kubelet.go

/*
Copyright 2015 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.
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*/

package kubelet

import (
	"fmt"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
	"path"
	"sort"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"sync/atomic"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
	cadvisorapi "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
	componentconfigv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
	internalApi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/api"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/config"
	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockershim"
	dockerremote "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/remote"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockertools"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/metrics"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/network"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/pleg"
	kubepod "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/pod"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/prober"
	proberesults "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/prober/results"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/remote"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/rkt"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/stats"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/streaming"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/status"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/sysctl"
	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/queue"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/sliceutils"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/security/apparmor"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/bandwidth"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/clock"
	utilconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/config"
	utildbus "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/dbus"
	utilexec "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/exec"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flowcontrol"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/integer"
	kubeio "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/io"
	utilipt "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/iptables"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
	nodeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/oom"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/procfs"
	utilruntime "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/runtime"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/wait"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates"
)

const (
	// Max amount of time to wait for the container runtime to come up.
	maxWaitForContainerRuntime = 5 * time.Minute

	// nodeStatusUpdateRetry specifies how many times kubelet retries when posting node status failed.
	nodeStatusUpdateRetry = 5

	// Location of container logs.
	ContainerLogsDir = "/var/log/containers"

	// max backoff period, exported for the e2e test
	MaxContainerBackOff = 300 * time.Second

	// Capacity of the channel for storing pods to kill. A small number should
	// suffice because a goroutine is dedicated to check the channel and does
	// not block on anything else.
	podKillingChannelCapacity = 50

	// Period for performing global cleanup tasks.
	housekeepingPeriod = time.Second * 2

	// Period for performing eviction monitoring.
	// TODO ensure this is in sync with internal cadvisor housekeeping.
	evictionMonitoringPeriod = time.Second * 10

	// The path in containers' filesystems where the hosts file is mounted.
	etcHostsPath = "/etc/hosts"

	// Capacity of the channel for receiving pod lifecycle events. This number
	// is a bit arbitrary and may be adjusted in the future.
	plegChannelCapacity = 1000

	// Generic PLEG relies on relisting for discovering container events.
	// A longer period means that kubelet will take longer to detect container
	// changes and to update pod status. On the other hand, a shorter period
	// will cause more frequent relisting (e.g., container runtime operations),
	// leading to higher cpu usage.
	// Note that even though we set the period to 1s, the relisting itself can
	// take more than 1s to finish if the container runtime responds slowly
	// and/or when there are many container changes in one cycle.
	plegRelistPeriod = time.Second * 1

	// backOffPeriod is the period to back off when pod syncing results in an
	// error. It is also used as the base period for the exponential backoff
	// container restarts and image pulls.
	backOffPeriod = time.Second * 10

	// Period for performing container garbage collection.
	ContainerGCPeriod = time.Minute
	// Period for performing image garbage collection.
	ImageGCPeriod = 5 * time.Minute

	// Minimum number of dead containers to keep in a pod
	minDeadContainerInPod = 1
)

// SyncHandler is an interface implemented by Kubelet, for testability
type SyncHandler interface {
	HandlePodAdditions(pods []*api.Pod)
	HandlePodUpdates(pods []*api.Pod)
	HandlePodRemoves(pods []*api.Pod)
	HandlePodReconcile(pods []*api.Pod)
	HandlePodSyncs(pods []*api.Pod)
	HandlePodCleanups() error
}

// Option is a functional option type for Kubelet
type Option func(*Kubelet)

// bootstrapping interface for kubelet, targets the initialization protocol
type KubeletBootstrap interface {
	GetConfiguration() componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration
	BirthCry()
	StartGarbageCollection()
	ListenAndServe(address net.IP, port uint, tlsOptions *server.TLSOptions, auth server.AuthInterface, enableDebuggingHandlers bool)
	ListenAndServeReadOnly(address net.IP, port uint)
	Run(<-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate)
	RunOnce(<-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate) ([]RunPodResult, error)
}

// create and initialize a Kubelet instance
type KubeletBuilder func(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *KubeletDeps, standaloneMode bool) (KubeletBootstrap, error)

// KubeletDeps is a bin for things we might consider "injected dependencies" -- objects constructed
// at runtime that are necessary for running the Kubelet. This is a temporary solution for grouping
// these objects while we figure out a more comprehensive dependency injection story for the Kubelet.
type KubeletDeps struct {
	// TODO(mtaufen): KubeletBuilder:
	//                Mesos currently uses this as a hook to let them make their own call to
	//                let them wrap the KubeletBootstrap that CreateAndInitKubelet returns with
	//                their own KubeletBootstrap. It's a useful hook. I need to think about what
	//                a nice home for it would be. There seems to be a trend, between this and
	//                the Options fields below, of providing hooks where you can add extra functionality
	//                to the Kubelet for your solution. Maybe we should centralize these sorts of things?
	Builder KubeletBuilder

	// TODO(mtaufen): ContainerRuntimeOptions and Options:
	//                Arrays of functions that can do arbitrary things to the Kubelet and the Runtime
	//                seem like a difficult path to trace when it's time to debug something.
	//                I'm leaving these fields here for now, but there is likely an easier-to-follow
	//                way to support their intended use cases. E.g. ContainerRuntimeOptions
	//                is used by Mesos to set an environment variable in containers which has
	//                some connection to their container GC. It seems that Mesos intends to use
	//                Options to add additional node conditions that are updated as part of the
	//                Kubelet lifecycle (see https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/21521).
	//                We should think about providing more explicit ways of doing these things.
	ContainerRuntimeOptions []kubecontainer.Option
	Options                 []Option

	// Injected Dependencies
	Auth              server.AuthInterface
	CAdvisorInterface cadvisor.Interface
	Cloud             cloudprovider.Interface
	ContainerManager  cm.ContainerManager
	DockerClient      dockertools.DockerInterface
	EventClient       *clientset.Clientset
	KubeClient        *clientset.Clientset
	Mounter           mount.Interface
	NetworkPlugins    []network.NetworkPlugin
	OOMAdjuster       *oom.OOMAdjuster
	OSInterface       kubecontainer.OSInterface
	PodConfig         *config.PodConfig
	Recorder          record.EventRecorder
	Writer            kubeio.Writer
	VolumePlugins     []volume.VolumePlugin
	TLSOptions        *server.TLSOptions
}

// makePodSourceConfig creates a config.PodConfig from the given
// KubeletConfiguration or returns an error.
func makePodSourceConfig(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *KubeletDeps, nodeName types.NodeName) (*config.PodConfig, error) {
	manifestURLHeader := make(http.Header)
	if kubeCfg.ManifestURLHeader != "" {
		pieces := strings.Split(kubeCfg.ManifestURLHeader, ":")
		if len(pieces) != 2 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("manifest-url-header must have a single ':' key-value separator, got %q", kubeCfg.ManifestURLHeader)
		}
		manifestURLHeader.Set(pieces[0], pieces[1])
	}

	// source of all configuration
	cfg := config.NewPodConfig(config.PodConfigNotificationIncremental, kubeDeps.Recorder)

	// define file config source
	if kubeCfg.PodManifestPath != "" {
		glog.Infof("Adding manifest file: %v", kubeCfg.PodManifestPath)
		config.NewSourceFile(kubeCfg.PodManifestPath, nodeName, kubeCfg.FileCheckFrequency.Duration, cfg.Channel(kubetypes.FileSource))
	}

	// define url config source
	if kubeCfg.ManifestURL != "" {
		glog.Infof("Adding manifest url %q with HTTP header %v", kubeCfg.ManifestURL, manifestURLHeader)
		config.NewSourceURL(kubeCfg.ManifestURL, manifestURLHeader, nodeName, kubeCfg.HTTPCheckFrequency.Duration, cfg.Channel(kubetypes.HTTPSource))
	}
	if kubeDeps.KubeClient != nil {
		glog.Infof("Watching apiserver")
		config.NewSourceApiserver(kubeDeps.KubeClient, nodeName, cfg.Channel(kubetypes.ApiserverSource))
	}
	return cfg, nil
}

func getRuntimeAndImageServices(config *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration) (internalApi.RuntimeService, internalApi.ImageManagerService, error) {
	rs, err := remote.NewRemoteRuntimeService(config.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint, config.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}
	is, err := remote.NewRemoteImageService(config.RemoteImageEndpoint, config.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}
	return rs, is, err
}

// NewMainKubelet instantiates a new Kubelet object along with all the required internal modules.
// No initialization of Kubelet and its modules should happen here.
func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *KubeletDeps, standaloneMode bool) (*Kubelet, error) {
	if kubeCfg.RootDirectory == "" {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid root directory %q", kubeCfg.RootDirectory)
	}
	if kubeCfg.SyncFrequency.Duration <= 0 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid sync frequency %d", kubeCfg.SyncFrequency.Duration)
	}

	if kubeCfg.MakeIPTablesUtilChains {
		if kubeCfg.IPTablesMasqueradeBit > 31 || kubeCfg.IPTablesMasqueradeBit < 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("iptables-masquerade-bit is not valid. Must be within [0, 31]")
		}
		if kubeCfg.IPTablesDropBit > 31 || kubeCfg.IPTablesDropBit < 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("iptables-drop-bit is not valid. Must be within [0, 31]")
		}
		if kubeCfg.IPTablesDropBit == kubeCfg.IPTablesMasqueradeBit {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("iptables-masquerade-bit and iptables-drop-bit must be different")
		}
	}

	hostname := nodeutil.GetHostname(kubeCfg.HostnameOverride)
	// Query the cloud provider for our node name, default to hostname
	nodeName := types.NodeName(hostname)
	if kubeDeps.Cloud != nil {
		var err error
		instances, ok := kubeDeps.Cloud.Instances()
		if !ok {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get instances from cloud provider")
		}

		nodeName, err = instances.CurrentNodeName(hostname)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching current instance name from cloud provider: %v", err)
		}

		glog.V(2).Infof("cloud provider determined current node name to be %s", nodeName)
	}

