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/kind bug

What this PR does / why we need it:

Filter takes the live path whenever args.Nodes is nil, and that path dereferences *args.NodeNames in two places — the "no available node" event message, and genSuccessMsg. ExtenderArgs can arrive with neither Nodes nor NodeNames set, and then the deref panics:

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation]
	pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go:1061

Because the panic happens on the extender's HTTP goroutine, it terminates the whole scheduler process instead of failing the single request that caused it.

The change returns an error result when both node fields are nil. Placing the check before TakeAndDeletePod is deliberate: the live path evicts the pod from the pod manager and the quota manager on entry, so letting a request with no candidate nodes through would discard a scheduled pod's accounting for nothing and still end up with an empty result.

The two remaining derefs are switched to the existing nodeNamesLen helper, which already nil-guards and is used elsewhere in the same function, so they can't panic if another path reaches them later.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes #2688

Special notes for your reviewer:

The hasHAMiResource early return above already handles nil NodeNames safely (it just echoes the field back), so only pods that actually request HAMi resources reach the crash.

#2559 refactors this same function and reproduces both len(*args.NodeNames) call sites unchanged. Whichever lands first, the other will need a small reconciliation — happy to rebase on top of it if that ordering is easier.

Testing:

  • Added TestFilterWithoutCandidateNodes, which drives Filter with a GPU-requesting pod and empty ExtenderArgs. It panics at scheduler.go:1061 on master and passes with the fix. It also asserts the pod is still in the pod manager afterwards, which is what pins the guard above TakeAndDeletePod.
  • go test ./pkg/scheduler/... -short --race -count=1 — pass
  • make test — pass (all packages, race enabled)
  • make verify — pass (golangci-lint 0 issues, license headers, import aliases)
  • make build — pass

This is scoped to the scheduler extender and covered by unit tests, so no GPU hardware was involved.

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?:

Fixed a scheduler extender crash when a filter request contained neither Nodes nor NodeNames.

AI assistance disclosure

This contribution used AI assistance (Claude Code), including code generation: the nil deref was surfaced during an AI-assisted read of the extender code, and the guard, the regression test and the initial commit message were drafted with Claude Code. I reviewed and corrected them — I confirmed the panic against master, checked the guard's placement against the pod and quota manager side effects, and ran the validation listed above. I understand the root cause and the fix and will respond to review feedback myself.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved device discovery and health-check handling when plugins report errors or no devices.
    • Corrected usage reconstruction for stale allocations and missing nodes.
    • Made device locking more reliable by using consistent ordering and safely rolling back partial locks.
    • Improved request filtering when no candidate nodes are provided, preventing errors and preserving scheduling state.
    • Enhanced retry handling and node-count reporting for more reliable scheduling behavior.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for filtering requests without candidate nodes.

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Walkthrough

The scheduler now improves device registration and usage reconstruction, applies deterministic device-lock ordering with rollback, and rejects live filter requests that lack candidate nodes. A regression test verifies error handling and preserves scheduling-cache state.

Changes

Scheduler state and filtering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update registration and usage state
pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
Registration logs discovery errors, removes stale zero-device vendors, skips failed updates, and reports stale allocations or missing usage entries.
Order and roll back device locks
pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
Device locks and releases use sorted vendor order. Failed acquisitions release prior locks in reverse order.
Validate filter candidates
pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go, pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
Filter rejects requests without Nodes or NodeNames, uses nil-safe node counts, and tests error handling with preserved cache state.
Update test file
pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
Adds a standalone master line at the end of the test file.

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

Merge Risk: 🔴 Critical · up to ff35b

The current head is not merge-ready: the regression test contains unresolved merge artifacts and is syntactically incomplete, while an empty candidate-node list can still remove pod and quota state before rejection. Merge should be blocked until both issues are fixed.

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A rabbit sorts the locks in rows,
And frees them when an error shows.
Stale devices leave the cache,
Missing nodes fail without a crash.
Safe filters keep the scheduler whole.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes reject missing candidate nodes before state removal, use nil-safe node counts, and add regression coverage for issue [#2688].
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Filter falls through to the live path whenever args.Nodes is nil, and
that path dereferences *args.NodeNames when it builds the "no available
node" event message and again in genSuccessMsg. ExtenderArgs may carry
neither field, and then the deref panics and takes the whole extender
process down instead of failing the one request:

    panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
        pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go:1061

Return an error result when both node fields are nil. Doing it before
TakeAndDeletePod matters: the live path evicts the pod from the pod
manager and the quota manager on entry, so running it with an empty
candidate set would drop a scheduled pod's accounting for nothing.

Also use the existing nodeNamesLen helper for the two remaining
dereferences so neither can panic if another caller path is added later.

Signed-off-by: Nishant <nishantbkl3345-ship-it@users.noreply.github.com>
Comment thread pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
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please resolve these conflicts

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pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go (1)

942-968: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not call blanket cleanup after lock acquisition fails.

lockAllDevices already rolls back acquired locks. Bind.fail then calls releaseAllDevices, and CambriconDevices.ReleaseNodeLock clears DsmluLockTime without checking ownership. This can remove another pod’s lock after contention. Release each lock at most once. Add a test that preserves a pre-existing lock and counts release calls.

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In `@pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go` around lines 942 - 968, Update the bind failure
cleanup so a failed lockAllDevices call does not invoke blanket
releaseAllDevices after its rollback; ensure each device lock is released at
most once. Preserve pre-existing locks owned by other pods, and add coverage
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Inline comments:
In `@pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go`:
- Line 3152: Remove the stray merge-artifact tokens
“fix/filter-nil-nodenames-panic” and “master” from the test file, then close
TestFilterWithoutCandidateNodes with a closing brace immediately after its final
assertion and before transactionMockDevice.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go`:
- Around line 942-968: Update the bind failure cleanup so a failed
lockAllDevices call does not invoke blanket releaseAllDevices after its
rollback; ensure each device lock is released at most once. Preserve
pre-existing locks owned by other pods, and add coverage verifying the lock
remains intact while release calls are counted.
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Comment thread pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
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your merge left the branch name inside the file, it does not compile and ci is red. clean it up. the len == 0 question above is also still open.

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