graph_builder.go

/*
Copyright 2016 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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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/

package garbagecollector

import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"

	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/metaonly"
)

type eventType int

func (e eventType) String() string {
	switch e {
	case addEvent:
		return "add"
	case updateEvent:
		return "update"
	case deleteEvent:
		return "delete"
	default:
		return fmt.Sprintf("unknown(%d)", int(e))
	}
}

const (
	addEvent eventType = iota
	updateEvent
	deleteEvent
)

type event struct {
	eventType eventType
	obj       interface{}
	// the update event comes with an old object, but it's not used by the garbage collector.
	oldObj interface{}
	gvk    schema.GroupVersionKind
}

// GraphBuilder: based on the events supplied by the informers, GraphBuilder updates
// uidToNode, a graph that caches the dependencies as we know, and enqueues
// items to the attemptToDelete and attemptToOrphan.
type GraphBuilder struct {
	restMapper meta.RESTMapper

	// each monitor list/watches a resource, the results are funneled to the
	// dependencyGraphBuilder
	monitors    monitors
	monitorLock sync.Mutex
	// informersStarted is closed after after all of the controllers have been initialized and are running.
	// After that it is safe to start them here, before that it is not.
	informersStarted <-chan struct{}

	// stopCh drives shutdown. When a receive from it unblocks, monitors will shut down.
	// This channel is also protected by monitorLock.
	stopCh <-chan struct{}

	// running tracks whether Run() has been called.
	// it is protected by monitorLock.
	running bool

	// metaOnlyClientPool uses a special codec, which removes fields except for
	// apiVersion, kind, and metadata during decoding.
	metaOnlyClientPool dynamic.ClientPool
	// monitors are the producer of the graphChanges queue, graphBuilder alters
	// the in-memory graph according to the changes.
	graphChanges workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
	// uidToNode doesn't require a lock to protect, because only the
	// single-threaded GraphBuilder.processGraphChanges() reads/writes it.
	uidToNode *concurrentUIDToNode
	// GraphBuilder is the producer of attemptToDelete and attemptToOrphan, GC is the consumer.
	attemptToDelete workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
	attemptToOrphan workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
	// GraphBuilder and GC share the absentOwnerCache. Objects that are known to
	// be non-existent are added to the cached.
	absentOwnerCache *UIDCache
	sharedInformers  informers.SharedInformerFactory
	ignoredResources map[schema.GroupResource]struct{}
}

// monitor runs a Controller with a local stop channel.
type monitor struct {
	controller cache.Controller

	// stopCh stops Controller. If stopCh is nil, the monitor is considered to be
	// not yet started.
	stopCh chan struct{}
}

// Run is intended to be called in a goroutine. Multiple calls of this is an
// error.
func (m *monitor) Run() {
	m.controller.Run(m.stopCh)
}

type monitors map[schema.GroupVersionResource]*monitor

func listWatcher(client dynamic.Interface, resource schema.GroupVersionResource) *cache.ListWatch {
	return &cache.ListWatch{
		ListFunc: func(options metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
			// APIResource.Kind is not used by the dynamic client, so
			// leave it empty. We want to list this resource in all
			// namespaces if it's namespace scoped, so leave
			// APIResource.Namespaced as false is all right.
			apiResource := metav1.APIResource{Name: resource.Resource}
			return client.ParameterCodec(dynamic.VersionedParameterEncoderWithV1Fallback).
				Resource(&apiResource, metav1.NamespaceAll).
				List(options)
		},
		WatchFunc: func(options metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
			// APIResource.Kind is not used by the dynamic client, so
			// leave it empty. We want to list this resource in all
			// namespaces if it's namespace scoped, so leave
			// APIResource.Namespaced as false is all right.
			apiResource := metav1.APIResource{Name: resource.Resource}
			return client.ParameterCodec(dynamic.VersionedParameterEncoderWithV1Fallback).
				Resource(&apiResource, metav1.NamespaceAll).
				Watch(options)
		},
	}
}