	// TODO: KubeletDeps.KubeClient should be a client interface, but client interface misses certain methods
	// used by kubelet. Since NewMainKubelet expects a client interface, we need to make sure we are not passing
	// a nil pointer to it when what we really want is a nil interface.
	var kubeClient clientset.Interface
	if kubeDeps.KubeClient != nil {
		kubeClient = kubeDeps.KubeClient
		// TODO: remove this when we've refactored kubelet to only use clientset.
	}

	if kubeDeps.PodConfig == nil {
		var err error
		kubeDeps.PodConfig, err = makePodSourceConfig(kubeCfg, kubeDeps, nodeName)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}

	containerGCPolicy := kubecontainer.ContainerGCPolicy{
		MinAge:             kubeCfg.MinimumGCAge.Duration,
		MaxPerPodContainer: int(kubeCfg.MaxPerPodContainerCount),
		MaxContainers:      int(kubeCfg.MaxContainerCount),
	}

	daemonEndpoints := &api.NodeDaemonEndpoints{
		KubeletEndpoint: api.DaemonEndpoint{Port: kubeCfg.Port},
	}

	imageGCPolicy := images.ImageGCPolicy{
		MinAge:               kubeCfg.ImageMinimumGCAge.Duration,
		HighThresholdPercent: int(kubeCfg.ImageGCHighThresholdPercent),
		LowThresholdPercent:  int(kubeCfg.ImageGCLowThresholdPercent),
	}

	diskSpacePolicy := DiskSpacePolicy{
		DockerFreeDiskMB: int(kubeCfg.LowDiskSpaceThresholdMB),
		RootFreeDiskMB:   int(kubeCfg.LowDiskSpaceThresholdMB),
	}

	thresholds, err := eviction.ParseThresholdConfig(kubeCfg.EvictionHard, kubeCfg.EvictionSoft, kubeCfg.EvictionSoftGracePeriod, kubeCfg.EvictionMinimumReclaim)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	evictionConfig := eviction.Config{
		PressureTransitionPeriod: kubeCfg.EvictionPressureTransitionPeriod.Duration,
		MaxPodGracePeriodSeconds: int64(kubeCfg.EvictionMaxPodGracePeriod),
		Thresholds:               thresholds,
		KernelMemcgNotification:  kubeCfg.ExperimentalKernelMemcgNotification,
	}

	reservation, err := ParseReservation(kubeCfg.KubeReserved, kubeCfg.SystemReserved)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	var dockerExecHandler dockertools.ExecHandler
	switch kubeCfg.DockerExecHandlerName {
	case "native":
		dockerExecHandler = &dockertools.NativeExecHandler{}
	case "nsenter":
		dockerExecHandler = &dockertools.NsenterExecHandler{}
	default:
		glog.Warningf("Unknown Docker exec handler %q; defaulting to native", kubeCfg.DockerExecHandlerName)
		dockerExecHandler = &dockertools.NativeExecHandler{}
	}

	serviceStore := cache.NewIndexer(cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc, cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc})
	if kubeClient != nil {
		serviceLW := cache.NewListWatchFromClient(kubeClient.Core().RESTClient(), "services", api.NamespaceAll, fields.Everything())
		cache.NewReflector(serviceLW, &api.Service{}, serviceStore, 0).Run()
	}
	serviceLister := &cache.StoreToServiceLister{Indexer: serviceStore}

	nodeStore := cache.NewStore(cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc)
	if kubeClient != nil {
		fieldSelector := fields.Set{api.ObjectNameField: string(nodeName)}.AsSelector()
		nodeLW := cache.NewListWatchFromClient(kubeClient.Core().RESTClient(), "nodes", api.NamespaceAll, fieldSelector)
		cache.NewReflector(nodeLW, &api.Node{}, nodeStore, 0).Run()
	}
	nodeLister := &cache.StoreToNodeLister{Store: nodeStore}
	nodeInfo := &predicates.CachedNodeInfo{StoreToNodeLister: nodeLister}

	// TODO: get the real node object of ourself,
	// and use the real node name and UID.
	// TODO: what is namespace for node?
	nodeRef := &api.ObjectReference{
		Kind:      "Node",
		Name:      string(nodeName),
		UID:       types.UID(nodeName),
		Namespace: "",
	}

	diskSpaceManager, err := newDiskSpaceManager(kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface, diskSpacePolicy)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize disk manager: %v", err)
	}
	containerRefManager := kubecontainer.NewRefManager()

	oomWatcher := NewOOMWatcher(kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface, kubeDeps.Recorder)

	klet := &Kubelet{
		hostname:                       hostname,
		nodeName:                       nodeName,
		dockerClient:                   kubeDeps.DockerClient,
		kubeClient:                     kubeClient,
		rootDirectory:                  kubeCfg.RootDirectory,
		resyncInterval:                 kubeCfg.SyncFrequency.Duration,
		containerRefManager:            containerRefManager,
		httpClient:                     &http.Client{},
		sourcesReady:                   config.NewSourcesReady(kubeDeps.PodConfig.SeenAllSources),
		registerNode:                   kubeCfg.RegisterNode,
		registerSchedulable:            kubeCfg.RegisterSchedulable,
		standaloneMode:                 standaloneMode,
		clusterDomain:                  kubeCfg.ClusterDomain,
		clusterDNS:                     net.ParseIP(kubeCfg.ClusterDNS),
		serviceLister:                  serviceLister,
		nodeLister:                     nodeLister,
		nodeInfo:                       nodeInfo,
		masterServiceNamespace:         kubeCfg.MasterServiceNamespace,
		streamingConnectionIdleTimeout: kubeCfg.StreamingConnectionIdleTimeout.Duration,
		recorder:                       kubeDeps.Recorder,
		cadvisor:                       kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface,
		diskSpaceManager:               diskSpaceManager,
		cloud:                          kubeDeps.Cloud,
		autoDetectCloudProvider:   (componentconfigv1alpha1.AutoDetectCloudProvider == kubeCfg.CloudProvider),
		nodeRef:                   nodeRef,
		nodeLabels:                kubeCfg.NodeLabels,
		nodeStatusUpdateFrequency: kubeCfg.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency.Duration,
		os:                kubeDeps.OSInterface,
		oomWatcher:        oomWatcher,
		cgroupsPerQOS:     kubeCfg.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS,
		cgroupRoot:        kubeCfg.CgroupRoot,
		mounter:           kubeDeps.Mounter,
		writer:            kubeDeps.Writer,
		nonMasqueradeCIDR: kubeCfg.NonMasqueradeCIDR,
		maxPods:           int(kubeCfg.MaxPods),
		podsPerCore:       int(kubeCfg.PodsPerCore),
		nvidiaGPUs:        int(kubeCfg.NvidiaGPUs),
		syncLoopMonitor:   atomic.Value{},
		resolverConfig:    kubeCfg.ResolverConfig,
		cpuCFSQuota:       kubeCfg.CPUCFSQuota,
		daemonEndpoints:   daemonEndpoints,
		containerManager:  kubeDeps.ContainerManager,
		nodeIP:            net.ParseIP(kubeCfg.NodeIP),
		clock:             clock.RealClock{},
		outOfDiskTransitionFrequency:            kubeCfg.OutOfDiskTransitionFrequency.Duration,
		reservation:                             *reservation,
		enableCustomMetrics:                     kubeCfg.EnableCustomMetrics,
		babysitDaemons:                          kubeCfg.BabysitDaemons,
		enableControllerAttachDetach:            kubeCfg.EnableControllerAttachDetach,
		iptClient:                               utilipt.New(utilexec.New(), utildbus.New(), utilipt.ProtocolIpv4),
		makeIPTablesUtilChains:                  kubeCfg.MakeIPTablesUtilChains,
		iptablesMasqueradeBit:                   int(kubeCfg.IPTablesMasqueradeBit),
		iptablesDropBit:                         int(kubeCfg.IPTablesDropBit),
		experimentalHostUserNamespaceDefaulting: utilconfig.DefaultFeatureGate.ExperimentalHostUserNamespaceDefaulting(),
	}

	if klet.experimentalHostUserNamespaceDefaulting {
		glog.Infof("Experimental host user namespace defaulting is enabled.")
	}

	if mode, err := effectiveHairpinMode(componentconfig.HairpinMode(kubeCfg.HairpinMode), kubeCfg.ContainerRuntime, kubeCfg.NetworkPluginName); err != nil {
		// This is a non-recoverable error. Returning it up the callstack will just
		// lead to retries of the same failure, so just fail hard.
		glog.Fatalf("Invalid hairpin mode: %v", err)
	} else {
		klet.hairpinMode = mode
	}
	glog.Infof("Hairpin mode set to %q", klet.hairpinMode)

	if plug, err := network.InitNetworkPlugin(kubeDeps.NetworkPlugins, kubeCfg.NetworkPluginName, &criNetworkHost{&networkHost{klet}}, klet.hairpinMode, klet.nonMasqueradeCIDR, int(kubeCfg.NetworkPluginMTU)); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	} else {
		klet.networkPlugin = plug
	}

	machineInfo, err := klet.GetCachedMachineInfo()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	procFs := procfs.NewProcFS()
	imageBackOff := flowcontrol.NewBackOff(backOffPeriod, MaxContainerBackOff)

	klet.livenessManager = proberesults.NewManager()

	klet.podCache = kubecontainer.NewCache()
	klet.podManager = kubepod.NewBasicPodManager(kubepod.NewBasicMirrorClient(klet.kubeClient))

	if kubeCfg.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint != "" {
		// kubeCfg.RemoteImageEndpoint is same as kubeCfg.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint if not explicitly specified
		if kubeCfg.RemoteImageEndpoint == "" {
			kubeCfg.RemoteImageEndpoint = kubeCfg.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint
		}
	}

	// TODO: These need to become arguments to a standalone docker shim.
	binDir := kubeCfg.CNIBinDir
	if binDir == "" {
		binDir = kubeCfg.NetworkPluginDir
	}
	pluginSettings := dockershim.NetworkPluginSettings{
		HairpinMode:       klet.hairpinMode,
		NonMasqueradeCIDR: klet.nonMasqueradeCIDR,
		PluginName:        kubeCfg.NetworkPluginName,
		PluginConfDir:     kubeCfg.CNIConfDir,
		PluginBinDir:      binDir,
		MTU:               int(kubeCfg.NetworkPluginMTU),
	}

