scheduler.go

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package statefulset

import (
	"context"
	"crypto/rand"
	"fmt"
	"math/big"
	"sort"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"go.uber.org/zap"
	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
	clientappsv1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/apps/v1"
	corev1listers "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
	"k8s.io/utils/integer"

	kubeclient "knative.dev/pkg/client/injection/kube/client"
	statefulsetinformer "knative.dev/pkg/client/injection/kube/informers/apps/v1/statefulset"
	"knative.dev/pkg/controller"
	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"

	podinformer "knative.dev/pkg/client/injection/kube/informers/core/v1/pod"

	duckv1alpha1 "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/duck/v1alpha1"
	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler"
	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/factory"
	st "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/state"

	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/availabilitynodepriority"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/availabilityzonepriority"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/evenpodspread"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/lowestordinalpriority"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/podfitsresources"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/removewithavailabilitynodepriority"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/removewithavailabilityzonepriority"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/removewithevenpodspreadpriority"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/core/removewithhighestordinalpriority"
	_ "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/scheduler/plugins/kafka/nomaxresourcecount"
)

type Config struct {
	StatefulSetNamespace string `json:"statefulSetNamespace"`
	StatefulSetName      string `json:"statefulSetName"`

	// PodCapacity max capacity for each StatefulSet's pod.
	PodCapacity int32 `json:"podCapacity"`
	// Autoscaler refresh period
	RefreshPeriod time.Duration `json:"refreshPeriod"`

	SchedulerPolicy scheduler.SchedulerPolicyType `json:"schedulerPolicy"`
	SchedPolicy     *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy    `json:"schedPolicy"`
	DeschedPolicy   *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy    `json:"deschedPolicy"`

	Evictor scheduler.Evictor `json:"-"`

	VPodLister scheduler.VPodLister     `json:"-"`
	NodeLister corev1listers.NodeLister `json:"-"`
}

func New(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (scheduler.Scheduler, error) {

	podInformer := podinformer.Get(ctx)
	podLister := podInformer.Lister().Pods(cfg.StatefulSetNamespace)

	stateAccessor := st.NewStateBuilder(ctx, cfg.StatefulSetNamespace, cfg.StatefulSetName, cfg.VPodLister, cfg.PodCapacity, cfg.SchedulerPolicy, cfg.SchedPolicy, cfg.DeschedPolicy, podLister, cfg.NodeLister)
	autoscaler := newAutoscaler(ctx, cfg, stateAccessor)

	go autoscaler.Start(ctx)

	return newStatefulSetScheduler(ctx, cfg, stateAccessor, autoscaler, podLister), nil
}

// NewScheduler creates a new scheduler with pod autoscaling enabled.
// Deprecated: Use New
func NewScheduler(ctx context.Context,
	namespace, name string,
	lister scheduler.VPodLister,
	refreshPeriod time.Duration,
	capacity int32,
	schedulerPolicy scheduler.SchedulerPolicyType,
	nodeLister corev1listers.NodeLister,
	evictor scheduler.Evictor,
	schedPolicy *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy,
	deschedPolicy *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy) scheduler.Scheduler {

	cfg := &Config{
		StatefulSetNamespace: namespace,
		StatefulSetName:      name,
		PodCapacity:          capacity,
		RefreshPeriod:        refreshPeriod,
		SchedulerPolicy:      schedulerPolicy,
		SchedPolicy:          schedPolicy,
		DeschedPolicy:        deschedPolicy,
		Evictor:              evictor,
		VPodLister:           lister,
		NodeLister:           nodeLister,
	}

	s, _ := New(ctx, cfg)
	return s
}

// StatefulSetScheduler is a scheduler placing VPod into statefulset-managed set of pods
type StatefulSetScheduler struct {
	ctx                  context.Context
	logger               *zap.SugaredLogger
	statefulSetName      string
	statefulSetNamespace string
	statefulSetClient    clientappsv1.StatefulSetInterface
	podLister            corev1listers.PodNamespaceLister
	vpodLister           scheduler.VPodLister
	lock                 sync.Locker
	stateAccessor        st.StateAccessor
	autoscaler           Autoscaler