func (gb *GraphBuilder) controllerFor(resource schema.GroupVersionResource, kind schema.GroupVersionKind) (cache.Controller, error) {
	handlers := cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
		// add the event to the dependencyGraphBuilder's graphChanges.
		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
			event := &event{
				eventType: addEvent,
				obj:       obj,
				gvk:       kind,
			}
			gb.graphChanges.Add(event)
		},
		UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
			// TODO: check if there are differences in the ownerRefs,
			// finalizers, and DeletionTimestamp; if not, ignore the update.
			event := &event{
				eventType: updateEvent,
				obj:       newObj,
				oldObj:    oldObj,
				gvk:       kind,
			}
			gb.graphChanges.Add(event)
		},
		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
			// delta fifo may wrap the object in a cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown, unwrap it
			if deletedFinalStateUnknown, ok := obj.(cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown); ok {
				obj = deletedFinalStateUnknown.Obj
			}
			event := &event{
				eventType: deleteEvent,
				obj:       obj,
				gvk:       kind,
			}
			gb.graphChanges.Add(event)
		},
	}
	shared, err := gb.sharedInformers.ForResource(resource)
	if err == nil {
		glog.V(4).Infof("using a shared informer for resource %q, kind %q", resource.String(), kind.String())
		// need to clone because it's from a shared cache
		shared.Informer().AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod(handlers, ResourceResyncTime)
		return shared.Informer().GetController(), nil
	} else {
		glog.V(4).Infof("unable to use a shared informer for resource %q, kind %q: %v", resource.String(), kind.String(), err)
	}

	// TODO: consider store in one storage.
	glog.V(5).Infof("create storage for resource %s", resource)
	client, err := gb.metaOnlyClientPool.ClientForGroupVersionKind(kind)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	_, monitor := cache.NewInformer(
		listWatcher(client, resource),
		nil,
		ResourceResyncTime,
		// don't need to clone because it's not from shared cache
		handlers,
	)
	return monitor, nil
}

// syncMonitors rebuilds the monitor set according to the supplied resources,
// creating or deleting monitors as necessary. It will return any error
// encountered, but will make an attempt to create a monitor for each resource
// instead of immediately exiting on an error. It may be called before or after
// Run. Monitors are NOT started as part of the sync. To ensure all existing
// monitors are started, call startMonitors.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) syncMonitors(resources map[schema.GroupVersionResource]struct{}) error {
	gb.monitorLock.Lock()
	defer gb.monitorLock.Unlock()

	toRemove := gb.monitors
	if toRemove == nil {
		toRemove = monitors{}
	}
	current := monitors{}
	errs := []error{}
	kept := 0
	added := 0
	for resource := range resources {
		if _, ok := gb.ignoredResources[resource.GroupResource()]; ok {
			continue
		}
		if m, ok := toRemove[resource]; ok {
			current[resource] = m
			delete(toRemove, resource)
			kept++
			continue
		}
		kind, err := gb.restMapper.KindFor(resource)
		if err != nil {
			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("couldn't look up resource %q: %v", resource, err))
			continue
		}
		c, err := gb.controllerFor(resource, kind)
		if err != nil {
			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("couldn't start monitor for resource %q: %v", resource, err))
			continue
		}
		current[resource] = &monitor{controller: c}
		added++
	}
	gb.monitors = current

	for _, monitor := range toRemove {
		if monitor.stopCh != nil {
			close(monitor.stopCh)
		}
	}

	glog.V(4).Infof("synced monitors; added %d, kept %d, removed %d", added, kept, len(toRemove))
	// NewAggregate returns nil if errs is 0-length
	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
}

// startMonitors ensures the current set of monitors are running. Any newly
// started monitors will also cause shared informers to be started.
//
// If called before Run, startMonitors does nothing (as there is no stop channel
// to support monitor/informer execution).
func (gb *GraphBuilder) startMonitors() {
	gb.monitorLock.Lock()
	defer gb.monitorLock.Unlock()

	if !gb.running {
		return
	}

	// we're waiting until after the informer start that happens once all the controllers are initialized.  This ensures
	// that they don't get unexpected events on their work queues.
	<-gb.informersStarted

	monitors := gb.monitors
	started := 0
	for _, monitor := range monitors {
		if monitor.stopCh == nil {
			monitor.stopCh = make(chan struct{})
			gb.sharedInformers.Start(gb.stopCh)
			go monitor.Run()
			started++
		}
	}
	glog.V(4).Infof("started %d new monitors, %d currently running", started, len(monitors))
}

// IsSynced returns true if any monitors exist AND all those monitors'
// controllers HasSynced functions return true. This means IsSynced could return
// true at one time, and then later return false if all monitors were
// reconstructed.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) IsSynced() bool {
	gb.monitorLock.Lock()
	defer gb.monitorLock.Unlock()

	if len(gb.monitors) == 0 {
		return false
	}

	for _, monitor := range gb.monitors {
		if !monitor.controller.HasSynced() {
			return false
		}
	}
	return true
}