	// Remote runtime shim just cannot talk back to kubelet, so it doesn't
	// support bandwidth shaping or hostports till #35457. To enable legacy
	// features, replace with networkHost.
	var nl *noOpLegacyHost
	pluginSettings.LegacyRuntimeHost = nl

	if kubeCfg.EnableCRI {
		// kubelet defers to the runtime shim to setup networking. Setting
		// this to nil will prevent it from trying to invoke the plugin.
		// It's easier to always probe and initialize plugins till cri
		// becomes the default.
		klet.networkPlugin = nil

		var runtimeService internalApi.RuntimeService
		var imageService internalApi.ImageManagerService
		var err error

		switch kubeCfg.ContainerRuntime {
		case "docker":
			streamingConfig := getStreamingConfig(kubeCfg, kubeDeps)
			// Use the new CRI shim for docker.
			ds, err := dockershim.NewDockerService(klet.dockerClient, kubeCfg.SeccompProfileRoot, kubeCfg.PodInfraContainerImage, streamingConfig, &pluginSettings, kubeCfg.RuntimeCgroups)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			// TODO: Once we switch to grpc completely, we should move this
			// call to the grpc server start.
			if err := ds.Start(); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

			klet.criHandler = ds
			rs := ds.(internalApi.RuntimeService)
			is := ds.(internalApi.ImageManagerService)
			// This is an internal knob to switch between grpc and non-grpc
			// integration.
			// TODO: Remove this knob once we switch to using GRPC completely.
			overGRPC := true
			if overGRPC {
				const (
					// The unix socket for kubelet <-> dockershim communication.
					ep = "/var/run/dockershim.sock"
				)
				kubeCfg.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint = ep
				kubeCfg.RemoteImageEndpoint = ep

				server := dockerremote.NewDockerServer(ep, ds)
				glog.V(2).Infof("Starting the GRPC server for the docker CRI shim.")
				err := server.Start()
				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}
				rs, is, err = getRuntimeAndImageServices(kubeCfg)
				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}
			}
			// Use DockerLegacyService directly to work around unimplemented
			// functions in CRI.
			// TODO: Remove this hack after CRI is fully implemented.
			// TODO: Move the instrumented interface wrapping into kuberuntime.
			runtimeService = kuberuntime.NewInstrumentedRuntimeService(rs)
			imageService = is
		case "remote":
			runtimeService, imageService, err = getRuntimeAndImageServices(kubeCfg)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
		default:
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported CRI runtime: %q", kubeCfg.ContainerRuntime)
		}
		runtime, err := kuberuntime.NewKubeGenericRuntimeManager(
			kubecontainer.FilterEventRecorder(kubeDeps.Recorder),
			klet.livenessManager,
			containerRefManager,
			machineInfo,
			klet.podManager,
			kubeDeps.OSInterface,
			klet.networkPlugin,
			klet,
			klet.httpClient,
			imageBackOff,
			kubeCfg.SerializeImagePulls,
			float32(kubeCfg.RegistryPullQPS),
			int(kubeCfg.RegistryBurst),
			klet.cpuCFSQuota,
			runtimeService,
			kuberuntime.NewInstrumentedImageManagerService(imageService),
		)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		klet.containerRuntime = runtime
		klet.runner = runtime
	} else {
		switch kubeCfg.ContainerRuntime {
		case "docker":
			runtime := dockertools.NewDockerManager(
				kubeDeps.DockerClient,
				kubecontainer.FilterEventRecorder(kubeDeps.Recorder),
				klet.livenessManager,
				containerRefManager,
				klet.podManager,
				machineInfo,
				kubeCfg.PodInfraContainerImage,
				float32(kubeCfg.RegistryPullQPS),
				int(kubeCfg.RegistryBurst),
				ContainerLogsDir,
				kubeDeps.OSInterface,
				klet.networkPlugin,
				klet,
				klet.httpClient,
				dockerExecHandler,
				kubeDeps.OOMAdjuster,
				procFs,
				klet.cpuCFSQuota,
				imageBackOff,
				kubeCfg.SerializeImagePulls,
				kubeCfg.EnableCustomMetrics,
				// If using "kubenet", the Kubernetes network plugin that wraps
				// CNI's bridge plugin, it knows how to set the hairpin veth flag
				// so we tell the container runtime to back away from setting it.
				// If the kubelet is started with any other plugin we can't be
				// sure it handles the hairpin case so we instruct the docker
				// runtime to set the flag instead.
				klet.hairpinMode == componentconfig.HairpinVeth && kubeCfg.NetworkPluginName != "kubenet",
				kubeCfg.SeccompProfileRoot,
				kubeDeps.ContainerRuntimeOptions...,
			)
			klet.containerRuntime = runtime
			klet.runner = kubecontainer.DirectStreamingRunner(runtime)
		case "rkt":
			// TODO: Include hairpin mode settings in rkt?
			conf := &rkt.Config{
				Path:            kubeCfg.RktPath,
				Stage1Image:     kubeCfg.RktStage1Image,
				InsecureOptions: "image,ondisk",
			}
			runtime, err := rkt.New(
				kubeCfg.RktAPIEndpoint,
				conf,
				klet,
				kubeDeps.Recorder,
				containerRefManager,
				klet.podManager,
				klet.livenessManager,
				klet.httpClient,
				klet.networkPlugin,
				klet.hairpinMode == componentconfig.HairpinVeth,
				utilexec.New(),
				kubecontainer.RealOS{},
				imageBackOff,
				kubeCfg.SerializeImagePulls,
				float32(kubeCfg.RegistryPullQPS),
				int(kubeCfg.RegistryBurst),
				kubeCfg.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration,
			)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			klet.containerRuntime = runtime
			klet.runner = kubecontainer.DirectStreamingRunner(runtime)
		default:
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported container runtime %q specified", kubeCfg.ContainerRuntime)
		}
	}

	// TODO: Factor out "StatsProvider" from Kubelet so we don't have a cyclic dependency
	klet.resourceAnalyzer = stats.NewResourceAnalyzer(klet, kubeCfg.VolumeStatsAggPeriod.Duration, klet.containerRuntime)

	klet.pleg = pleg.NewGenericPLEG(klet.containerRuntime, plegChannelCapacity, plegRelistPeriod, klet.podCache, clock.RealClock{})
	klet.runtimeState = newRuntimeState(maxWaitForContainerRuntime)
	klet.updatePodCIDR(kubeCfg.PodCIDR)

	// setup containerGC
	containerGC, err := kubecontainer.NewContainerGC(klet.containerRuntime, containerGCPolicy)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	klet.containerGC = containerGC
	klet.containerDeletor = newPodContainerDeletor(klet.containerRuntime, integer.IntMax(containerGCPolicy.MaxPerPodContainer, minDeadContainerInPod))

	// setup imageManager
	imageManager, err := images.NewImageGCManager(klet.containerRuntime, kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface, kubeDeps.Recorder, nodeRef, imageGCPolicy)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize image manager: %v", err)
	}
	klet.imageManager = imageManager

	klet.statusManager = status.NewManager(kubeClient, klet.podManager)

	klet.probeManager = prober.NewManager(
		klet.statusManager,
		klet.livenessManager,
		klet.runner,
		containerRefManager,
		kubeDeps.Recorder)

	klet.volumePluginMgr, err =
		NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(klet, kubeDeps.VolumePlugins)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// If the experimentalMounterPathFlag is set, we do not want to
	// check node capabilities since the mount path is not the default
	if len(kubeCfg.ExperimentalMounterPath) != 0 {
		kubeCfg.ExperimentalCheckNodeCapabilitiesBeforeMount = false
	}
	// setup volumeManager
	klet.volumeManager, err = volumemanager.NewVolumeManager(
		kubeCfg.EnableControllerAttachDetach,
		nodeName,
		klet.podManager,
		klet.kubeClient,
		klet.volumePluginMgr,
		klet.containerRuntime,
		kubeDeps.Mounter,
		klet.getPodsDir(),
		kubeDeps.Recorder,
		kubeCfg.ExperimentalCheckNodeCapabilitiesBeforeMount)

	runtimeCache, err := kubecontainer.NewRuntimeCache(klet.containerRuntime)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	klet.runtimeCache = runtimeCache
	klet.reasonCache = NewReasonCache()
	klet.workQueue = queue.NewBasicWorkQueue(klet.clock)
	klet.podWorkers = newPodWorkers(klet.syncPod, kubeDeps.Recorder, klet.workQueue, klet.resyncInterval, backOffPeriod, klet.podCache)

	klet.backOff = flowcontrol.NewBackOff(backOffPeriod, MaxContainerBackOff)
	klet.podKillingCh = make(chan *kubecontainer.PodPair, podKillingChannelCapacity)
	klet.setNodeStatusFuncs = klet.defaultNodeStatusFuncs()

	// setup eviction manager
	evictionManager, evictionAdmitHandler, err := eviction.NewManager(klet.resourceAnalyzer, evictionConfig, killPodNow(klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder), klet.imageManager, kubeDeps.Recorder, nodeRef, klet.clock)

	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize eviction manager: %v", err)
	}
	klet.evictionManager = evictionManager
	klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(evictionAdmitHandler)

	// add sysctl admission
	runtimeSupport, err := sysctl.NewRuntimeAdmitHandler(klet.containerRuntime)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	safeWhitelist, err := sysctl.NewWhitelist(sysctl.SafeSysctlWhitelist(), api.SysctlsPodAnnotationKey)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	// Safe, whitelisted sysctls can always be used as unsafe sysctls in the spec
	// Hence, we concatenate those two lists.
	safeAndUnsafeSysctls := append(sysctl.SafeSysctlWhitelist(), kubeCfg.AllowedUnsafeSysctls...)
	unsafeWhitelist, err := sysctl.NewWhitelist(safeAndUnsafeSysctls, api.UnsafeSysctlsPodAnnotationKey)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(runtimeSupport)
	klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(safeWhitelist)
	klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(unsafeWhitelist)

	// enable active deadline handler
	activeDeadlineHandler, err := newActiveDeadlineHandler(klet.statusManager, kubeDeps.Recorder, klet.clock)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	klet.AddPodSyncLoopHandler(activeDeadlineHandler)
	klet.AddPodSyncHandler(activeDeadlineHandler)

	klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewPredicateAdmitHandler(klet.getNodeAnyWay))
	// apply functional Option's
	for _, opt := range kubeDeps.Options {
		opt(klet)
	}

	klet.appArmorValidator = apparmor.NewValidator(kubeCfg.ContainerRuntime)
	klet.softAdmitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewAppArmorAdmitHandler(klet.appArmorValidator))

	// Finally, put the most recent version of the config on the Kubelet, so
	// people can see how it was configured.
	klet.kubeletConfiguration = *kubeCfg
	return klet, nil
}

type serviceLister interface {
	List(labels.Selector) ([]*api.Service, error)
}

type nodeLister interface {
	List() (machines api.NodeList, err error)
}

// Kubelet is the main kubelet implementation.
type Kubelet struct {
	kubeletConfiguration componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration

	hostname      string
	nodeName      types.NodeName
	dockerClient  dockertools.DockerInterface
	runtimeCache  kubecontainer.RuntimeCache
	kubeClient    clientset.Interface
	iptClient     utilipt.Interface
	rootDirectory string

	// podWorkers handle syncing Pods in response to events.
	podWorkers PodWorkers

	// resyncInterval is the interval between periodic full reconciliations of
	// pods on this node.
	resyncInterval time.Duration

