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Summary

Cambricon's device backend implemented its own node-lock annotation
(cambricon.com/dsmlu.lock) instead of using the shared pkg/util/nodelock
package that every other backend (nvidia, hygon, amd, biren, vastai,
iluvatar, kunlun, metax) relies on for serializing device allocation on a
node.

The bespoke implementation had no real concurrency protection:

  • LockNode/setNodeLock checked the lock annotation on the *corev1.Node
    object handed to it by the caller (from an informer cache), never
    re-fetching a live copy.
  • setNodeLock then issued a Patch containing only the annotation field,
    with no resourceVersion precondition anywhere in the request.

Since Kubernetes Patch does not enforce optimistic concurrency unless a
precondition is supplied, two pods being bound to the same node concurrently
could both read the same "unlocked" node snapshot, both pass the check, and
both successfully Patch — nothing rejected the second writer. Both pods
would then proceed to mutate MLU device usage/annotations on the same node
with no mutual exclusion, which is exactly the over-allocation / corrupted
device-state scenario the lock exists to prevent.

Fix

LockNode/ReleaseNodeLock now delegate to nodelock.LockNode /
nodelock.ReleaseNodeLock, the same shared package used by every other
backend. That package re-fetches the node on each attempt and patches with
a resourceVersion precondition plus retry-on-conflict, so concurrent lock
attempts on the same node are properly serialized. The bespoke
setNodeLock method and the cambricon.com/dsmlu.lock annotation constant
are removed as dead code.

One intentional behavior change: the stale-lock recovery window moves from
Cambricon's hardcoded 2 minutes to the shared default of 5 minutes
(overridable via HAMI_NODELOCK_EXPIRE), matching every other backend
instead of being a Cambricon-specific special case.

Test plan

  • go build ./...
  • go test ./pkg/device/cambricon/... -race -short -count=1 -v — all
    pass, including new/updated lock tests exercising contention, expiry,
    and successful release
  • make test (full suite, race detector) — all packages pass
  • make lint (golangci-lint) on changed files — 0 issues
  • hack/verify-license.sh, hack/verify-import-aliases.sh — pass

AI Assistance Disclosure

This PR was written primarily by Geminy, following the project's
CONTRIBUTING.md disclosure requirement. The bug was found via an
independent code audit of the scheduler's node-locking paths across all
device backends; the fix mirrors the pattern already used by the
nvidia/hygon/amd backends in this codebase.

Summary by CodeRabbit

Bug Fixes

  • Improved Cambricon device node locking for more consistent acquisition and release behavior.
  • Locking continues to apply only to workloads requesting MLU resources.
  • Improved handling of active, expired, and malformed locks.
  • Locks owned by the requesting workload are now released correctly.
  • Improved validation of lock persistence, ownership, and release scenarios.

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Walkthrough

Cambricon node lock acquisition and release now use the shared nodelock package. Custom timestamp, patch, retry, and expiry logic was removed. Tests cover pod-owned live, expired, malformed, and released locks.

Changes

Cambricon node locking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared lock delegation
pkg/device/cambricon/device.go
Adds NodeLockCambricon, removes custom lock handling, and delegates lock acquisition and release to nodelock after the MLU resource check.
Lock behavior validation
pkg/device/cambricon/device_test.go
Tests pod-owned live, expired, and malformed locks, fake-client persistence, no-lock release cases, and removal of an owned shared lock annotation.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to 668e4

The change makes Cambricon use the shared concurrency-safe node lock, reducing the risk of concurrent device allocation conflicts; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains at the current head after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Pod
  participant CambriconDevice
  participant nodelock
  participant KubernetesAPI
  Pod->>CambriconDevice: Request MLU resources
  CambriconDevice->>nodelock: Acquire or release pod-owned node lock
  nodelock->>KubernetesAPI: Read or update node lock annotation
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Shared locks record pod ownership.
Live and expired marks are clear,
Malformed values cause no fear.
Release removes the lock with care.

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pkg/device/cambricon/device.go (1)

49-52: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid duplicating the shared annotation key literal.

NodeLockCambricon repeats the literal value of nodelock.NodeLockKey (hami.io/mutex.lock). The comment states that nodelock ignores the passed name, so this duplicate literal has no effect and can drift if the shared key changes. Peer backends use either a descriptive identifier (NodeLockNvidia, NodeLockDCU) or nodelock.NodeLockKey directly.