	// replicas is the (cached) number of statefulset replicas.
	replicas int32

	// pending tracks the number of virtual replicas that haven't been scheduled yet
	// because there wasn't enough free capacity.
	// The autoscaler uses
	pending map[types.NamespacedName]int32

	// reserved tracks vreplicas that have been placed (ie. scheduled) but haven't been
	// committed yet (ie. not appearing in vpodLister)
	reserved map[types.NamespacedName]map[string]int32
}

func newStatefulSetScheduler(ctx context.Context,
	cfg *Config,
	stateAccessor st.StateAccessor,
	autoscaler Autoscaler,
	podlister corev1listers.PodNamespaceLister) scheduler.Scheduler {

	scheduler := &StatefulSetScheduler{
		ctx:                  ctx,
		logger:               logging.FromContext(ctx),
		statefulSetNamespace: cfg.StatefulSetNamespace,
		statefulSetName:      cfg.StatefulSetName,
		statefulSetClient:    kubeclient.Get(ctx).AppsV1().StatefulSets(cfg.StatefulSetNamespace),
		podLister:            podlister,
		vpodLister:           cfg.VPodLister,
		pending:              make(map[types.NamespacedName]int32),
		lock:                 new(sync.Mutex),
		stateAccessor:        stateAccessor,
		reserved:             make(map[types.NamespacedName]map[string]int32),
		autoscaler:           autoscaler,
	}

	// Monitor our statefulset
	statefulsetInformer := statefulsetinformer.Get(ctx)
	statefulsetInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.FilteringResourceEventHandler{
		FilterFunc: controller.FilterWithNameAndNamespace(cfg.StatefulSetNamespace, cfg.StatefulSetName),
		Handler:    controller.HandleAll(scheduler.updateStatefulset),
	})

	return scheduler
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) Schedule(vpod scheduler.VPod) ([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, error) {
	s.lock.Lock()
	defer s.lock.Unlock()

	vpods, err := s.vpodLister()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	vpodFromLister := st.GetVPod(vpod.GetKey(), vpods)
	if vpodFromLister != nil && vpod.GetResourceVersion() != vpodFromLister.GetResourceVersion() {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("vpod to schedule has resource version different from one in indexer")
	}

	placements, err := s.scheduleVPod(vpod)
	if placements == nil {
		return placements, err
	}

	sort.SliceStable(placements, func(i int, j int) bool {
		return st.OrdinalFromPodName(placements[i].PodName) < st.OrdinalFromPodName(placements[j].PodName)
	})

	// Reserve new placements until they are committed to the vpod.
	s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)

	return placements, err
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) scheduleVPod(vpod scheduler.VPod) ([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, error) {
	logger := s.logger.With("key", vpod.GetKey())
	logger.Infow("scheduling", zap.Any("pending", toJSONable(s.pending)))

	// Get the current placements state
	// Quite an expensive operation but safe and simple.
	state, err := s.stateAccessor.State(s.reserved)
	if err != nil {
		logger.Info("error while refreshing scheduler state (will retry)", zap.Error(err))
		return nil, err
	}

	existingPlacements := vpod.GetPlacements()
	var left int32

	// Remove unschedulable pods from placements
	var placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement
	if len(existingPlacements) > 0 {
		placements = make([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, 0, len(existingPlacements))
		for _, p := range existingPlacements {
			if state.IsSchedulablePod(st.OrdinalFromPodName(p.PodName)) {
				placements = append(placements, *p.DeepCopy())
			}
		}
	}

	// The scheduler when policy type is
	// Policy: MAXFILLUP (SchedulerPolicyType == MAXFILLUP)
	// - allocates as many vreplicas as possible to the same pod(s)
	// - allocates remaining vreplicas to new pods

	// Exact number of vreplicas => do nothing
	tr := scheduler.GetTotalVReplicas(placements)
	if tr == vpod.GetVReplicas() {
		logger.Info("scheduling succeeded (already scheduled)")
		delete(s.pending, vpod.GetKey())