	// sourcesReady records the sources seen by the kubelet, it is thread-safe.
	sourcesReady config.SourcesReady

	// podManager is a facade that abstracts away the various sources of pods
	// this Kubelet services.
	podManager kubepod.Manager

	// Needed to observe and respond to situations that could impact node stability
	evictionManager eviction.Manager

	// Needed to report events for containers belonging to deleted/modified pods.
	// Tracks references for reporting events
	containerRefManager *kubecontainer.RefManager

	// Optional, defaults to /logs/ from /var/log
	logServer http.Handler
	// Optional, defaults to simple Docker implementation
	runner kubecontainer.ContainerCommandRunner
	// Optional, client for http requests, defaults to empty client
	httpClient kubetypes.HttpGetter

	// cAdvisor used for container information.
	cadvisor cadvisor.Interface

	// Set to true to have the node register itself with the apiserver.
	registerNode bool
	// Set to true to have the node register itself as schedulable.
	registerSchedulable bool
	// for internal book keeping; access only from within registerWithApiserver
	registrationCompleted bool

	// Set to true if the kubelet is in standalone mode (i.e. setup without an apiserver)
	standaloneMode bool

	// If non-empty, use this for container DNS search.
	clusterDomain string

	// If non-nil, use this for container DNS server.
	clusterDNS net.IP

	// masterServiceNamespace is the namespace that the master service is exposed in.
	masterServiceNamespace string
	// serviceLister knows how to list services
	serviceLister serviceLister
	// nodeLister knows how to list nodes
	nodeLister nodeLister
	// nodeInfo knows how to get information about the node for this kubelet.
	nodeInfo predicates.NodeInfo

	// a list of node labels to register
	nodeLabels map[string]string

	// Last timestamp when runtime responded on ping.
	// Mutex is used to protect this value.
	runtimeState *runtimeState

	// Volume plugins.
	volumePluginMgr *volume.VolumePluginMgr

	// Network plugin.
	networkPlugin network.NetworkPlugin

	// Handles container probing.
	probeManager prober.Manager
	// Manages container health check results.
	livenessManager proberesults.Manager

	// How long to keep idle streaming command execution/port forwarding
	// connections open before terminating them
	streamingConnectionIdleTimeout time.Duration

	// The EventRecorder to use
	recorder record.EventRecorder

	// Policy for handling garbage collection of dead containers.
	containerGC kubecontainer.ContainerGC

	// Manager for image garbage collection.
	imageManager images.ImageGCManager

	// Diskspace manager.
	diskSpaceManager diskSpaceManager

	// Cached MachineInfo returned by cadvisor.
	machineInfo *cadvisorapi.MachineInfo

	// Syncs pods statuses with apiserver; also used as a cache of statuses.
	statusManager status.Manager

	// VolumeManager runs a set of asynchronous loops that figure out which
	// volumes need to be attached/mounted/unmounted/detached based on the pods
	// scheduled on this node and makes it so.
	volumeManager volumemanager.VolumeManager

	// Cloud provider interface.
	cloud                   cloudprovider.Interface
	autoDetectCloudProvider bool

	// Reference to this node.
	nodeRef *api.ObjectReference

	// Container runtime.
	containerRuntime kubecontainer.Runtime

	// reasonCache caches the failure reason of the last creation of all containers, which is
	// used for generating ContainerStatus.
	reasonCache *ReasonCache

	// nodeStatusUpdateFrequency specifies how often kubelet posts node status to master.
	// Note: be cautious when changing the constant, it must work with nodeMonitorGracePeriod
	// in nodecontroller. There are several constraints:
	// 1. nodeMonitorGracePeriod must be N times more than nodeStatusUpdateFrequency, where
	//    N means number of retries allowed for kubelet to post node status. It is pointless
	//    to make nodeMonitorGracePeriod be less than nodeStatusUpdateFrequency, since there
	//    will only be fresh values from Kubelet at an interval of nodeStatusUpdateFrequency.
	//    The constant must be less than podEvictionTimeout.
	// 2. nodeStatusUpdateFrequency needs to be large enough for kubelet to generate node
	//    status. Kubelet may fail to update node status reliably if the value is too small,
	//    as it takes time to gather all necessary node information.
	nodeStatusUpdateFrequency time.Duration

	// Generates pod events.
	pleg pleg.PodLifecycleEventGenerator

	// Store kubecontainer.PodStatus for all pods.
	podCache kubecontainer.Cache

	// os is a facade for various syscalls that need to be mocked during testing.
	os kubecontainer.OSInterface

	// Watcher of out of memory events.
	oomWatcher OOMWatcher

	// Monitor resource usage
	resourceAnalyzer stats.ResourceAnalyzer

	// Whether or not we should have the QOS cgroup hierarchy for resource management
	cgroupsPerQOS bool

	// If non-empty, pass this to the container runtime as the root cgroup.
	cgroupRoot string

	// Mounter to use for volumes.
	mounter mount.Interface

	// Writer interface to use for volumes.
	writer kubeio.Writer

	// Manager of non-Runtime containers.
	containerManager cm.ContainerManager
	nodeConfig       cm.NodeConfig

	// Traffic to IPs outside this range will use IP masquerade.
	nonMasqueradeCIDR string

	// Maximum Number of Pods which can be run by this Kubelet
	maxPods int

	// Number of NVIDIA GPUs on this node
	nvidiaGPUs int

	// Monitor Kubelet's sync loop
	syncLoopMonitor atomic.Value

	// Container restart Backoff
	backOff *flowcontrol.Backoff

	// Channel for sending pods to kill.
	podKillingCh chan *kubecontainer.PodPair

	// The configuration file used as the base to generate the container's
	// DNS resolver configuration file. This can be used in conjunction with
	// clusterDomain and clusterDNS.
	resolverConfig string

	// Optionally shape the bandwidth of a pod
	// TODO: remove when kubenet plugin is ready
	shaper bandwidth.BandwidthShaper

	// True if container cpu limits should be enforced via cgroup CFS quota
	cpuCFSQuota bool

	// Information about the ports which are opened by daemons on Node running this Kubelet server.
	daemonEndpoints *api.NodeDaemonEndpoints

	// A queue used to trigger pod workers.
	workQueue queue.WorkQueue

	// oneTimeInitializer is used to initialize modules that are dependent on the runtime to be up.
	oneTimeInitializer sync.Once

	// If non-nil, use this IP address for the node
	nodeIP net.IP

	// clock is an interface that provides time related functionality in a way that makes it
	// easy to test the code.
	clock clock.Clock

	// outOfDiskTransitionFrequency specifies the amount of time the kubelet has to be actually
	// not out of disk before it can transition the node condition status from out-of-disk to
	// not-out-of-disk. This prevents a pod that causes out-of-disk condition from repeatedly
	// getting rescheduled onto the node.
	outOfDiskTransitionFrequency time.Duration

	// reservation specifies resources which are reserved for non-pod usage, including kubernetes and
	// non-kubernetes system processes.
	reservation kubetypes.Reservation

	// support gathering custom metrics.
	enableCustomMetrics bool

	// How the Kubelet should setup hairpin NAT. Can take the values: "promiscuous-bridge"
	// (make cbr0 promiscuous), "hairpin-veth" (set the hairpin flag on veth interfaces)
	// or "none" (do nothing).
	hairpinMode componentconfig.HairpinMode

	// The node has babysitter process monitoring docker and kubelet
	babysitDaemons bool

	// handlers called during the tryUpdateNodeStatus cycle
	setNodeStatusFuncs []func(*api.Node) error

	// TODO: think about moving this to be centralized in PodWorkers in follow-on.
	// the list of handlers to call during pod admission.
	admitHandlers lifecycle.PodAdmitHandlers

	// softAdmithandlers are applied to the pod after it is admitted by the Kubelet, but before it is
	// run. A pod rejected by a softAdmitHandler will be left in a Pending state indefinitely. If a
	// rejected pod should not be recreated, or the scheduler is not aware of the rejection rule, the
	// admission rule should be applied by a softAdmitHandler.
	softAdmitHandlers lifecycle.PodAdmitHandlers

	// the list of handlers to call during pod sync loop.
	lifecycle.PodSyncLoopHandlers

	// the list of handlers to call during pod sync.
	lifecycle.PodSyncHandlers

	// the number of allowed pods per core
	podsPerCore int

	// enableControllerAttachDetach indicates the Attach/Detach controller
	// should manage attachment/detachment of volumes scheduled to this node,
	// and disable kubelet from executing any attach/detach operations
	enableControllerAttachDetach bool

	// trigger deleting containers in a pod
	containerDeletor *podContainerDeletor

	// config iptables util rules
	makeIPTablesUtilChains bool

	// The bit of the fwmark space to mark packets for SNAT.
	iptablesMasqueradeBit int

	// The bit of the fwmark space to mark packets for dropping.
	iptablesDropBit int

	// The AppArmor validator for checking whether AppArmor is supported.
	appArmorValidator apparmor.Validator

	// The handler serving CRI streaming calls (exec/attach/port-forward).
	criHandler http.Handler

	// experimentalHostUserNamespaceDefaulting sets userns=true when users request host namespaces (pid, ipc, net),
	// are using non-namespaced capabilities (mknod, sys_time, sys_module), the pod contains a privileged container,
	// or using host path volumes.
	// This should only be enabled when the container runtime is performing user remapping AND if the
	// experimental behavior is desired.
	experimentalHostUserNamespaceDefaulting bool
}

// setupDataDirs creates:
// 1.  the root directory
// 2.  the pods directory
// 3.  the plugins directory
func (kl *Kubelet) setupDataDirs() error {
	kl.rootDirectory = path.Clean(kl.rootDirectory)
	if err := os.MkdirAll(kl.getRootDir(), 0750); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error creating root directory: %v", err)
	}
	if err := os.MkdirAll(kl.getPodsDir(), 0750); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error creating pods directory: %v", err)
	}
	if err := os.MkdirAll(kl.getPluginsDir(), 0750); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error creating plugins directory: %v", err)
	}
	return nil
}

