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/kind bug

What this PR does / why we need it

LockNode() can recover expired or dangling node locks by releasing the existing lock and acquiring a new one. Previously, the state check, stale-lock release, and new lock acquisition were not serialized as one atomic operation.

Although SetNodeLock() and ReleaseNodeLock() individually used the per-node mutex, multiple concurrent LockNode() callers could observe the same expired or dangling lock before either recovery completed.

This created a race where one scheduler could acquire a recovered lock and have that lock subsequently removed by another concurrent recovery attempt. Both callers could return success even though only the final lock remained valid.

This PR serializes the complete expired/dangling lock recovery transaction per node.

Changes

  • Protect the complete LockNode() state inspection and recovery flow with the existing per-node mutex.
  • Extract internal locked helpers for setting and releasing node locks to avoid recursive mutex acquisition.
  • Re-check the latest node lock state after waiting for a competing recovery operation.
  • Ensure only one concurrent caller can successfully recover an expired or dangling lock.
  • Preserve existing same-owner reentrancy behavior.
  • Preserve contention behavior for valid unexpired locks.
  • Preserve concurrency between locks on different nodes.
  • Reject nil pod arguments before any lock state is inspected or modified.
  • Add deterministic synchronization to the recovery concurrency test so it verifies that a competing caller has actually reached the mutex boundary.

Which issue(s) does this PR fix?

Fixes #2681

Special notes for your reviewer

The fix intentionally uses the existing per-node nodeLockManager rather than introducing a new synchronization mechanism.

The mutex is held for the complete LockNode() operation on the affected node, including:

  1. Reading the current node lock state.
  2. Checking expiration or dangling ownership.
  3. Releasing a stale lock when necessary.
  4. Acquiring the replacement lock.
  5. Returning the final result.

The internal setNodeLockLocked and releaseNodeLockLocked helpers assume the caller already holds the per-node mutex. The existing public SetNodeLock() and ReleaseNodeLock() APIs continue to acquire the mutex themselves.

This prevents recursive locking while preserving the existing API behavior.

Concurrent callers targeting different nodes continue to use independent mutexes and are not unnecessarily serialized.

Nil pod validation is performed at the beginning of LockNode() and SetNodeLock(), before any node state or lock annotation can be modified.

Regression coverage

The tests cover:

  • Concurrent expired-lock recovery with exactly one successful owner.
  • Concurrent dangling-lock recovery with exactly one successful owner.
  • Preservation of an existing valid unexpired lock.
  • Deterministic serialization of the release → acquire recovery sequence.
  • Verification that a competing caller has reached the per-node mutex before the recovery sequence is released.
  • Retryable contention behavior in SetNodeLock().
  • Same-pod reentrancy behavior.
  • Concurrent locking of different nodes.
  • Nil pod passed to LockNode() with an expired lock.
  • Nil pod passed to SetNodeLock().

Validation

The following checks were completed:

  • go test ./pkg/util/nodelock/... — passed
  • go test -v -run 'LockNode|NodeLock' -count=20 — passed, 20/20 iterations
  • go vet ./pkg/util/nodelock/... — passed
  • golangci-lint run ./pkg/util/nodelock/... — passed
  • gofmt — passed
  • git diff --check — passed

The race detector was attempted but is blocked by the local Windows CGO compiler environment (cc1.exe: 64-bit mode not compiled in). The normal concurrency test suite and 20-run stress test passed successfully.

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?

No.

This is a concurrency correctness fix in the internal node-lock recovery path. Nil pod arguments are now rejected safely before any lock mutation instead of potentially reaching a recovery path that could dereference the nil pod.

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AI assistance from Claude and Antigravity was used during codebase investigation, root-cause analysis, implementation assistance, regression-test development, concurrency/race analysis, review-comment analysis, and validation of this change.

The resulting implementation and tests were reviewed against the existing HAMi codebase and node-lock semantics, including same-owner reentrancy, lock contention, retry behavior, nil-pod handling, and per-node concurrency. The final changes were validated by the contributor using the project's unit tests, concurrency stress tests, vet, lint, formatting, and diff-check workflows.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved node-lock handling to prevent recursive locking and race conditions during recovery.
    • Correctly recovers expired or dangling locks while preserving valid, unexpired locks.
    • Rejects nil pod requests immediately without changing existing lock state.
    • Ensures concurrent lock attempts are serialized consistently and safely.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for concurrent recovery, deterministic lock serialization, valid-lock preservation, and invalid pod requests.
    • Added verification that recovery behavior remains stable when multiple lock attempts occur simultaneously.

Signed-off-by: AyushSrivastava1818 <ayush.sri0705@gmail.com>
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LockNode now serializes expired and dangling lock recovery under the per-node mutex. Nil pods fail before lock mutation. Tests cover recovery races, valid locks, deterministic serialization, and nil-pod behavior.