		// Fully placed. Nothing to do
		return placements, nil
	}

	if state.SchedulerPolicy != "" {
		// Need less => scale down
		if tr > vpod.GetVReplicas() {
			logger.Infow("scaling down", zap.Int32("vreplicas", tr), zap.Int32("new vreplicas", vpod.GetVReplicas()))

			placements = s.removeReplicas(tr-vpod.GetVReplicas(), placements)

			// Do not trigger the autoscaler to avoid unnecessary churn

			return placements, nil
		}

		// Need more => scale up
		logger.Infow("scaling up", zap.Int32("vreplicas", tr), zap.Int32("new vreplicas", vpod.GetVReplicas()))

		placements, left = s.addReplicas(state, vpod.GetVReplicas()-tr, placements)

	} else { //Predicates and priorities must be used for scheduling
		// Need less => scale down
		if tr > vpod.GetVReplicas() && state.DeschedPolicy != nil {
			logger.Infow("scaling down", zap.Int32("vreplicas", tr), zap.Int32("new vreplicas", vpod.GetVReplicas()))
			placements = s.removeReplicasWithPolicy(vpod, tr-vpod.GetVReplicas(), placements)

			// Do not trigger the autoscaler to avoid unnecessary churn

			return placements, nil
		}

		if state.SchedPolicy != nil {

			// Need more => scale up
			// rebalancing needed for all vreps most likely since there are pending vreps from previous reconciliation
			// can fall here when vreps scaled up or after eviction
			logger.Infow("scaling up with a rebalance (if needed)", zap.Int32("vreplicas", tr), zap.Int32("new vreplicas", vpod.GetVReplicas()))
			placements, left = s.rebalanceReplicasWithPolicy(vpod, vpod.GetVReplicas(), placements)
		}
	}

	if left > 0 {
		// Give time for the autoscaler to do its job
		logger.Info("not enough pod replicas to schedule. Awaiting autoscaler", zap.Any("placement", placements), zap.Int32("left", left))

		s.pending[vpod.GetKey()] = left

		// Trigger the autoscaler
		if s.autoscaler != nil {
			s.autoscaler.Autoscale(s.ctx, false, s.pendingVReplicas())
		}

		if state.SchedPolicy != nil {
			logger.Info("reverting to previous placements")
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, existingPlacements)           // rebalancing doesn't care about new placements since all vreps will be re-placed
			delete(s.pending, vpod.GetKey())                        // rebalancing doesn't care about pending since all vreps will be re-placed
			return existingPlacements, s.notEnoughPodReplicas(left) // requeue to wait for the autoscaler to do its job
		}

		return placements, s.notEnoughPodReplicas(left)
	}

	logger.Infow("scheduling successful", zap.Any("placement", placements))
	delete(s.pending, vpod.GetKey())

	return placements, nil
}

func toJSONable(pending map[types.NamespacedName]int32) map[string]int32 {
	r := make(map[string]int32, len(pending))
	for k, v := range pending {
		r[k.String()] = v
	}
	return r
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) rebalanceReplicasWithPolicy(vpod scheduler.VPod, diff int32, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) ([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, int32) {
	s.makeZeroPlacements(vpod, placements)
	placements, diff = s.addReplicasWithPolicy(vpod, diff, make([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, 0)) //start fresh with a new placements list

	return placements, diff
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) removeReplicasWithPolicy(vpod scheduler.VPod, diff int32, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) []duckv1alpha1.Placement {
	logger := s.logger.Named("remove replicas with policy")
	numVreps := diff

	for i := int32(0); i < numVreps; i++ { //deschedule one vreplica at a time
		state, err := s.stateAccessor.State(s.reserved)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Info("error while refreshing scheduler state (will retry)", zap.Error(err))
			return placements
		}

		feasiblePods := s.findFeasiblePods(s.ctx, state, vpod, state.DeschedPolicy)
		feasiblePods = s.removePodsNotInPlacement(vpod, feasiblePods)
		if len(feasiblePods) == 1 { //nothing to score, remove vrep from that pod
			placementPodID := feasiblePods[0]
			logger.Infof("Selected pod #%v to remove vreplica #%v from", placementPodID, i)
			placements = s.removeSelectionFromPlacements(placementPodID, placements)
			state.SetFree(placementPodID, state.Free(placementPodID)+1)
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
			continue
		}