// Starts garbage collection threads.
func (kl *Kubelet) StartGarbageCollection() {
	loggedContainerGCFailure := false
	go wait.Until(func() {
		if err := kl.containerGC.GarbageCollect(kl.sourcesReady.AllReady()); err != nil {
			glog.Errorf("Container garbage collection failed: %v", err)
			kl.recorder.Eventf(kl.nodeRef, api.EventTypeWarning, events.ContainerGCFailed, err.Error())
			loggedContainerGCFailure = true
		} else {
			var vLevel glog.Level = 4
			if loggedContainerGCFailure {
				vLevel = 1
				loggedContainerGCFailure = false
			}

			glog.V(vLevel).Infof("Container garbage collection succeeded")
		}
	}, ContainerGCPeriod, wait.NeverStop)

	loggedImageGCFailure := false
	go wait.Until(func() {
		if err := kl.imageManager.GarbageCollect(); err != nil {
			glog.Errorf("Image garbage collection failed: %v", err)
			kl.recorder.Eventf(kl.nodeRef, api.EventTypeWarning, events.ImageGCFailed, err.Error())
			loggedImageGCFailure = true
		} else {
			var vLevel glog.Level = 4
			if loggedImageGCFailure {
				vLevel = 1
				loggedImageGCFailure = false
			}

			glog.V(vLevel).Infof("Image garbage collection succeeded")
		}
	}, ImageGCPeriod, wait.NeverStop)
}

// initializeModules will initialize internal modules that do not require the container runtime to be up.
// Note that the modules here must not depend on modules that are not initialized here.
func (kl *Kubelet) initializeModules() error {
	// Step 1: Promethues metrics.
	metrics.Register(kl.runtimeCache)

	// Step 2: Setup filesystem directories.
	if err := kl.setupDataDirs(); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Step 3: If the container logs directory does not exist, create it.
	if _, err := os.Stat(ContainerLogsDir); err != nil {
		if err := kl.os.MkdirAll(ContainerLogsDir, 0755); err != nil {
			glog.Errorf("Failed to create directory %q: %v", ContainerLogsDir, err)
		}
	}

	// Step 4: Start the image manager.
	if err := kl.imageManager.Start(); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to start ImageManager, images may not be garbage collected: %v", err)
	}

	// Step 5: Start container manager.
	node, err := kl.getNodeAnyWay()
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Cannot get Node info: %v", err)
		return fmt.Errorf("Kubelet failed to get node info.")
	}

	if err := kl.containerManager.Start(node); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to start ContainerManager %v", err)
	}

	// Step 6: Start out of memory watcher.
	if err := kl.oomWatcher.Start(kl.nodeRef); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to start OOM watcher %v", err)
	}

	// Step 7: Start resource analyzer
	kl.resourceAnalyzer.Start()

	return nil
}

// initializeRuntimeDependentModules will initialize internal modules that require the container runtime to be up.
func (kl *Kubelet) initializeRuntimeDependentModules() {
	if err := kl.cadvisor.Start(); err != nil {
		// Fail kubelet and rely on the babysitter to retry starting kubelet.
		// TODO(random-liu): Add backoff logic in the babysitter
		glog.Fatalf("Failed to start cAdvisor %v", err)
	}
	// eviction manager must start after cadvisor because it needs to know if the container runtime has a dedicated imagefs
	if err := kl.evictionManager.Start(kl, kl.getActivePods, evictionMonitoringPeriod); err != nil {
		kl.runtimeState.setInternalError(fmt.Errorf("failed to start eviction manager %v", err))
	}
}

// Run starts the kubelet reacting to config updates
func (kl *Kubelet) Run(updates <-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate) {
	if kl.logServer == nil {
		kl.logServer = http.StripPrefix("/logs/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("/var/log/")))
	}
	if kl.kubeClient == nil {
		glog.Warning("No api server defined - no node status update will be sent.")
	}
	if err := kl.initializeModules(); err != nil {
		kl.recorder.Eventf(kl.nodeRef, api.EventTypeWarning, events.KubeletSetupFailed, err.Error())
		glog.Error(err)
		kl.runtimeState.setInitError(err)
	}

	// Start volume manager
	go kl.volumeManager.Run(kl.sourcesReady, wait.NeverStop)

	if kl.kubeClient != nil {
		// Start syncing node status immediately, this may set up things the runtime needs to run.
		go wait.Until(kl.syncNodeStatus, kl.nodeStatusUpdateFrequency, wait.NeverStop)
	}
	go wait.Until(kl.syncNetworkStatus, 30*time.Second, wait.NeverStop)
	go wait.Until(kl.updateRuntimeUp, 5*time.Second, wait.NeverStop)

	// Start loop to sync iptables util rules
	if kl.makeIPTablesUtilChains {
		go wait.Until(kl.syncNetworkUtil, 1*time.Minute, wait.NeverStop)
	}

	// Start a goroutine responsible for killing pods (that are not properly
	// handled by pod workers).
	go wait.Until(kl.podKiller, 1*time.Second, wait.NeverStop)

	// Start component sync loops.
	kl.statusManager.Start()
	kl.probeManager.Start()

	// Start the pod lifecycle event generator.
	kl.pleg.Start()
	kl.syncLoop(updates, kl)
}

// GetKubeClient returns the Kubernetes client.
// TODO: This is currently only required by network plugins. Replace
// with more specific methods.
func (kl *Kubelet) GetKubeClient() clientset.Interface {
	return kl.kubeClient
}

// GetClusterDNS returns a list of the DNS servers and a list of the DNS search
// domains of the cluster.
func (kl *Kubelet) GetClusterDNS(pod *api.Pod) ([]string, []string, error) {
	var hostDNS, hostSearch []string
	// Get host DNS settings
	if kl.resolverConfig != "" {
		f, err := os.Open(kl.resolverConfig)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, nil, err
		}
		defer f.Close()

		hostDNS, hostSearch, err = kl.parseResolvConf(f)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, nil, err
		}
	}
	useClusterFirstPolicy := pod.Spec.DNSPolicy == api.DNSClusterFirst
	if useClusterFirstPolicy && kl.clusterDNS == nil {
		// clusterDNS is not known.
		// pod with ClusterDNSFirst Policy cannot be created
		kl.recorder.Eventf(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, "MissingClusterDNS", "kubelet does not have ClusterDNS IP configured and cannot create Pod using %q policy. Falling back to DNSDefault policy.", pod.Spec.DNSPolicy)
		log := fmt.Sprintf("kubelet does not have ClusterDNS IP configured and cannot create Pod using %q policy. pod: %q. Falling back to DNSDefault policy.", pod.Spec.DNSPolicy, format.Pod(pod))
		kl.recorder.Eventf(kl.nodeRef, api.EventTypeWarning, "MissingClusterDNS", log)

		// fallback to DNSDefault
		useClusterFirstPolicy = false
	}

	if !useClusterFirstPolicy {
		// When the kubelet --resolv-conf flag is set to the empty string, use
		// DNS settings that override the docker default (which is to use
		// /etc/resolv.conf) and effectively disable DNS lookups. According to
		// the bind documentation, the behavior of the DNS client library when
		// "nameservers" are not specified is to "use the nameserver on the
		// local machine". A nameserver setting of localhost is equivalent to
		// this documented behavior.
		if kl.resolverConfig == "" {
			hostDNS = []string{"127.0.0.1"}
			hostSearch = []string{"."}
		}
		return hostDNS, hostSearch, nil
	}

	// for a pod with DNSClusterFirst policy, the cluster DNS server is the only nameserver configured for
	// the pod. The cluster DNS server itself will forward queries to other nameservers that is configured to use,
	// in case the cluster DNS server cannot resolve the DNS query itself
	dns := []string{kl.clusterDNS.String()}

	var dnsSearch []string
	if kl.clusterDomain != "" {
		nsSvcDomain := fmt.Sprintf("%s.svc.%s", pod.Namespace, kl.clusterDomain)
		svcDomain := fmt.Sprintf("svc.%s", kl.clusterDomain)
		dnsSearch = append([]string{nsSvcDomain, svcDomain, kl.clusterDomain}, hostSearch...)
	} else {
		dnsSearch = hostSearch
	}
	return dns, dnsSearch, nil
}

// syncPod is the transaction script for the sync of a single pod.
//
// Arguments:
//
// o - the SyncPodOptions for this invocation
//
// The workflow is:
// * If the pod is being created, record pod worker start latency
// * Call generateAPIPodStatus to prepare an api.PodStatus for the pod
// * If the pod is being seen as running for the first time, record pod
//   start latency
// * Update the status of the pod in the status manager
// * Kill the pod if it should not be running
// * Create a mirror pod if the pod is a static pod, and does not
//   already have a mirror pod
// * Create the data directories for the pod if they do not exist
// * Wait for volumes to attach/mount
// * Fetch the pull secrets for the pod
// * Call the container runtime's SyncPod callback
// * Update the traffic shaping for the pod's ingress and egress limits
//
// If any step if this workflow errors, the error is returned, and is repeated
// on the next syncPod call.
func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(o syncPodOptions) error {
	// pull out the required options
	pod := o.pod
	mirrorPod := o.mirrorPod
	podStatus := o.podStatus
	updateType := o.updateType

	// if we want to kill a pod, do it now!
	if updateType == kubetypes.SyncPodKill {
		killPodOptions := o.killPodOptions
		if killPodOptions == nil || killPodOptions.PodStatusFunc == nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("kill pod options are required if update type is kill")
		}
		apiPodStatus := killPodOptions.PodStatusFunc(pod, podStatus)
		kl.statusManager.SetPodStatus(pod, apiPodStatus)
		// we kill the pod with the specified grace period since this is a termination
		if err := kl.killPod(pod, nil, podStatus, killPodOptions.PodTerminationGracePeriodSecondsOverride); err != nil {
			// there was an error killing the pod, so we return that error directly
			utilruntime.HandleError(err)
			return err
		}
		return nil
	}

	// Latency measurements for the main workflow are relative to the
	// first time the pod was seen by the API server.
	var firstSeenTime time.Time
	if firstSeenTimeStr, ok := pod.Annotations[kubetypes.ConfigFirstSeenAnnotationKey]; ok {
		firstSeenTime = kubetypes.ConvertToTimestamp(firstSeenTimeStr).Get()
	}

	// Record pod worker start latency if being created
	// TODO: make pod workers record their own latencies
	if updateType == kubetypes.SyncPodCreate {
		if !firstSeenTime.IsZero() {
			// This is the first time we are syncing the pod. Record the latency
			// since kubelet first saw the pod if firstSeenTime is set.
			metrics.PodWorkerStartLatency.Observe(metrics.SinceInMicroseconds(firstSeenTime))
		} else {
			glog.V(3).Infof("First seen time not recorded for pod %q", pod.UID)
		}
	}

	// Generate final API pod status with pod and status manager status
	apiPodStatus := kl.generateAPIPodStatus(pod, podStatus)
	// The pod IP may be changed in generateAPIPodStatus if the pod is using host network. (See #24576)
	// TODO(random-liu): After writing pod spec into container labels, check whether pod is using host network, and
	// set pod IP to hostIP directly in runtime.GetPodStatus
	podStatus.IP = apiPodStatus.PodIP