// Run sets the stop channel and starts monitor execution until stopCh is
// closed. Any running monitors will be stopped before Run returns.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
	glog.Infof("GraphBuilder running")
	defer glog.Infof("GraphBuilder stopping")

	// Set up the stop channel.
	gb.monitorLock.Lock()
	gb.stopCh = stopCh
	gb.running = true
	gb.monitorLock.Unlock()

	// Start monitors and begin change processing until the stop channel is
	// closed.
	gb.startMonitors()
	wait.Until(gb.runProcessGraphChanges, 1*time.Second, stopCh)

	// Stop any running monitors.
	gb.monitorLock.Lock()
	defer gb.monitorLock.Unlock()
	monitors := gb.monitors
	stopped := 0
	for _, monitor := range monitors {
		if monitor.stopCh != nil {
			stopped++
			close(monitor.stopCh)
		}
	}

	// reset monitors so that the graph builder can be safely re-run/synced.
	gb.monitors = nil
	glog.Infof("stopped %d of %d monitors", stopped, len(monitors))
}

var ignoredResources = map[schema.GroupResource]struct{}{
	{Group: "extensions", Resource: "replicationcontrollers"}:              {},
	{Group: "", Resource: "bindings"}:                                      {},
	{Group: "", Resource: "componentstatuses"}:                             {},
	{Group: "", Resource: "events"}:                                        {},
	{Group: "authentication.k8s.io", Resource: "tokenreviews"}:             {},
	{Group: "authorization.k8s.io", Resource: "subjectaccessreviews"}:      {},
	{Group: "authorization.k8s.io", Resource: "selfsubjectaccessreviews"}:  {},
	{Group: "authorization.k8s.io", Resource: "localsubjectaccessreviews"}: {},
	{Group: "authorization.k8s.io", Resource: "selfsubjectrulesreviews"}:   {},
	{Group: "apiregistration.k8s.io", Resource: "apiservices"}:             {},
	{Group: "apiextensions.k8s.io", Resource: "customresourcedefinitions"}: {},
}

// DefaultIgnoredResources returns the default set of resources that the garbage collector controller
// should ignore. This is exposed so downstream integrators can have access to the defaults, and add
// to them as necessary when constructing the controller.
func DefaultIgnoredResources() map[schema.GroupResource]struct{} {
	return ignoredResources
}

// enqueueVirtualDeleteEvent is used to add a virtual delete event to be processed for virtual nodes
// once it is determined they do not have backing objects in storage
func (gb *GraphBuilder) enqueueVirtualDeleteEvent(ref objectReference) {
	gb.graphChanges.Add(&event{
		eventType: deleteEvent,
		obj: &metaonly.MetadataOnlyObject{
			TypeMeta:   metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: ref.APIVersion, Kind: ref.Kind},
			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: ref.Namespace, UID: ref.UID, Name: ref.Name},
		},
	})
}

// addDependentToOwners adds n to owners' dependents list. If the owner does not
// exist in the gb.uidToNode yet, a "virtual" node will be created to represent
// the owner. The "virtual" node will be enqueued to the attemptToDelete, so that
// attemptToDeleteItem() will verify if the owner exists according to the API server.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) addDependentToOwners(n *node, owners []metav1.OwnerReference) {
	for _, owner := range owners {
		ownerNode, ok := gb.uidToNode.Read(owner.UID)
		if !ok {
			// Create a "virtual" node in the graph for the owner if it doesn't
			// exist in the graph yet.
			ownerNode = &node{
				identity: objectReference{
					OwnerReference: owner,
					Namespace:      n.identity.Namespace,
				},
				dependents: make(map[*node]struct{}),
				virtual:    true,
			}
			glog.V(5).Infof("add virtual node.identity: %s\n\n", ownerNode.identity)
			gb.uidToNode.Write(ownerNode)
		}
		ownerNode.addDependent(n)
		if !ok {
			// Enqueue the virtual node into attemptToDelete.
			// The garbage processor will enqueue a virtual delete
			// event to delete it from the graph if API server confirms this
			// owner doesn't exist.
			gb.attemptToDelete.Add(ownerNode)
		}
	}
}

// insertNode insert the node to gb.uidToNode; then it finds all owners as listed
// in n.owners, and adds the node to their dependents list.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) insertNode(n *node) {
	gb.uidToNode.Write(n)
	gb.addDependentToOwners(n, n.owners)
}