		priorityList, err := s.prioritizePods(s.ctx, state, vpod, feasiblePods, state.DeschedPolicy)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Info("error while scoring pods using priorities", zap.Error(err))
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
			break
		}

		placementPodID, err := s.selectPod(priorityList)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Info("error while selecting the placement pod", zap.Error(err))
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
			break
		}

		logger.Infof("Selected pod #%v to remove vreplica #%v from", placementPodID, i)
		placements = s.removeSelectionFromPlacements(placementPodID, placements)
		state.SetFree(placementPodID, state.Free(placementPodID)+1)
		s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
	}
	return placements
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) removeSelectionFromPlacements(placementPodID int32, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) []duckv1alpha1.Placement {
	newPlacements := make([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, 0, len(placements))

	for i := 0; i < len(placements); i++ {
		ordinal := st.OrdinalFromPodName(placements[i].PodName)
		if placementPodID == ordinal {
			if placements[i].VReplicas == 1 {
				// remove the entire placement
			} else {
				newPlacements = append(newPlacements, duckv1alpha1.Placement{
					PodName:   placements[i].PodName,
					VReplicas: placements[i].VReplicas - 1,
				})
			}
		} else {
			newPlacements = append(newPlacements, duckv1alpha1.Placement{
				PodName:   placements[i].PodName,
				VReplicas: placements[i].VReplicas,
			})
		}
	}
	return newPlacements
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) addReplicasWithPolicy(vpod scheduler.VPod, diff int32, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) ([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, int32) {
	logger := s.logger.Named("add replicas with policy")

	numVreps := diff
	for i := int32(0); i < numVreps; i++ { //schedule one vreplica at a time (find most suitable pod placement satisying predicates with high score)
		// Get the current placements state
		state, err := s.stateAccessor.State(s.reserved)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Info("error while refreshing scheduler state (will retry)", zap.Error(err))
			return placements, diff
		}

		if s.replicas == 0 { //no pods to filter
			logger.Infow("no pods available in statefulset")
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
			diff = numVreps - i //for autoscaling up
			break               //end the iteration for all vreps since there are not pods
		}

		feasiblePods := s.findFeasiblePods(s.ctx, state, vpod, state.SchedPolicy)
		if len(feasiblePods) == 0 { //no pods available to schedule this vreplica
			logger.Info("no feasible pods available to schedule this vreplica")
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
			diff = numVreps - i //for autoscaling up and possible rebalancing
			break
		}

		/* 	if len(feasiblePods) == 1 { //nothing to score, place vrep on that pod (Update: for HA, must run HA scorers)
			placementPodID := feasiblePods[0]
			logger.Infof("Selected pod #%v for vreplica #%v ", placementPodID, i)
			placements = s.addSelectionToPlacements(placementPodID, placements)
			//state.SetFree(placementPodID, state.Free(placementPodID)-1)
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
			diff--
			continue
		} */

		priorityList, err := s.prioritizePods(s.ctx, state, vpod, feasiblePods, state.SchedPolicy)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Info("error while scoring pods using priorities", zap.Error(err))
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
			diff = numVreps - i //for autoscaling up and possible rebalancing
			break
		}

		placementPodID, err := s.selectPod(priorityList)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Info("error while selecting the placement pod", zap.Error(err))
			s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
			diff = numVreps - i //for autoscaling up and possible rebalancing
			break
		}

		logger.Infof("Selected pod #%v for vreplica #%v", placementPodID, i)
		placements = s.addSelectionToPlacements(placementPodID, placements)
		state.SetFree(placementPodID, state.Free(placementPodID)-1)
		s.reservePlacements(vpod, placements)
		diff--
	}
	return placements, diff
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) addSelectionToPlacements(placementPodID int32, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) []duckv1alpha1.Placement {
	seen := false

	for i := 0; i < len(placements); i++ {
		ordinal := st.OrdinalFromPodName(placements[i].PodName)
		if placementPodID == ordinal {
			seen = true
			placements[i].VReplicas = placements[i].VReplicas + 1
		}
	}
	if !seen {
		placements = append(placements, duckv1alpha1.Placement{
			PodName:   st.PodNameFromOrdinal(s.statefulSetName, placementPodID),
			VReplicas: 1,
		})
	}
	return placements
}