	// Record the time it takes for the pod to become running.
	existingStatus, ok := kl.statusManager.GetPodStatus(pod.UID)
	if !ok || existingStatus.Phase == api.PodPending && apiPodStatus.Phase == api.PodRunning &&
		!firstSeenTime.IsZero() {
		metrics.PodStartLatency.Observe(metrics.SinceInMicroseconds(firstSeenTime))
	}

	runnable := kl.canRunPod(pod)
	if !runnable.Admit {
		// Pod is not runnable; update the Pod and Container statuses to why.
		apiPodStatus.Reason = runnable.Reason
		apiPodStatus.Message = runnable.Message
		// Waiting containers are not creating.
		const waitingReason = "Blocked"
		for _, cs := range apiPodStatus.InitContainerStatuses {
			if cs.State.Waiting != nil {
				cs.State.Waiting.Reason = waitingReason
			}
		}
		for _, cs := range apiPodStatus.ContainerStatuses {
			if cs.State.Waiting != nil {
				cs.State.Waiting.Reason = waitingReason
			}
		}
	}

	// Update status in the status manager
	kl.statusManager.SetPodStatus(pod, apiPodStatus)

	// Kill pod if it should not be running
	if !runnable.Admit || pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil || apiPodStatus.Phase == api.PodFailed {
		var syncErr error
		if err := kl.killPod(pod, nil, podStatus, nil); err != nil {
			syncErr = fmt.Errorf("error killing pod: %v", err)
			utilruntime.HandleError(syncErr)
		} else {
			if !runnable.Admit {
				// There was no error killing the pod, but the pod cannot be run.
				// Return an error to signal that the sync loop should back off.
				syncErr = fmt.Errorf("pod cannot be run: %s", runnable.Message)
			}
		}
		return syncErr
	}

	// If the network plugin is not ready, only start the pod if it uses the host network
	if rs := kl.runtimeState.networkErrors(); len(rs) != 0 && !podUsesHostNetwork(pod) {
		return fmt.Errorf("network is not ready: %v", rs)
	}

	// Create Cgroups for the pod and apply resource parameters
	// to them if cgroup-per-qos flag is enabled.
	pcm := kl.containerManager.NewPodContainerManager()
	// If pod has already been terminated then we need not create
	// or update the pod's cgroup
	if !kl.podIsTerminated(pod) {
		// When the kubelet is restarted with the cgroup-per-qos
		// flag enabled, all the pod's running containers
		// should be killed intermittently and brought back up
		// under the qos cgroup hierarchy.
		// Check if this is the pod's first sync
		firstSync := true
		for _, containerStatus := range apiPodStatus.ContainerStatuses {
			if containerStatus.State.Running != nil {
				firstSync = false
				break
			}
		}
		// Don't kill containers in pod if pod's cgroups already
		// exists or the pod is running for the first time
		podKilled := false
		if !pcm.Exists(pod) && !firstSync {
			kl.killPod(pod, nil, podStatus, nil)
			podKilled = true
		}
		// Create and Update pod's Cgroups
		// Don't create cgroups for run once pod if it was killed above
		// The current policy is not to restart the run once pods when
		// the kubelet is restarted with the new flag as run once pods are
		// expected to run only once and if the kubelet is restarted then
		// they are not expected to run again.
		// We don't create and apply updates to cgroup if its a run once pod and was killed above
		if !(podKilled && pod.Spec.RestartPolicy == api.RestartPolicyNever) {
			if err := pcm.EnsureExists(pod); err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure that the pod: %v cgroups exist and are correctly applied: %v", pod.UID, err)
			}
		}
	}

	// Create Mirror Pod for Static Pod if it doesn't already exist
	if kubepod.IsStaticPod(pod) {
		podFullName := kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod)
		deleted := false
		if mirrorPod != nil {
			if mirrorPod.DeletionTimestamp != nil || !kl.podManager.IsMirrorPodOf(mirrorPod, pod) {
				// The mirror pod is semantically different from the static pod. Remove
				// it. The mirror pod will get recreated later.
				glog.Warningf("Deleting mirror pod %q because it is outdated", format.Pod(mirrorPod))
				if err := kl.podManager.DeleteMirrorPod(podFullName); err != nil {
					glog.Errorf("Failed deleting mirror pod %q: %v", format.Pod(mirrorPod), err)
				} else {
					deleted = true
				}
			}
		}
		if mirrorPod == nil || deleted {
			glog.V(3).Infof("Creating a mirror pod for static pod %q", format.Pod(pod))
			if err := kl.podManager.CreateMirrorPod(pod); err != nil {
				glog.Errorf("Failed creating a mirror pod for %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
			}
		}
	}

	// Make data directories for the pod
	if err := kl.makePodDataDirs(pod); err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Unable to make pod data directories for pod %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
		return err
	}

	// Wait for volumes to attach/mount
	if err := kl.volumeManager.WaitForAttachAndMount(pod); err != nil {
		kl.recorder.Eventf(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, events.FailedMountVolume, "Unable to mount volumes for pod %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
		glog.Errorf("Unable to mount volumes for pod %q: %v; skipping pod", format.Pod(pod), err)
		return err
	}

	// Fetch the pull secrets for the pod
	pullSecrets, err := kl.getPullSecretsForPod(pod)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Unable to get pull secrets for pod %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
		return err
	}

	// Call the container runtime's SyncPod callback
	result := kl.containerRuntime.SyncPod(pod, apiPodStatus, podStatus, pullSecrets, kl.backOff)
	kl.reasonCache.Update(pod.UID, result)
	if err = result.Error(); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// early successful exit if pod is not bandwidth-constrained
	if !kl.shapingEnabled() {
		return nil
	}

	// Update the traffic shaping for the pod's ingress and egress limits
	ingress, egress, err := bandwidth.ExtractPodBandwidthResources(pod.Annotations)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if egress != nil || ingress != nil {
		if podUsesHostNetwork(pod) {
			kl.recorder.Event(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, events.HostNetworkNotSupported, "Bandwidth shaping is not currently supported on the host network")
		} else if kl.shaper != nil {
			if len(apiPodStatus.PodIP) > 0 {
				err = kl.shaper.ReconcileCIDR(fmt.Sprintf("%s/32", apiPodStatus.PodIP), egress, ingress)
			}
		} else {
			kl.recorder.Event(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, events.UndefinedShaper, "Pod requests bandwidth shaping, but the shaper is undefined")
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// Get pods which should be resynchronized. Currently, the following pod should be resynchronized:
//   * pod whose work is ready.
//   * internal modules that request sync of a pod.
func (kl *Kubelet) getPodsToSync() []*api.Pod {
	allPods := kl.podManager.GetPods()
	podUIDs := kl.workQueue.GetWork()
	podUIDSet := sets.NewString()
	for _, podUID := range podUIDs {
		podUIDSet.Insert(string(podUID))
	}
	var podsToSync []*api.Pod
	for _, pod := range allPods {
		if podUIDSet.Has(string(pod.UID)) {
			// The work of the pod is ready
			podsToSync = append(podsToSync, pod)
			continue
		}
		for _, podSyncLoopHandler := range kl.PodSyncLoopHandlers {
			if podSyncLoopHandler.ShouldSync(pod) {
				podsToSync = append(podsToSync, pod)
				break
			}
		}
	}
	return podsToSync
}

// deletePod deletes the pod from the internal state of the kubelet by:
// 1.  stopping the associated pod worker asynchronously
// 2.  signaling to kill the pod by sending on the podKillingCh channel
//
// deletePod returns an error if not all sources are ready or the pod is not
// found in the runtime cache.
func (kl *Kubelet) deletePod(pod *api.Pod) error {
	if pod == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("deletePod does not allow nil pod")
	}
	if !kl.sourcesReady.AllReady() {
		// If the sources aren't ready, skip deletion, as we may accidentally delete pods
		// for sources that haven't reported yet.
		return fmt.Errorf("skipping delete because sources aren't ready yet")
	}
	kl.podWorkers.ForgetWorker(pod.UID)

	// Runtime cache may not have been updated to with the pod, but it's okay
	// because the periodic cleanup routine will attempt to delete again later.
	runningPods, err := kl.runtimeCache.GetPods()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error listing containers: %v", err)
	}
	runningPod := kubecontainer.Pods(runningPods).FindPod("", pod.UID)
	if runningPod.IsEmpty() {
		return fmt.Errorf("pod not found")
	}
	podPair := kubecontainer.PodPair{APIPod: pod, RunningPod: &runningPod}

	kl.podKillingCh <- &podPair
	// TODO: delete the mirror pod here?

	// We leave the volume/directory cleanup to the periodic cleanup routine.
	return nil
}

// handleOutOfDisk detects if pods can't fit due to lack of disk space.
func (kl *Kubelet) isOutOfDisk() bool {
	// Check disk space once globally and reject or accept all new pods.
	withinBounds, err := kl.diskSpaceManager.IsRuntimeDiskSpaceAvailable()
	// Assume enough space in case of errors.
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to check if disk space is available for the runtime: %v", err)
	} else if !withinBounds {
		return true
	}

	withinBounds, err = kl.diskSpaceManager.IsRootDiskSpaceAvailable()
	// Assume enough space in case of errors.
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to check if disk space is available on the root partition: %v", err)
	} else if !withinBounds {
		return true
	}
	return false
}

// rejectPod records an event about the pod with the given reason and message,
// and updates the pod to the failed phase in the status manage.
func (kl *Kubelet) rejectPod(pod *api.Pod, reason, message string) {
	kl.recorder.Eventf(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, reason, message)
	kl.statusManager.SetPodStatus(pod, api.PodStatus{
		Phase:   api.PodFailed,
		Reason:  reason,
		Message: "Pod " + message})
}

