.FlagSet) (*worker.Args, *worker.ConfigOverrideArgs)
 	}
 	overrides.NoPublish = flagset.Bool("no-publish", false,
 		"Do not publish discovered features, disable connection to nfd-master and don't create NodeFeature object.")
+	overrides.NoOwnerRefs = flagset.Bool("no-owner-refs", false,
+		"Do not set owner references for NodeFeature object.")
 	flagset.Var(overrides.FeatureSources, "feature-sources",
 		"Comma separated list of feature sources. Special value 'all' enables all sources. "+
 			"Prefix the source name with '-' to disable it.")

cmd/nfd-worker/main_test.go

@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ func TestParseArgs(t *testing.T) {
 		Convey("When all override args are specified", func() {
 			args := parseArgs(flags,
 				"-no-publish",
+				"-no-owner-refs",
 				"-feature-sources=cpu",
 				"-label-sources=fake1,fake2,fake3")
 
 			Convey("args.sources is set to appropriate values", func() {
 				So(args.Oneshot, ShouldBeFalse)
 				So(*args.Overrides.NoPublish, ShouldBeTrue)
+				So(*args.Overrides.NoOwnerRefs, ShouldBeTrue)
 				So(*args.Overrides.FeatureSources, ShouldResemble, utils.StringSliceVal{"cpu"})
 				So(*args.Overrides.LabelSources, ShouldResemble, utils.StringSliceVal{"fake1", "fake2", "fake3"})
 			})

deployment/components/worker-config/nfd-worker.conf.example

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #core:
 #  labelWhiteList:
 #  noPublish: false
+#  noOwnerRefs: false
 #  sleepInterval: 60s
 #  featureSources: [all]
 #  labelSources: [all]

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

@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ worker:
     #core:
     #  labelWhiteList:
     #  noPublish: false
+    #  noOwnerRefs: false
     #  sleepInterval: 60s
     #  featureSources: [all]
     #  labelSources: [all]

docs/reference/worker-commandline-reference.md

@@ -162,6 +162,23 @@ Example:
 nfd-worker -no-publish
 ```
 
+### -no-owner-refs
+
+The `-no-owner-refs` flag disables setting the owner references to Pod
+of the NodeFeature object.
+
+> **NOTE:** This flag takes precedence over the
+> [`core.noOwnerRefs`](worker-configuration-reference.md#corenoownerrefs)
+> configuration file option.
+
+Default: *false*
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+nfd-worker -no-owner-refs
+```
+
 ### -oneshot
 
 The `-oneshot` flag causes nfd-worker to exit after one pass of feature

docs/reference/worker-configuration-reference.md

@@ -149,6 +149,24 @@ core:
   noPublish: true
 ```
 
+### core.noOwnerRefs
+
+Setting `core.noOwnerRefs` to `true` disables setting the owner references
+of the NodeFeature object created by the nfd-worker.
+
+> **NOTE:** Overridden by the
+> [`-no-owner-refs`](worker-commandline-reference.md#-no-owner-refs)
+> command line flag (if specified).
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Example:
+
+```yaml
+core:
+  noOwnerRefs: true
+```
+
 ### core.klog
 
 The following options specify the logger configuration.

pkg/nfd-worker/nfd-worker.go

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ type coreConfig struct {
 	Klog           klogutils.KlogConfigOpts
 	LabelWhiteList utils.RegexpVal
 	NoPublish      bool
+	NoOwnerRefs    bool
 	FeatureSources []string
 	Sources        *[]string
 	LabelSources   []string
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ type Args struct {
 	Options        string
 	MetricsPort    int
 	GrpcHealthPort int
+	NoOwnerRefs    bool
 
 	Overrides ConfigOverrideArgs
 }
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ type Args struct {
 // ConfigOverrideArgs are args that override config file options
 type ConfigOverrideArgs struct {
 	NoPublish      *bool
-
+	NoOwnerRefs    *bool
 	FeatureSources *utils.StringSliceVal
 	LabelSources   *utils.StringSliceVal
 }
@@ -265,27 +267,13 @@ func (w *nfdWorker) runFeatureDiscovery() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Run NfdWorker client. Returns if a fatal error is encountered, or, after
+// Set owner ref
-// one request if OneShot is set to 'true' in the worker args.
+func (w *nfdWorker) setOwnerReference() error {
-func (w *nfdWorker) Run() error {
-	klog.InfoS("Node Feature Discovery Worker", "version", version.Get(), "nodeName", utils.NodeName(), "namespace", w.kubernetesNamespace)
-
-	// Read configuration file
-	err := w.configure(w.configFilePath, w.args.Options)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Create ticker for feature discovery and run feature discovery once before the loop.
-	labelTrigger := infiniteTicker{Ticker: time.NewTicker(1)}
-	labelTrigger.Reset(w.config.Core.SleepInterval.Duration)
-	defer labelTrigger.Stop()
-
-	// Create owner ref
 	ownerReference := []metav1.OwnerReference{}
+
+	if !w.config.Core.NoOwnerRefs {
 		// Get pod owner reference
 		podName := os.Getenv("POD_NAME")
-
 		// Add pod owner reference if it exists
 		if podName != "" {
 			if selfPod, err := w.k8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(w.kubernetesNamespace).Get(context.TODO(), podName, metav1.GetOptions{}); err != nil {
@@ -309,9 +297,29 @@ func (w *nfdWorker) Run() error {
 		} else {
 			klog.InfoS("Cannot set NodeFeature owner references, POD_NAME not specified")
 		}
+	}
 
 	w.ownerReference = ownerReference
 
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Run NfdWorker client. Returns an error if a fatal error is encountered, or, after
+// one request if OneShot is set to 'true' in the worker args.
+func (w *nfdWorker) Run() error {
+	klog.InfoS("Node Feature Discovery Worker", "version", version.Get(), "nodeName", utils.NodeName(), "namespace", w.kubernetesNamespace)
+
+	// Read configuration file
+	err := w.configure(w.configFilePath, w.args.Options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create ticker for feature discovery and run feature discovery once before the loop.
+	labelTrigger := infiniteTicker{Ticker: time.NewTicker(1)}
+	labelTrigger.Reset(w.config.Core.SleepInterval.Duration)
+	defer labelTrigger.Stop()
+
 	// Register to metrics server
 	if w.args.MetricsPort > 0 {
 		m := utils.CreateMetricsServer(w.args.MetricsPort,
@@ -466,6 +474,11 @@ func (w *nfdWorker) configureCore(c coreConfig) error {
 		klogV.InfoS("enabled label sources", "labelSources", n)
 	}
 
+	err = w.setOwnerReference()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -511,6 +524,9 @@ func (w *nfdWorker) configure(filepath string, overrides string) error {
 	if w.args.Overrides.NoPublish != nil {
 		c.Core.NoPublish = *w.args.Overrides.NoPublish
 	}
+	if w.args.Overrides.NoOwnerRefs != nil {
+		c.Core.NoOwnerRefs = *w.args.Overrides.NoOwnerRefs
+	}
 	if w.args.Overrides.FeatureSources != nil {
 		c.Core.FeatureSources = *w.args.Overrides.FeatureSources
 	}