Pluggable data layer: transition backend/metrics to use type aliases from datalayer package

pkg/epp/backend/metrics/fake.go

@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/backend"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/datalayer"
 	logutil "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/util/logging"
 )
 
@@ -42,13 +44,23 @@ func (fpm *FakePodMetrics) String() string {
 func (fpm *FakePodMetrics) GetPod() *backend.Pod {
 	return fpm.Pod
 }
+
 func (fpm *FakePodMetrics) GetMetrics() *MetricsState {
 	return fpm.Metrics
 }
+
 func (fpm *FakePodMetrics) UpdatePod(pod *corev1.Pod) {
 	fpm.Pod = toInternalPod(pod)
 }
-func (fpm *FakePodMetrics) StopRefreshLoop() {} // noop
+
+func (*FakePodMetrics) Put(string, datalayer.Cloneable)        {}
+func (*FakePodMetrics) Get(string) (datalayer.Cloneable, bool) { return nil, false }
+func (*FakePodMetrics) Keys() []string                         { return nil }
+
+func (fpm *FakePodMetrics) UpdateMetrics(updated *MetricsState) {
+	updated.UpdateTime = time.Now()
+	fpm.Metrics = updated
+}
 
 type FakePodMetricsClient struct {
 	errMu sync.RWMutex

pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 
-	v1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/api/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/datalayer"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/metrics"
 	logutil "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/util/logging"
 )
@@ -33,15 +33,9 @@ const (
 	debugPrintInterval = 5 * time.Second
 )
 
-type Datastore interface {
-	PoolGet() (*v1.InferencePool, error)
-	// PodMetrics operations
-	PodList(func(PodMetrics) bool) []PodMetrics
-}
-
 // StartMetricsLogger starts goroutines to 1) Print metrics debug logs if the DEBUG log level is
 // enabled; 2) flushes Prometheus metrics about the backend servers.
-func StartMetricsLogger(ctx context.Context, datastore Datastore, refreshPrometheusMetricsInterval, metricsStalenessThreshold time.Duration) {
+func StartMetricsLogger(ctx context.Context, datastore datalayer.PoolInfo, refreshPrometheusMetricsInterval, metricsStalenessThreshold time.Duration) {
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(refreshPrometheusMetricsInterval)
 	go func() {
@@ -82,7 +76,7 @@ func StartMetricsLogger(ctx context.Context, datastore Datastore, refreshPrometh
 	}
 }
 
-func refreshPrometheusMetrics(logger logr.Logger, datastore Datastore, metricsStalenessThreshold time.Duration) {
+func refreshPrometheusMetrics(logger logr.Logger, datastore datalayer.PoolInfo, metricsStalenessThreshold time.Duration) {
 	pool, err := datastore.PoolGet()
 	if err != nil {
 		// No inference pool or not initialize.

pkg/epp/backend/metrics/metrics_state.go

@@ -17,64 +17,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 package metrics
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/datalayer"
 )
 
 // NewMetricsState initializes a new MetricsState and returns its pointer.
 func NewMetricsState() *MetricsState {
-	return &MetricsState{
-		ActiveModels:  make(map[string]int),
-		WaitingModels: make(map[string]int),
-	}
+	return datalayer.NewMetrics()
 }
 