♻️ Proposed change to a descriptive identifier
-	// NodeLockCambricon should be the same as the node lock name used by the
-	// device plugin; nodelock hard-codes the annotation key regardless of the
-	// name passed in, so this only needs to be distinct for readability.
-	NodeLockCambricon = "hami.io/mutex.lock"
+	// NodeLockCambricon identifies this backend in node lock calls. The
+	// nodelock package hard-codes the annotation key, so this value is only
+	// used for readability and logging.
+	NodeLockCambricon = "cambricon"
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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In `@pkg/device/cambricon/device.go` around lines 49 - 52, Update
NodeLockCambricon to reuse the shared nodelock.NodeLockKey constant instead of
duplicating the annotation key literal, while preserving its distinct
descriptive symbol for Cambricon callers.
pkg/device/cambricon/device_test.go (1)

526-531: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider asserting the lock owner, not only the annotation presence.

The check confirms that nodelock.NodeLockKey exists. It does not confirm that the requesting pod now owns the lock. The pod fixture from setupTest has an empty Name and Namespace, so the "lock time expired" case would pass even if the stale value from other-pod remained. Comparing the suffix against the requesting pod would make the takeover path explicit.

♻️ Proposed stronger assertion
 			// Optionally check if the node was correctly patched with the lock annotation.
 			if !tt.wantErr {
 				fetchedNode, _ := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.TODO(), node.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-				if _, ok := fetchedNode.Annotations[nodelock.NodeLockKey]; !ok {
+				lockValue, ok := fetchedNode.Annotations[nodelock.NodeLockKey]
+				if !ok {
 					t.Error("Expected node to be locked but it wasn't")
+				} else if want := nodelock.NodeLockSep + nodelock.GeneratePodNamespaceName(pod, nodelock.NodeLockSep); !strings.HasSuffix(lockValue, want) {
+					t.Errorf("lock %q is not owned by the requesting pod, want suffix %q", lockValue, want)
 				}
 			}

This change reintroduces the strings import.

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In `@pkg/device/cambricon/device_test.go` around lines 526 - 531, Strengthen the
successful lock assertion in the test around the `setupTest` pod fixture:
retrieve the `nodelock.NodeLockKey` annotation and verify its owner suffix
matches the requesting pod’s identity, rather than only checking annotation
presence. Ensure the fixture pod has populated `Name` and `Namespace` values so
the expired-lock takeover case cannot pass with the stale `other-pod` value, and
add the required `strings` import if needed.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@pkg/device/cambricon/device_test.go`:
- Around line 526-531: Strengthen the successful lock assertion in the test
around the `setupTest` pod fixture: retrieve the `nodelock.NodeLockKey`
annotation and verify its owner suffix matches the requesting pod’s identity,
rather than only checking annotation presence. Ensure the fixture pod has
populated `Name` and `Namespace` values so the expired-lock takeover case cannot
pass with the stale `other-pod` value, and add the required `strings` import if
needed.

In `@pkg/device/cambricon/device.go`:
- Around line 49-52: Update NodeLockCambricon to reuse the shared
nodelock.NodeLockKey constant instead of duplicating the annotation key literal,
while preserving its distinct descriptive symbol for Cambricon callers.

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Cambricon implemented its own node-lock annotation (cambricon.com/dsmlu.lock)
instead of using pkg/util/nodelock like every other device backend. Its
setNodeLock() checked the annotation on a caller-supplied, possibly stale
Node object and then issued a Patch containing only the annotation field,
with no resourceVersion precondition. Two pods being bound to the same node
concurrently could both pass the "not locked" check and both successfully
patch, so nothing prevented concurrent, unguarded device allocation on the
same node.

Switch LockNode/ReleaseNodeLock to delegate to nodelock.LockNode /
nodelock.ReleaseNodeLock, matching the nvidia/hygon/amd backends. That
package re-fetches the node and uses resourceVersion-guarded patches with
retry, so concurrent lock attempts are properly serialized.

Note: the stale-lock recovery window changes from cambricon's hardcoded 2
minutes to the shared default of 5 minutes (overridable via
HAMI_NODELOCK_EXPIRE), consistent with all other backends.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Raut <araut7798@gmail.com>
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Dose cambricon device plugin recognize the new annotation key?

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In `@pkg/device/cambricon/device.go`:
- Around line 49-52: Remove the obsolete setNodeLock implementation and all
DsmluLockTime and retry references, including related tests. Update
ReleaseNodeLock to use the same resource check as LockNode, then call
nodelock.ReleaseNodeLock with n.Name, NodeLockCambricon, p, and false. Adjust
tests to reference nodelock.NodeLockKey.