// findFeasiblePods finds the pods that fit the filter plugins
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) findFeasiblePods(ctx context.Context, state *st.State, vpod scheduler.VPod, policy *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy) []int32 {
	feasiblePods := make([]int32, 0)
	for _, podId := range state.SchedulablePods {
		statusMap := s.RunFilterPlugins(ctx, state, vpod, podId, policy)
		status := statusMap.Merge()
		if status.IsSuccess() {
			feasiblePods = append(feasiblePods, podId)
		}
	}

	return feasiblePods
}

// removePodsNotInPlacement removes pods that do not have vreplicas placed
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) removePodsNotInPlacement(vpod scheduler.VPod, feasiblePods []int32) []int32 {
	newFeasiblePods := make([]int32, 0)
	for _, e := range vpod.GetPlacements() {
		for _, podID := range feasiblePods {
			if podID == st.OrdinalFromPodName(e.PodName) { //if pod is in current placement list
				newFeasiblePods = append(newFeasiblePods, podID)
			}
		}
	}

	return newFeasiblePods
}

// prioritizePods prioritizes the pods by running the score plugins, which return a score for each pod.
// The scores from each plugin are added together to make the score for that pod.
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) prioritizePods(ctx context.Context, states *st.State, vpod scheduler.VPod, feasiblePods []int32, policy *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy) (st.PodScoreList, error) {
	logger := s.logger.Named("prioritize all feasible pods")

	// If no priority configs are provided, then all pods will have a score of one
	result := make(st.PodScoreList, 0, len(feasiblePods))
	if !s.HasScorePlugins(states, policy) {
		for _, podID := range feasiblePods {
			result = append(result, st.PodScore{
				ID:    podID,
				Score: 1,
			})
		}
		return result, nil
	}

	scoresMap, scoreStatus := s.RunScorePlugins(ctx, states, vpod, feasiblePods, policy)
	if !scoreStatus.IsSuccess() {
		logger.Infof("FAILURE! Cannot score feasible pods due to plugin errors %v", scoreStatus.AsError())
		return nil, scoreStatus.AsError()
	}

	// Summarize all scores.
	for i := range feasiblePods {
		result = append(result, st.PodScore{ID: feasiblePods[i], Score: 0})
		for j := range scoresMap {
			result[i].Score += scoresMap[j][i].Score
		}
	}

	return result, nil
}

// selectPod takes a prioritized list of pods and then picks one
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) selectPod(podScoreList st.PodScoreList) (int32, error) {
	if len(podScoreList) == 0 {
		return -1, fmt.Errorf("empty priority list") //no selected pod
	}

	maxScore := podScoreList[0].Score
	selected := podScoreList[0].ID
	cntOfMaxScore := int64(1)
	for _, ps := range podScoreList[1:] {
		if ps.Score > maxScore {
			maxScore = ps.Score
			selected = ps.ID
			cntOfMaxScore = 1
		} else if ps.Score == maxScore { //if equal scores, randomly picks one
			cntOfMaxScore++
			randNum, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(cntOfMaxScore))
			if err != nil {
				return -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to generate random number")
			}
			if randNum.Int64() == int64(0) {
				selected = ps.ID
			}
		}
	}
	return selected, nil
}

// RunFilterPlugins runs the set of configured Filter plugins for a vrep on the given pod.
// If any of these plugins doesn't return "Success", the pod is not suitable for placing the vrep.
// Meanwhile, the failure message and status are set for the given pod.
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) RunFilterPlugins(ctx context.Context, states *st.State, vpod scheduler.VPod, podID int32, policy *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy) st.PluginToStatus {
	logger := s.logger.Named("run all filter plugins")

	statuses := make(st.PluginToStatus)
	for _, plugin := range policy.Predicates {
		pl, err := factory.GetFilterPlugin(plugin.Name)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Error("Could not find filter plugin in Registry: ", plugin.Name)
			continue
		}