 // MetricsState holds the latest state of the metrics that were scraped from a pod.
-type MetricsState struct {
-	// ActiveModels is a set of models(including LoRA adapters) that are currently cached to GPU.
-	ActiveModels  map[string]int
-	WaitingModels map[string]int
-	// MaxActiveModels is the maximum number of models that can be loaded to GPU.
-	MaxActiveModels         int
-	RunningQueueSize        int
-	WaitingQueueSize        int
-	KVCacheUsagePercent     float64
-	KvCacheMaxTokenCapacity int
-
-	// UpdateTime record the last time when the metrics were updated.
-	UpdateTime time.Time
-}
-
-// String returns a string with all MetricState information
-func (s *MetricsState) String() string {
-	if s == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%+v", *s)
-}
-
-// Clone creates a copy of MetricsState and returns its pointer.
-// Clone returns nil if the object being cloned is nil.
-func (s *MetricsState) Clone() *MetricsState {
-	if s == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	activeModels := make(map[string]int, len(s.ActiveModels))
-	for key, value := range s.ActiveModels {
-		activeModels[key] = value
-	}
-	waitingModels := make(map[string]int, len(s.WaitingModels))
-	for key, value := range s.WaitingModels {
-		waitingModels[key] = value
-	}
-	return &MetricsState{
-		ActiveModels:            activeModels,
-		WaitingModels:           waitingModels,
-		MaxActiveModels:         s.MaxActiveModels,
-		RunningQueueSize:        s.RunningQueueSize,
-		WaitingQueueSize:        s.WaitingQueueSize,
-		KVCacheUsagePercent:     s.KVCacheUsagePercent,
-		KvCacheMaxTokenCapacity: s.KvCacheMaxTokenCapacity,
-		UpdateTime:              s.UpdateTime,
-	}
-}
+type MetricsState = datalayer.Metrics

pkg/epp/backend/metrics/pod_metrics.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/backend"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/datalayer"
 	logutil "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/util/logging"
 )
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ type podMetrics struct {
 	pod      atomic.Pointer[backend.Pod]
 	metrics  atomic.Pointer[MetricsState]
 	pmc      PodMetricsClient
-	ds       Datastore
+	ds       datalayer.PoolInfo
 	interval time.Duration
 
 	startOnce sync.Once // ensures the refresh loop goroutine is started only once
@@ -129,17 +130,27 @@ func (pm *podMetrics) refreshMetrics() error {
 	// this case, the updated metrics object will have partial updates. A partial update is
 	// considered better than no updates.
 	if updated != nil {
-		updated.UpdateTime = time.Now()
-		pm.logger.V(logutil.TRACE).Info("Refreshed metrics", "updated", updated)
-		pm.metrics.Store(updated)
+		pm.UpdateMetrics(updated)
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (pm *podMetrics) StopRefreshLoop() {
+func (pm *podMetrics) stopRefreshLoop() {
 	pm.logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Info("Stopping refresher", "pod", pm.GetPod())
 	pm.stopOnce.Do(func() {
 		close(pm.done)
 	})
 }
+
+// Allowing forward compatibility between PodMetrics and datalayer.Endpoint, by
+// implementing missing functions (e.g., extended attributes support) as no-op.
+func (*podMetrics) Put(string, datalayer.Cloneable)        {}
+func (*podMetrics) Get(string) (datalayer.Cloneable, bool) { return nil, false }
+func (*podMetrics) Keys() []string                         { return nil }
+
+func (pm *podMetrics) UpdateMetrics(updated *MetricsState) {
+	updated.UpdateTime = time.Now()
+	pm.logger.V(logutil.TRACE).Info("Refreshed metrics", "updated", updated)
+	pm.metrics.Store(updated)
+}

pkg/epp/backend/metrics/pod_metrics_test.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestMetricsRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 	pmf := NewPodMetricsFactory(pmc, time.Millisecond, time.Second*2)
 
 	// The refresher is initialized with empty metrics.
-	pm := pmf.NewPodMetrics(ctx, pod1, &fakeDataStore{})
+	pm := pmf.NewEndpoint(ctx, pod1, &fakeDataStore{})
 
 	namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{Name: pod1.Name, Namespace: pod1.Namespace}
 	// Use SetRes to simulate an update of metrics from the pod.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestMetricsRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Stop the loop, and simulate metric update again, this time the PodMetrics won't get the
 	// new update.
-	pm.StopRefreshLoop()
+	pmf.ReleaseEndpoint(pm)
 	time.Sleep(pmf.refreshMetricsInterval * 2 /* small buffer for robustness */)
 	pmc.SetRes(map[types.NamespacedName]*MetricsState{namespacedName: updated})
 	// Still expect the same condition (no metrics update).

