docs: document the node-lock mechanism and device accounting in protocol.md

[KunwarSidhu47]

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What this PR does / why we need it:
This PR adds a new section to docs/develop/protocol.md to formally document the hami.io/node-lock mechanism.

Currently, the concurrency controls used during the scheduler's Bind phase are entirely undocumented. This PR clarifies two critical architectural points for future contributors:

1. The hami.io/node-lock acts strictly as an annotation mutex to prevent race conditions during concurrent pod scheduling.
2. Device accounting is tracked independently. Releasing the node-lock (e.g., via a bind failure fallback) only removes the annotation and does not automatically revert the underlying device accounting.

This significantly improves the architectural documentation and prevents future contributors from making incorrect assumptions about hardware oversubscription during the Bind phase.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:
Fixes #2662

Special notes for reviewer:

• AI Disclosure: I consulted AI to help draft this documentation based on recent maintainer feedback regarding the strict separation of annotation locks and device accounting. The final documentation was manually verified and authored by myself.

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?:

NONE


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Documentation**
  * Added documentation for the node lock mechanism during pod binding.
  * Clarified lock expiration, release behavior, separation from device accounting, and cleanup after binding failures.
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The protocol documentation now describes hami.io/mutex.lock, including lock acquisition, expiration, release, separation from device accounting, device-plugin use, and cleanup after binding failures.

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Node lock documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document node-lock behavior docs/develop/protocol.md	Documents the lock annotation, its concurrency role, expiration and release behavior, separation from device accounting, device-plugin use, and binding failure cleanup.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

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This documentation-only change does not alter runtime behavior or production configuration, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Possibly related issues

• fix(device-plugin): node lock leaks when PatchPodAnnotations fails in updatePodAnnotationsAndReleaseLock #2305 — Concerns node-lock cleanup when pod annotation updates fail.

Possibly related PRs

• Project-HAMi/HAMi#2307 — Fixes node-lock release after annotation update failures.
• Project-HAMi/HAMi#2256 — Implements and tests same-pod node-lock acquisition and release behavior.
• Project-HAMi/HAMi#2624 — Implements node locking for Cambricon through shared annotations.

Suggested reviewers: ouyangluwei163, mesutoezdil

Poem

A rabbit documents the node-lock gate,
Bind acquires it before it is too late.
Device accounting stays unchanged,
Failed binds leave the lock unhinged.
The plugin follows the protocol.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the documented node-lock mechanism and device-accounting behavior.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The documentation addresses issue #2662 by describing node-lock acquisition, release behavior, device accounting, and bind-failure cleanup.
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docs/develop/protocol.md (1)

78-82: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify the scheduler and device-plugin phases.

Lines 78 and 82 combine lock acquisition, pod binding, and device-plugin allocation. In the scheduler flow, acquireNodeLocks invokes device implementations before pod annotation patching and the Kubernetes bind request. Device plugins then use pod allocation annotations during allocation. (raw.githubusercontent.com) State that the node lock coordinates this handoff. Do not imply that the lock itself carries allocation data.

Proposed wording

-During the `Bind` phase, the scheduler acquires this lock on the target node before proceeding with device allocation.
+During the `Bind` phase, the scheduler invokes each device implementation's `LockNode` hook before patching the pod's allocation annotations and sending the Kubernetes bind request.

-The device plugin is responsible for consuming this lock during pod creation to safely instantiate the required environment variables and mounts.
+The device plugin consumes the pod's device-allocation annotations during allocation and creates the required environment variables and mounts; the node lock coordinates this handoff.

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In `@docs/develop/protocol.md` around lines 78 - 82, Update the documentation’s
Bind-phase description to distinguish scheduler and device-plugin
responsibilities: state that acquireNodeLocks invokes device implementations
before pod annotation patching and the Kubernetes bind request, while device
plugins consume the pod allocation annotations during allocation. Describe the
node lock as coordinating this handoff only, and do not imply that the lock
contains or performs device allocation accounting.

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/develop/protocol.md`:
- Line 76: Update the node-lock annotation reference in the concurrent pod
scheduling section to hami.io/mutex.lock, matching pkg/util/nodelock.NodeLockKey
and the device-plugin implementations.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@docs/develop/protocol.md`:
- Around line 78-82: Update the documentation’s Bind-phase description to
distinguish scheduler and device-plugin responsibilities: state that
acquireNodeLocks invokes device implementations before pod annotation patching
and the Kubernetes bind request, while device plugins consume the pod allocation
annotations during allocation. Describe the node lock as coordinating this
handoff only, and do not imply that the lock contains or performs device
allocation accounting.

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[KunwarSidhu47]

@mesutoezdil , updated the pr as you suggested, let me know if there's anything to be done

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closing: review comments were not addressed and the content restates a pr discussion instead of documenting the protocol.

[KunwarSidhu47]

I apologize for the misunderstanding earlier @mesutoezdil. I updated docs/develop/protocol.md with just the protocol specs (format, expiry, release rules) and stripped out code details. Could you check or reopen when you have a minute? Thanks!