// canAdmitPod determines if a pod can be admitted, and gives a reason if it
// cannot. "pod" is new pod, while "pods" are all admitted pods
// The function returns a boolean value indicating whether the pod
// can be admitted, a brief single-word reason and a message explaining why
// the pod cannot be admitted.
func (kl *Kubelet) canAdmitPod(pods []*api.Pod, pod *api.Pod) (bool, string, string) {
	// the kubelet will invoke each pod admit handler in sequence
	// if any handler rejects, the pod is rejected.
	// TODO: move out of disk check into a pod admitter
	// TODO: out of resource eviction should have a pod admitter call-out
	attrs := &lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes{Pod: pod, OtherPods: pods}
	for _, podAdmitHandler := range kl.admitHandlers {
		if result := podAdmitHandler.Admit(attrs); !result.Admit {
			return false, result.Reason, result.Message
		}
	}
	// TODO: When disk space scheduling is implemented (#11976), remove the out-of-disk check here and
	// add the disk space predicate to predicates.GeneralPredicates.
	if kl.isOutOfDisk() {
		glog.Warningf("Failed to admit pod %v - %s", format.Pod(pod), "predicate fails due to OutOfDisk")
		return false, "OutOfDisk", "cannot be started due to lack of disk space."
	}

	return true, "", ""
}

func (kl *Kubelet) canRunPod(pod *api.Pod) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
	attrs := &lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes{Pod: pod}
	// Get "OtherPods". Rejected pods are failed, so only include admitted pods that are alive.
	attrs.OtherPods = kl.filterOutTerminatedPods(kl.podManager.GetPods())

	for _, handler := range kl.softAdmitHandlers {
		if result := handler.Admit(attrs); !result.Admit {
			return result
		}
	}

	// TODO: Refactor as a soft admit handler.
	if err := canRunPod(pod); err != nil {
		return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
			Admit:   false,
			Reason:  "Forbidden",
			Message: err.Error(),
		}
	}

	return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{Admit: true}
}

// syncLoop is the main loop for processing changes. It watches for changes from
// three channels (file, apiserver, and http) and creates a union of them. For
// any new change seen, will run a sync against desired state and running state. If
// no changes are seen to the configuration, will synchronize the last known desired
// state every sync-frequency seconds. Never returns.
func (kl *Kubelet) syncLoop(updates <-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate, handler SyncHandler) {
	glog.Info("Starting kubelet main sync loop.")
	// The resyncTicker wakes up kubelet to checks if there are any pod workers
	// that need to be sync'd. A one-second period is sufficient because the
	// sync interval is defaulted to 10s.
	syncTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
	defer syncTicker.Stop()
	housekeepingTicker := time.NewTicker(housekeepingPeriod)
	defer housekeepingTicker.Stop()
	plegCh := kl.pleg.Watch()
	for {
		if rs := kl.runtimeState.runtimeErrors(); len(rs) != 0 {
			glog.Infof("skipping pod synchronization - %v", rs)
			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
			continue
		}
		if !kl.syncLoopIteration(updates, handler, syncTicker.C, housekeepingTicker.C, plegCh) {
			break
		}
	}
}

// syncLoopIteration reads from various channels and dispatches pods to the
// given handler.
//
// Arguments:
// 1.  configCh:       a channel to read config events from
// 2.  handler:        the SyncHandler to dispatch pods to
// 3.  syncCh:         a channel to read periodic sync events from
// 4.  houseKeepingCh: a channel to read housekeeping events from
// 5.  plegCh:         a channel to read PLEG updates from
//
// Events are also read from the kubelet liveness manager's update channel.
//
// The workflow is to read from one of the channels, handle that event, and
// update the timestamp in the sync loop monitor.
//
// Here is an appropriate place to note that despite the syntactical
// similarity to the switch statement, the case statements in a select are
// evaluated in a pseudorandom order if there are multiple channels ready to
// read from when the select is evaluated.  In other words, case statements
// are evaluated in random order, and you can not assume that the case
// statements evaluate in order if multiple channels have events.
//
// With that in mind, in truly no particular order, the different channels
// are handled as follows:
//
// * configCh: dispatch the pods for the config change to the appropriate
//             handler callback for the event type
// * plegCh: update the runtime cache; sync pod
// * syncCh: sync all pods waiting for sync
// * houseKeepingCh: trigger cleanup of pods
// * liveness manager: sync pods that have failed or in which one or more
//                     containers have failed liveness checks
func (kl *Kubelet) syncLoopIteration(configCh <-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate, handler SyncHandler,
	syncCh <-chan time.Time, housekeepingCh <-chan time.Time, plegCh <-chan *pleg.PodLifecycleEvent) bool {
	kl.syncLoopMonitor.Store(kl.clock.Now())
	select {
	case u, open := <-configCh:
		// Update from a config source; dispatch it to the right handler
		// callback.
		if !open {
			glog.Errorf("Update channel is closed. Exiting the sync loop.")
			return false
		}

		switch u.Op {
		case kubetypes.ADD:
			glog.V(2).Infof("SyncLoop (ADD, %q): %q", u.Source, format.Pods(u.Pods))
			// After restarting, kubelet will get all existing pods through
			// ADD as if they are new pods. These pods will then go through the
			// admission process and *may* be rejected. This can be resolved
			// once we have checkpointing.
			handler.HandlePodAdditions(u.Pods)
		case kubetypes.UPDATE:
			glog.V(2).Infof("SyncLoop (UPDATE, %q): %q", u.Source, format.PodsWithDeletiontimestamps(u.Pods))
			handler.HandlePodUpdates(u.Pods)
		case kubetypes.REMOVE:
			glog.V(2).Infof("SyncLoop (REMOVE, %q): %q", u.Source, format.Pods(u.Pods))
			handler.HandlePodRemoves(u.Pods)
		case kubetypes.RECONCILE:
			glog.V(4).Infof("SyncLoop (RECONCILE, %q): %q", u.Source, format.Pods(u.Pods))
			handler.HandlePodReconcile(u.Pods)
		case kubetypes.DELETE:
			glog.V(2).Infof("SyncLoop (DELETE, %q): %q", u.Source, format.Pods(u.Pods))
			// DELETE is treated as a UPDATE because of graceful deletion.
			handler.HandlePodUpdates(u.Pods)
		case kubetypes.SET:
			// TODO: Do we want to support this?
			glog.Errorf("Kubelet does not support snapshot update")
		}

		// Mark the source ready after receiving at least one update from the
		// source. Once all the sources are marked ready, various cleanup
		// routines will start reclaiming resources. It is important that this
		// takes place only after kubelet calls the update handler to process
		// the update to ensure the internal pod cache is up-to-date.
		kl.sourcesReady.AddSource(u.Source)

	case e := <-plegCh:
		if isSyncPodWorthy(e) {
			// PLEG event for a pod; sync it.
			if pod, ok := kl.podManager.GetPodByUID(e.ID); ok {
				glog.V(2).Infof("SyncLoop (PLEG): %q, event: %#v", format.Pod(pod), e)
				handler.HandlePodSyncs([]*api.Pod{pod})
			} else {
				// If the pod no longer exists, ignore the event.
				glog.V(4).Infof("SyncLoop (PLEG): ignore irrelevant event: %#v", e)
			}
		}

		if e.Type == pleg.ContainerDied {
			if containerID, ok := e.Data.(string); ok {
				kl.cleanUpContainersInPod(e.ID, containerID)
			}
		}
	case <-syncCh:
		// Sync pods waiting for sync
		podsToSync := kl.getPodsToSync()
		if len(podsToSync) == 0 {
			break
		}
		glog.V(4).Infof("SyncLoop (SYNC): %d pods; %s", len(podsToSync), format.Pods(podsToSync))
		kl.HandlePodSyncs(podsToSync)
	case update := <-kl.livenessManager.Updates():
		if update.Result == proberesults.Failure {
			// The liveness manager detected a failure; sync the pod.

			// We should not use the pod from livenessManager, because it is never updated after
			// initialization.
			pod, ok := kl.podManager.GetPodByUID(update.PodUID)
			if !ok {
				// If the pod no longer exists, ignore the update.
				glog.V(4).Infof("SyncLoop (container unhealthy): ignore irrelevant update: %#v", update)
				break
			}
			glog.V(1).Infof("SyncLoop (container unhealthy): %q", format.Pod(pod))
			handler.HandlePodSyncs([]*api.Pod{pod})
		}
	case <-housekeepingCh:
		if !kl.sourcesReady.AllReady() {
			// If the sources aren't ready or volume manager has not yet synced the states,
			// skip housekeeping, as we may accidentally delete pods from unready sources.
			glog.V(4).Infof("SyncLoop (housekeeping, skipped): sources aren't ready yet.")
		} else {
			glog.V(4).Infof("SyncLoop (housekeeping)")
			if err := handler.HandlePodCleanups(); err != nil {
				glog.Errorf("Failed cleaning pods: %v", err)
			}
		}
	}
	kl.syncLoopMonitor.Store(kl.clock.Now())
	return true
}

// dispatchWork starts the asynchronous sync of the pod in a pod worker.
// If the pod is terminated, dispatchWork
func (kl *Kubelet) dispatchWork(pod *api.Pod, syncType kubetypes.SyncPodType, mirrorPod *api.Pod, start time.Time) {
	if kl.podIsTerminated(pod) {
		if pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
			// If the pod is in a terminated state, there is no pod worker to
			// handle the work item. Check if the DeletionTimestamp has been
			// set, and force a status update to trigger a pod deletion request
			// to the apiserver.
			kl.statusManager.TerminatePod(pod)
		}
		return
	}
	// Run the sync in an async worker.
	kl.podWorkers.UpdatePod(&UpdatePodOptions{
		Pod:        pod,
		MirrorPod:  mirrorPod,
		UpdateType: syncType,
		OnCompleteFunc: func(err error) {
			if err != nil {
				metrics.PodWorkerLatency.WithLabelValues(syncType.String()).Observe(metrics.SinceInMicroseconds(start))
			}
		},
	})
	// Note the number of containers for new pods.
	if syncType == kubetypes.SyncPodCreate {
		metrics.ContainersPerPodCount.Observe(float64(len(pod.Spec.Containers)))
	}
}

// TODO: handle mirror pods in a separate component (issue #17251)
func (kl *Kubelet) handleMirrorPod(mirrorPod *api.Pod, start time.Time) {
	// Mirror pod ADD/UPDATE/DELETE operations are considered an UPDATE to the
	// corresponding static pod. Send update to the pod worker if the static
	// pod exists.
	if pod, ok := kl.podManager.GetPodByMirrorPod(mirrorPod); ok {
		kl.dispatchWork(pod, kubetypes.SyncPodUpdate, mirrorPod, start)
	}
}

// HandlePodAdditions is the callback in SyncHandler for pods being added from
// a config source.
func (kl *Kubelet) HandlePodAdditions(pods []*api.Pod) {
	start := kl.clock.Now()
	sort.Sort(sliceutils.PodsByCreationTime(pods))
	for _, pod := range pods {
		existingPods := kl.podManager.GetPods()
		// Always add the pod to the pod manager. Kubelet relies on the pod
		// manager as the source of truth for the desired state. If a pod does
		// not exist in the pod manager, it means that it has been deleted in
		// the apiserver and no action (other than cleanup) is required.
		kl.podManager.AddPod(pod)

		if kubepod.IsMirrorPod(pod) {
			kl.handleMirrorPod(pod, start)
			continue
		}

		if !kl.podIsTerminated(pod) {
			// Only go through the admission process if the pod is not
			// terminated.