pkg/epp/backend/metrics/types.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/backend"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/datalayer"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type PodMetricsFactory struct {
 	metricsStalenessThreshold time.Duration
 }
 
-func (f *PodMetricsFactory) NewPodMetrics(parentCtx context.Context, in *corev1.Pod, ds Datastore) PodMetrics {
+func (f *PodMetricsFactory) NewEndpoint(parentCtx context.Context, in *corev1.Pod, ds datalayer.PoolInfo) PodMetrics {
 	pod := toInternalPod(in)
 	pm := &podMetrics{
 		pmc:       f.pmc,
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ func (f *PodMetricsFactory) NewPodMetrics(parentCtx context.Context, in *corev1.
 	return pm
 }
 
-type PodMetrics interface {
-	GetPod() *backend.Pod
-	GetMetrics() *MetricsState
-	UpdatePod(*corev1.Pod)
-	StopRefreshLoop()
-	String() string
+func (f *PodMetricsFactory) ReleaseEndpoint(ep PodMetrics) {
+	if pm, ok := ep.(*podMetrics); ok {
+		pm.stopRefreshLoop()
+	}
 }
+
+type PodMetrics = datalayer.Endpoint

pkg/epp/backend/pod.go

@@ -17,38 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package backend
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/datalayer"
 )
 
-type Pod struct {
-	NamespacedName types.NamespacedName
-	Address        string
-	Labels         map[string]string
-}
-
-func (p *Pod) String() string {
-	if p == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%+v", *p)
-}
-
-func (p *Pod) Clone() *Pod {
-	if p == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	clonedLabels := make(map[string]string, len(p.Labels))
-	for key, value := range p.Labels {
-		clonedLabels[key] = value
-	}
-	return &Pod{
-		NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-			Name:      p.NamespacedName.Name,
-			Namespace: p.NamespacedName.Namespace,
-		},
-		Address: p.Address,
-		Labels:  clonedLabels,
-	}
-}
+type Pod = datalayer.PodInfo

pkg/epp/datalayer/endpoint.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type EndpointMetricsState interface {
 
 // Endpoint represents an inference serving endpoint and its related attributes.
 type Endpoint interface {
+	fmt.Stringer
 	EndpointPodState
 	EndpointMetricsState
 	AttributeMap
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func NewEndpoint() *ModelServer {
 }
 
 // String returns a representation of the ModelServer. For brevity, only names of
-// extended attributes are returned and not the values.
+// extended attributes are returned and not their values.
 func (srv *ModelServer) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Pod: %v; Metrics: %v; Attributes: %v", srv.GetPod(), srv.GetMetrics(), srv.Keys())
 }

pkg/epp/datalayer/factory.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package datalayer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+
+	v1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/api/v1"
+)
+
+// PoolInfo represents the DataStore information needed for endpoints.
+// TODO:
+// Consider if to remove/simplify in follow-ups. This is mostly for backward
+// compatibility with backend.metrics' expectations and allowing a shared
+// implementation during the transition.
+//   - Endpoint metric scraping uses PoolGet to access the pool's Port and Name.
+//   - Global metrics logging uses PoolGet solely for error return and PodList to enumerate
+//     all endpoints for metrics summarization.
+type PoolInfo interface {
+	PoolGet() (*v1.InferencePool, error)
+	PodList(func(Endpoint) bool) []Endpoint
+}
+
+// EndpointFactory defines an interface for managing Endpoint lifecycle. Specifically,
+// providing methods to allocate and retire endpoints. This can potentially be used for
+// pooled memory or other management chores in the implementation.
+type EndpointFactory interface {
+	NewEndpoint(parent context.Context, inpod *corev1.Pod, poolinfo PoolInfo) Endpoint
+	ReleaseEndpoint(ep Endpoint)
+}