		//logger.Infof("Going to run filter plugin: %s using state: %v ", pl.Name(), states)
		pluginStatus := s.runFilterPlugin(ctx, pl, plugin.Args, states, vpod, podID)
		if !pluginStatus.IsSuccess() {
			if !pluginStatus.IsUnschedulable() {
				errStatus := st.NewStatus(st.Error, fmt.Sprintf("running %q filter plugin for pod %q failed with: %v", pl.Name(), podID, pluginStatus.Message()))
				return map[string]*st.Status{pl.Name(): errStatus} //TODO: if one plugin fails, then no more plugins are run
			}
			statuses[pl.Name()] = pluginStatus
			return statuses
		}
	}

	return statuses
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) runFilterPlugin(ctx context.Context, pl st.FilterPlugin, args interface{}, states *st.State, vpod scheduler.VPod, podID int32) *st.Status {
	status := pl.Filter(ctx, args, states, vpod.GetKey(), podID)
	return status
}

// RunScorePlugins runs the set of configured scoring plugins. It returns a list that stores for each scoring plugin name the corresponding PodScoreList(s).
// It also returns *Status, which is set to non-success if any of the plugins returns a non-success status.
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) RunScorePlugins(ctx context.Context, states *st.State, vpod scheduler.VPod, feasiblePods []int32, policy *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy) (st.PluginToPodScores, *st.Status) {
	logger := s.logger.Named("run all score plugins")

	pluginToPodScores := make(st.PluginToPodScores, len(policy.Priorities))
	for _, plugin := range policy.Priorities {
		pl, err := factory.GetScorePlugin(plugin.Name)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Error("Could not find score plugin in registry: ", plugin.Name)
			continue
		}

		//logger.Infof("Going to run score plugin: %s using state: %v ", pl.Name(), states)
		pluginToPodScores[pl.Name()] = make(st.PodScoreList, len(feasiblePods))
		for index, podID := range feasiblePods {
			score, pluginStatus := s.runScorePlugin(ctx, pl, plugin.Args, states, feasiblePods, vpod, podID)
			if !pluginStatus.IsSuccess() {
				errStatus := st.NewStatus(st.Error, fmt.Sprintf("running %q scoring plugin for pod %q failed with: %v", pl.Name(), podID, pluginStatus.AsError()))
				return pluginToPodScores, errStatus //TODO: if one plugin fails, then no more plugins are run
			}

			score = score * plugin.Weight //WEIGHED SCORE VALUE
			//logger.Infof("scoring plugin %q produced score %v for pod %q: %v", pl.Name(), score, podID, pluginStatus)
			pluginToPodScores[pl.Name()][index] = st.PodScore{
				ID:    podID,
				Score: score,
			}
		}

		status := pl.ScoreExtensions().NormalizeScore(ctx, states, pluginToPodScores[pl.Name()]) //NORMALIZE SCORES FOR ALL FEASIBLE PODS
		if !status.IsSuccess() {
			errStatus := st.NewStatus(st.Error, fmt.Sprintf("running %q scoring plugin failed with: %v", pl.Name(), status.AsError()))
			return pluginToPodScores, errStatus
		}
	}

	return pluginToPodScores, st.NewStatus(st.Success)
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) runScorePlugin(ctx context.Context, pl st.ScorePlugin, args interface{}, states *st.State, feasiblePods []int32, vpod scheduler.VPod, podID int32) (uint64, *st.Status) {
	score, status := pl.Score(ctx, args, states, feasiblePods, vpod.GetKey(), podID)
	return score, status
}

// HasScorePlugins returns true if at least one score plugin is defined.
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) HasScorePlugins(state *st.State, policy *scheduler.SchedulerPolicy) bool {
	return len(policy.Priorities) > 0
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) removeReplicas(diff int32, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) []duckv1alpha1.Placement {
	newPlacements := make([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, 0, len(placements))
	for i := len(placements) - 1; i > -1; i-- {
		if diff >= placements[i].VReplicas {
			// remove the entire placement
			diff -= placements[i].VReplicas
		} else {
			newPlacements = append(newPlacements, duckv1alpha1.Placement{
				PodName:   placements[i].PodName,
				VReplicas: placements[i].VReplicas - diff,
			})
			diff = 0
		}
	}
	return newPlacements
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) addReplicas(states *st.State, diff int32, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) ([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, int32) {
	// Pod affinity algorithm: prefer adding replicas to existing pods before considering other replicas
	newPlacements := make([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, 0, len(placements))