			// We failed pods that we rejected, so activePods include all admitted
			// pods that are alive.
			activePods := kl.filterOutTerminatedPods(existingPods)

			// Check if we can admit the pod; if not, reject it.
			if ok, reason, message := kl.canAdmitPod(activePods, pod); !ok {
				kl.rejectPod(pod, reason, message)
				continue
			}
		}
		mirrorPod, _ := kl.podManager.GetMirrorPodByPod(pod)
		kl.dispatchWork(pod, kubetypes.SyncPodCreate, mirrorPod, start)
		kl.probeManager.AddPod(pod)
	}
}

// HandlePodUpdates is the callback in the SyncHandler interface for pods
// being updated from a config source.
func (kl *Kubelet) HandlePodUpdates(pods []*api.Pod) {
	start := kl.clock.Now()
	for _, pod := range pods {
		kl.podManager.UpdatePod(pod)
		if kubepod.IsMirrorPod(pod) {
			kl.handleMirrorPod(pod, start)
			continue
		}
		// TODO: Evaluate if we need to validate and reject updates.

		mirrorPod, _ := kl.podManager.GetMirrorPodByPod(pod)
		kl.dispatchWork(pod, kubetypes.SyncPodUpdate, mirrorPod, start)
	}
}

// HandlePodRemoves is the callback in the SyncHandler interface for pods
// being removed from a config source.
func (kl *Kubelet) HandlePodRemoves(pods []*api.Pod) {
	start := kl.clock.Now()
	for _, pod := range pods {
		kl.podManager.DeletePod(pod)
		if kubepod.IsMirrorPod(pod) {
			kl.handleMirrorPod(pod, start)
			continue
		}
		// Deletion is allowed to fail because the periodic cleanup routine
		// will trigger deletion again.
		if err := kl.deletePod(pod); err != nil {
			glog.V(2).Infof("Failed to delete pod %q, err: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
		}
		kl.probeManager.RemovePod(pod)
	}
}

// HandlePodReconcile is the callback in the SyncHandler interface for pods
// that should be reconciled.
func (kl *Kubelet) HandlePodReconcile(pods []*api.Pod) {
	for _, pod := range pods {
		// Update the pod in pod manager, status manager will do periodically reconcile according
		// to the pod manager.
		kl.podManager.UpdatePod(pod)

		// After an evicted pod is synced, all dead containers in the pod can be removed.
		if eviction.PodIsEvicted(pod.Status) {
			if podStatus, err := kl.podCache.Get(pod.UID); err == nil {
				kl.containerDeletor.deleteContainersInPod("", podStatus, true)
			}
		}
	}
}

// HandlePodSyncs is the callback in the syncHandler interface for pods
// that should be dispatched to pod workers for sync.
func (kl *Kubelet) HandlePodSyncs(pods []*api.Pod) {
	start := kl.clock.Now()
	for _, pod := range pods {
		mirrorPod, _ := kl.podManager.GetMirrorPodByPod(pod)
		kl.dispatchWork(pod, kubetypes.SyncPodSync, mirrorPod, start)
	}
}

// LatestLoopEntryTime returns the last time in the sync loop monitor.
func (kl *Kubelet) LatestLoopEntryTime() time.Time {
	val := kl.syncLoopMonitor.Load()
	if val == nil {
		return time.Time{}
	}
	return val.(time.Time)
}

// PLEGHealthCheck returns whether the PLEG is healty.
func (kl *Kubelet) PLEGHealthCheck() (bool, error) {
	return kl.pleg.Healthy()
}

// updateRuntimeUp calls the container runtime status callback, initializing
// the runtime dependent modules when the container runtime first comes up,
// and returns an error if the status check fails.  If the status check is OK,
// update the container runtime uptime in the kubelet runtimeState.
func (kl *Kubelet) updateRuntimeUp() {
	s, err := kl.containerRuntime.Status()
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Container runtime sanity check failed: %v", err)
		return
	}
	// Only check specific conditions when runtime integration type is cri,
	// because the old integration doesn't populate any runtime condition.
	if kl.kubeletConfiguration.EnableCRI {
		if s == nil {
			glog.Errorf("Container runtime status is nil")
			return
		}
		// Periodically log the whole runtime status for debugging.
		// TODO(random-liu): Consider to send node event when optional
		// condition is unmet.
		glog.V(4).Infof("Container runtime status: %v", s)
		networkReady := s.GetRuntimeCondition(kubecontainer.NetworkReady)
		if networkReady == nil || !networkReady.Status {
			glog.Errorf("Container runtime network not ready: %v", networkReady)
			kl.runtimeState.setNetworkState(fmt.Errorf("runtime network not ready: %v", networkReady))
		} else {
			// Set nil if the containe runtime network is ready.
			kl.runtimeState.setNetworkState(nil)
		}
		// TODO(random-liu): Add runtime error in runtimeState, and update it
		// when runtime is not ready, so that the information in RuntimeReady
		// condition will be propagated to NodeReady condition.
		runtimeReady := s.GetRuntimeCondition(kubecontainer.RuntimeReady)
		// If RuntimeReady is not set or is false, report an error.
		if runtimeReady == nil || !runtimeReady.Status {
			glog.Errorf("Container runtime not ready: %v", runtimeReady)
			return
		}
	}
	kl.oneTimeInitializer.Do(kl.initializeRuntimeDependentModules)
	kl.runtimeState.setRuntimeSync(kl.clock.Now())
}

// updateCloudProviderFromMachineInfo updates the node's provider ID field
// from the given cadvisor machine info.
func (kl *Kubelet) updateCloudProviderFromMachineInfo(node *api.Node, info *cadvisorapi.MachineInfo) {
	if info.CloudProvider != cadvisorapi.UnknownProvider &&
		info.CloudProvider != cadvisorapi.Baremetal {
		// The cloud providers from pkg/cloudprovider/providers/* that update ProviderID
		// will use the format of cloudprovider://project/availability_zone/instance_name
		// here we only have the cloudprovider and the instance name so we leave project
		// and availability zone empty for compatibility.
		node.Spec.ProviderID = strings.ToLower(string(info.CloudProvider)) +
			":////" + string(info.InstanceID)
	}
}

// GetConfiguration returns the KubeletConfiguration used to configure the kubelet.
func (kl *Kubelet) GetConfiguration() componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration {
	return kl.kubeletConfiguration
}

// BirthCry sends an event that the kubelet has started up.
func (kl *Kubelet) BirthCry() {
	// Make an event that kubelet restarted.
	kl.recorder.Eventf(kl.nodeRef, api.EventTypeNormal, events.StartingKubelet, "Starting kubelet.")
}

// StreamingConnectionIdleTimeout returns the timeout for streaming connections to the HTTP server.
func (kl *Kubelet) StreamingConnectionIdleTimeout() time.Duration {
	return kl.streamingConnectionIdleTimeout
}

// ResyncInterval returns the interval used for periodic syncs.
func (kl *Kubelet) ResyncInterval() time.Duration {
	return kl.resyncInterval
}

// ListenAndServe runs the kubelet HTTP server.
func (kl *Kubelet) ListenAndServe(address net.IP, port uint, tlsOptions *server.TLSOptions, auth server.AuthInterface, enableDebuggingHandlers bool) {
	server.ListenAndServeKubeletServer(kl, kl.resourceAnalyzer, address, port, tlsOptions, auth, enableDebuggingHandlers, kl.containerRuntime, kl.criHandler)
}

// ListenAndServeReadOnly runs the kubelet HTTP server in read-only mode.
func (kl *Kubelet) ListenAndServeReadOnly(address net.IP, port uint) {
	server.ListenAndServeKubeletReadOnlyServer(kl, kl.resourceAnalyzer, address, port, kl.containerRuntime)
}

// Delete the eligible dead container instances in a pod. Depending on the configuration, the latest dead containers may be kept around.
func (kl *Kubelet) cleanUpContainersInPod(podId types.UID, exitedContainerID string) {
	if podStatus, err := kl.podCache.Get(podId); err == nil {
		removeAll := false
		if syncedPod, ok := kl.podManager.GetPodByUID(podId); ok {
			// When an evicted pod has already synced, all containers can be removed.
			removeAll = eviction.PodIsEvicted(syncedPod.Status)
		}
		kl.containerDeletor.deleteContainersInPod(exitedContainerID, podStatus, removeAll)
	}
}

// isSyncPodWorthy filters out events that are not worthy of pod syncing
func isSyncPodWorthy(event *pleg.PodLifecycleEvent) bool {
	// ContatnerRemoved doesn't affect pod state
	return event.Type != pleg.ContainerRemoved
}

// parseResourceList parses the given configuration map into an API
// ResourceList or returns an error.
func parseResourceList(m utilconfig.ConfigurationMap) (api.ResourceList, error) {
	rl := make(api.ResourceList)
	for k, v := range m {
		switch api.ResourceName(k) {
		// Only CPU and memory resources are supported.
		case api.ResourceCPU, api.ResourceMemory:
			q, err := resource.ParseQuantity(v)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			if q.Sign() == -1 {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("resource quantity for %q cannot be negative: %v", k, v)
			}
			rl[api.ResourceName(k)] = q
		default:
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot reserve %q resource", k)
		}
	}
	return rl, nil
}

// ParseReservation parses the given kubelet- and system- reservations
// configuration maps into an internal Reservation instance or returns an
// error.
func ParseReservation(kubeReserved, systemReserved utilconfig.ConfigurationMap) (*kubetypes.Reservation, error) {
	reservation := new(kubetypes.Reservation)
	if rl, err := parseResourceList(kubeReserved); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	} else {
		reservation.Kubernetes = rl
	}
	if rl, err := parseResourceList(systemReserved); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	} else {
		reservation.System = rl
	}
	return reservation, nil
}

// Gets the streaming server configuration to use with in-process CRI shims.
func getStreamingConfig(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *KubeletDeps) *streaming.Config {
	config := &streaming.Config{
		// Use a relative redirect (no scheme or host).
		BaseURL: &url.URL{
			Path: "/cri/",
		},
		StreamIdleTimeout:     kubeCfg.StreamingConnectionIdleTimeout.Duration,
		StreamCreationTimeout: streaming.DefaultConfig.StreamCreationTimeout,
		SupportedProtocols:    streaming.DefaultConfig.SupportedProtocols,
	}
	if kubeDeps.TLSOptions != nil {
		config.TLSConfig = kubeDeps.TLSOptions.Config
	}
	return config
}