Apply the same fix in `@pkg/device/cambricon/device.go` around lines 134 - 176:
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Dose cambricon device plugin recognize the new annotation key?

Yes, it works fine. Theres no separate Cambricon device plugin in this repo the only device plugin binary here is for nvidia. Cambricon runs its own device plugin outside this codebase entirely, and that plugin never read the old annotation in the first place, so nothing there depends on it.

The old cambricon.com/dsmlu.lock annotation was only ever used internally by the scheduler itself it was written and read by the LockNode and ReleaseNodeLock functions alone, at bind time. No allocation-side code, and no device-plugin code, ever touched it. I checked the whole repo and that old annotation name doesn't appear anywhere anymore, and even before this change it only ever existed in that one file.

The new key is the shared hami.io/mutex.lock annotation, the same one nvidia, amd, hygon, vastai, iluvatar, kunlun, ascend, metax, and biren were already using. Cambricon has simply joined that same shared lock. No new consumer was added, and nothing that existed before is broken.

The merge of master (2008d2b, "Fix three bugs in ReleaseNodeLock") into
this branch produced a broken hybrid: LockNode correctly delegated to
the shared nodelock package, but ReleaseNodeLock and the now-orphaned
setNodeLock helper were left using master's bespoke DsmluLockTime
annotation logic, which referenced imports/constants the merge had
already dropped from this file (context, encoding/json, client, types,
metav1, retry, time, rand) — causing a typecheck failure in CI.

Since ReleaseNodeLock is only ever called opposite LockNode, mixing the
two lock implementations was also functionally broken on top of not
compiling: LockNode(shared annotation) / ReleaseNodeLock(bespoke
annotation) would never see each other's state. Remove the dead
setNodeLock function and switch ReleaseNodeLock to delegate to
nodelock.ReleaseNodeLock, matching LockNode and every other backend.

Test file updated to match: dropped the bespoke setNodeLock/
ReleaseNodeLock retry-and-annotation tests (that mechanism no longer
exists), keeping the shared-nodelock-based tests already covering
LockNode and ReleaseNodeLock via Test_LockNode and
Test_ReleaseNodeLock_ReleasesOwnedLock.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Raut <araut7798@gmail.com>

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pkg/device/cambricon/device_test.go (1)

536-587: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a case that reaches nodelock.ReleaseNodeLock.

Both table cases use an empty corev1.Pod{}. ReleaseNodeLock returns nil at the !found branch before it calls nodelock.ReleaseNodeLock, so the delegation added in pkg/device/cambricon/device.go is never exercised. The client.KubeClient fake clientset has no effect on the assertion for these two cases.

Add a case with a pod that requests MLU resources and a node annotated with nodelock.NodeLockKey owned by that pod. Then assert that the annotation is removed after the call. Also fix the case-name typo "annation" → "annotation".

♻️ Example additional case
t.Run("owned lock is removed", func(t *testing.T) {
	node, pod, teardown, _ := setupTest(t)
	pod.Namespace = "default"
	pod.Name = "pod-01"
	defer teardown()

	node.Annotations = map[string]string{
		nodelock.NodeLockKey: nodelock.GenerateNodeLockKeyByPod(pod),
	}
	client.KubeClient = fake.NewClientset(node, pod)

	dev := CambriconDevices{}
	assert.NoError(t, dev.ReleaseNodeLock(node, pod))

	got, err := client.GetClient().CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.Background(), node.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
	assert.NoError(t, err)
	_, ok := got.Annotations[nodelock.NodeLockKey]
	assert.False(t, ok)
})
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In `@pkg/device/cambricon/device_test.go` around lines 536 - 587, Add a
Test_ReleaseNodeLock case using a pod that requests MLU resources and a node
whose nodelock.NodeLockKey annotation is owned by that pod, then assert
ReleaseNodeLock succeeds and the annotation is removed from the persisted node.
Rename the existing “annation” case names to “annotation”, and ensure the new
case exercises nodelock.ReleaseNodeLock rather than the !found early return.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@pkg/device/cambricon/device_test.go`:
- Around line 536-587: Add a Test_ReleaseNodeLock case using a pod that requests
MLU resources and a node whose nodelock.NodeLockKey annotation is owned by that
pod, then assert ReleaseNodeLock succeeds and the annotation is removed from the
persisted node. Rename the existing “annation” case names to “annotation”, and
ensure the new case exercises nodelock.ReleaseNodeLock rather than the !found
early return.

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