	// Add to existing
	for i := 0; i < len(placements); i++ {
		podName := placements[i].PodName
		ordinal := st.OrdinalFromPodName(podName)

		// Is there space in PodName?
		f := states.Free(ordinal)
		if diff >= 0 && f > 0 {
			allocation := integer.Int32Min(f, diff)
			newPlacements = append(newPlacements, duckv1alpha1.Placement{
				PodName:   podName,
				VReplicas: placements[i].VReplicas + allocation,
			})

			diff -= allocation
			states.SetFree(ordinal, f-allocation)
		} else {
			newPlacements = append(newPlacements, placements[i])
		}
	}

	if diff > 0 {
		// Needs to allocate replicas to additional pods
		for ordinal := int32(0); ordinal < s.replicas; ordinal++ {
			f := states.Free(ordinal)
			if f > 0 {
				allocation := integer.Int32Min(f, diff)
				newPlacements = append(newPlacements, duckv1alpha1.Placement{
					PodName:   st.PodNameFromOrdinal(s.statefulSetName, ordinal),
					VReplicas: allocation,
				})

				diff -= allocation
				states.SetFree(ordinal, f-allocation)
			}

			if diff == 0 {
				break
			}
		}
	}

	return newPlacements, diff
}

// pendingReplicas returns the total number of vreplicas
// that haven't been scheduled yet
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) pendingVReplicas() int32 {
	t := int32(0)
	for _, v := range s.pending {
		t += v
	}
	return t
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) updateStatefulset(obj interface{}) {
	statefulset, ok := obj.(*appsv1.StatefulSet)
	if !ok {
		s.logger.Fatalw("expected a Statefulset object", zap.Any("object", obj))
	}

	s.lock.Lock()
	defer s.lock.Unlock()

	if statefulset.Spec.Replicas == nil {
		s.replicas = 1
	} else if s.replicas != *statefulset.Spec.Replicas {
		s.replicas = *statefulset.Spec.Replicas
		s.logger.Infow("statefulset replicas updated", zap.Int32("replicas", s.replicas))
	}
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) reservePlacements(vpod scheduler.VPod, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) {
	if len(placements) == 0 { // clear our old placements in reserved
		s.reserved[vpod.GetKey()] = make(map[string]int32)
	}

	for _, p := range placements {
		// note: track all vreplicas, not only the new ones since
		// the next time `state()` is called some vreplicas might
		// have been committed.
		if _, ok := s.reserved[vpod.GetKey()]; !ok {
			s.reserved[vpod.GetKey()] = make(map[string]int32)
		}
		s.reserved[vpod.GetKey()][p.PodName] = p.VReplicas
	}
}

func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) makeZeroPlacements(vpod scheduler.VPod, placements []duckv1alpha1.Placement) {
	newPlacements := make([]duckv1alpha1.Placement, len(placements))
	for i := 0; i < len(placements); i++ {
		newPlacements[i].PodName = placements[i].PodName
		newPlacements[i].VReplicas = 0
	}
	// This is necessary to make sure State() zeroes out initial pod/node/zone spread and
	// free capacity when there are existing placements for a vpod
	s.reservePlacements(vpod, newPlacements)
}

// newNotEnoughPodReplicas returns an error explaining what is the problem, what are the actions we're taking
// to try to fix it (retry), wrapping a controller.requeueKeyError which signals to ReconcileKind to requeue the
// object after a given delay.
func (s *StatefulSetScheduler) notEnoughPodReplicas(left int32) error {
	// Wrap controller.requeueKeyError error to wait for the autoscaler to do its job.
	return fmt.Errorf("insufficient running pods replicas for StatefulSet %s/%s to schedule resource replicas (left: %d): retry %w",
		s.statefulSetNamespace, s.statefulSetName,
		left,
		controller.NewRequeueAfter(5*time.Second),
	)
}