Changes

Node-lock recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Atomic recovery implementation
pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock.go
Lock-held helpers let LockNode release and reacquire expired or dangling locks under one per-node mutex. LockNode and SetNodeLock reject nil pods.
Recovery and validation tests
pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go
Tests verify one winner during recovery, preservation of valid locks, deterministic mutex serialization, pod setup, and immediate nil-pod failures.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f14c9

The change serializes expired and dangling node-lock recovery and adds safe nil-pod validation, but the deterministic concurrency test still does not prove that the competing caller reached the mutex before recovery proceeded. A flawed recovery implementation could therefore pass the test, so merge readiness remains moderate until the test synchronizes at the mutex boundary or this gap is explicitly accepted.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PodA
  participant LockNode
  participant NodeMutex
  participant NodeAnnotation

  PodA->>LockNode: request node lock
  LockNode->>NodeMutex: acquire per-node mutex
  LockNode->>NodeAnnotation: inspect existing lock
  LockNode->>NodeAnnotation: release expired or dangling lock
  LockNode->>NodeAnnotation: set replacement lock
  LockNode->>NodeMutex: release per-node mutex
  LockNode-->>PodA: return acquisition result
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A rabbit guards the mutex gate,
Expired locks now wait their fate.
One pod wins the guarded race,
Nil pods leave without a trace.
Tests hop through the stable state.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation serializes per-node recovery and adds tests for expired and dangling locks, contention, ownership, and preserved behavior required by issue #2681.
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pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go (1)

1220-1239: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Synchronize Pod B at the mutex boundary.

close(podBStarted) runs before LockNode, so the select can pass before Pod B starts. Add deterministic synchronization that proves Pod B reached the per-node mutex before checking podBResult. sync.Mutex.TryLock only proves that the mutex is unavailable; it does not prove that Pod B is waiting on it.

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In `@pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go` around lines 1220 - 1239, The LockNode
concurrency test must deterministically confirm Pod B has reached the per-node
mutex before checking podBResult. Replace the pre-LockNode podBStarted signal
with synchronization at the mutex boundary, using an explicit test hook or
equivalent notification when Pod B begins waiting on the node lock; do not rely
on Mutex.TryLock, which only proves the lock is unavailable.
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Inline comments:
In `@pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock.go`:
- Around line 294-299: Update LockNode to validate pods at entry and return the
same nil-pod error used by ReleaseNodeLock before any recovery or lock mutation
occurs. Add a regression test covering a nil pods argument with an expired or
dangling lock, ensuring the function returns the expected error without
panicking.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go`:
- Around line 1220-1239: The LockNode concurrency test must deterministically
confirm Pod B has reached the per-node mutex before checking podBResult. Replace
the pre-LockNode podBStarted signal with synchronization at the mutex boundary,
using an explicit test hook or equivalent notification when Pod B begins waiting
on the node lock; do not rely on Mutex.TryLock, which only proves the lock is
unavailable.
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pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go (1)

1214-1243: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Make the serialization test distinguish the pre-fix interleaving.

The hook signals before Pod B calls nodeLock.Lock(). The select can run before Pod B attempts the mutex. A non-atomic implementation can let Pod A reacquire the lock before Pod B runs, then return the expected contention error and pass this test.

Block Pod A after its release and before its replacement acquisition. Then give Pod B a deterministic opportunity to acquire or mutate the lock in that window. This must fail without the recovery-wide mutex and pass with it.

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In `@pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go` around lines 1214 - 1243, Update the
LockNode serialization test around beforeLockNodeMutexHook and the patch reactor
so Pod A pauses after releasing the expired lock but before replacement
acquisition, while Pod B receives a deterministic opportunity to acquire or
mutate the per-node lock during that window. Ensure the assertions distinguish
implementations lacking the recovery-wide mutex, and preserve the expected
blocked-until-recovery behavior when the mutex is held.
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In `@pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go`:
- Around line 1214-1243: Update the LockNode serialization test around
beforeLockNodeMutexHook and the patch reactor so Pod A pauses after releasing
the expired lock but before replacement acquisition, while Pod B receives a
deterministic opportunity to acquire or mutate the per-node lock during that
window. Ensure the assertions distinguish implementations lacking the
recovery-wide mutex, and preserve the expected blocked-until-recovery behavior
when the mutex is held.

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In `@pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go`:
- Around line 1236-1256: Make the Pod B synchronization in the LockNode recovery
test occur at the actual node mutex lock-attempt boundary, not only in
beforeLockNodeMutexHook. Instrument nodeLock.Lock to signal when Pod B attempts
acquisition, then wait for that signal before Pod A resumes and assert Pod B
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pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go (1)

1250-1254: ⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Use an actual mutex-attempt signal in this test.

The previous determinism finding remains unresolved. podBAtMutex closes in beforeLockNodeMutexHook, before nodeLocks.getLock(nodeName) and nodeLock.Lock(). runtime.Gosched() only yields the current goroutine. It does not guarantee that Pod B reaches the mutex attempt or establish a synchronization edge. The select can therefore run before Pod B attempts the lock, so a non-atomic release/reacquire implementation can still pass this test.

Add a test-only signal at the actual per-node mutex acquisition boundary in pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock.go. Wait for that signal before Pod A's reactor returns, then verify that Pod B completes only after Pod A finishes recovery.

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

rg -n -C 8 \
  'beforeLockNodeMutexHook|nodeLocks\.getLock|nodeLock\.Lock|runtime\.Gosched|podBAtMutex' \
  pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock.go \
  pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go
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In `@pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go` around lines 1250 - 1254, Replace the
scheduler-based synchronization around podBAtMutex with a test-only signal
emitted immediately at the per-node mutex acquisition boundary in
nodeLocks.getLock/nodeLock.Lock within the relevant nodelock flow. Have Pod A
wait for that signal before its reactor returns, then assert that Pod B does not
complete until Pod A’s recovery has finished; keep the signal scoped to tests
and preserve the existing atomic-lock behavior.
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In `@pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go`:
- Around line 1250-1254: Replace the scheduler-based synchronization around
podBAtMutex with a test-only signal emitted immediately at the per-node mutex
acquisition boundary in nodeLocks.getLock/nodeLock.Lock within the relevant
nodelock flow. Have Pod A wait for that signal before its reactor returns, then
assert that Pod B does not complete until Pod A’s recovery has finished; keep
the signal scoped to tests and preserve the existing atomic-lock behavior.

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