// removeDependentFromOwners remove n from owners' dependents list.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) removeDependentFromOwners(n *node, owners []metav1.OwnerReference) {
	for _, owner := range owners {
		ownerNode, ok := gb.uidToNode.Read(owner.UID)
		if !ok {
			continue
		}
		ownerNode.deleteDependent(n)
	}
}

// removeNode removes the node from gb.uidToNode, then finds all
// owners as listed in n.owners, and removes n from their dependents list.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) removeNode(n *node) {
	gb.uidToNode.Delete(n.identity.UID)
	gb.removeDependentFromOwners(n, n.owners)
}

type ownerRefPair struct {
	oldRef metav1.OwnerReference
	newRef metav1.OwnerReference
}

// TODO: profile this function to see if a naive N^2 algorithm performs better
// when the number of references is small.
func referencesDiffs(old []metav1.OwnerReference, new []metav1.OwnerReference) (added []metav1.OwnerReference, removed []metav1.OwnerReference, changed []ownerRefPair) {
	oldUIDToRef := make(map[string]metav1.OwnerReference)
	for _, value := range old {
		oldUIDToRef[string(value.UID)] = value
	}
	oldUIDSet := sets.StringKeySet(oldUIDToRef)
	newUIDToRef := make(map[string]metav1.OwnerReference)
	for _, value := range new {
		newUIDToRef[string(value.UID)] = value
	}
	newUIDSet := sets.StringKeySet(newUIDToRef)

	addedUID := newUIDSet.Difference(oldUIDSet)
	removedUID := oldUIDSet.Difference(newUIDSet)
	intersection := oldUIDSet.Intersection(newUIDSet)

	for uid := range addedUID {
		added = append(added, newUIDToRef[uid])
	}
	for uid := range removedUID {
		removed = append(removed, oldUIDToRef[uid])
	}
	for uid := range intersection {
		if !reflect.DeepEqual(oldUIDToRef[uid], newUIDToRef[uid]) {
			changed = append(changed, ownerRefPair{oldRef: oldUIDToRef[uid], newRef: newUIDToRef[uid]})
		}
	}
	return added, removed, changed
}

// returns if the object in the event just transitions to "being deleted".
func deletionStarts(oldObj interface{}, newAccessor metav1.Object) bool {
	// The delta_fifo may combine the creation and update of the object into one
	// event, so if there is no oldObj, we just return if the newObj (via
	// newAccessor) is being deleted.
	if oldObj == nil {
		if newAccessor.GetDeletionTimestamp() == nil {
			return false
		}
		return true
	}
	oldAccessor, err := meta.Accessor(oldObj)
	if err != nil {
		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("cannot access oldObj: %v", err))
		return false
	}
	return beingDeleted(newAccessor) && !beingDeleted(oldAccessor)
}

func beingDeleted(accessor metav1.Object) bool {
	return accessor.GetDeletionTimestamp() != nil
}

func hasDeleteDependentsFinalizer(accessor metav1.Object) bool {
	finalizers := accessor.GetFinalizers()
	for _, finalizer := range finalizers {
		if finalizer == metav1.FinalizerDeleteDependents {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

func hasOrphanFinalizer(accessor metav1.Object) bool {
	finalizers := accessor.GetFinalizers()
	for _, finalizer := range finalizers {
		if finalizer == metav1.FinalizerOrphanDependents {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

// this function takes newAccessor directly because the caller already
// instantiates an accessor for the newObj.
func startsWaitingForDependentsDeleted(oldObj interface{}, newAccessor metav1.Object) bool {
	return deletionStarts(oldObj, newAccessor) && hasDeleteDependentsFinalizer(newAccessor)
}

// this function takes newAccessor directly because the caller already
// instantiates an accessor for the newObj.
func startsWaitingForDependentsOrphaned(oldObj interface{}, newAccessor metav1.Object) bool {
	return deletionStarts(oldObj, newAccessor) && hasOrphanFinalizer(newAccessor)
}

// if an blocking ownerReference points to an object gets removed, or gets set to
// "BlockOwnerDeletion=false", add the object to the attemptToDelete queue.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) addUnblockedOwnersToDeleteQueue(removed []metav1.OwnerReference, changed []ownerRefPair) {
	for _, ref := range removed {
		if ref.BlockOwnerDeletion != nil && *ref.BlockOwnerDeletion {
			node, found := gb.uidToNode.Read(ref.UID)
			if !found {
				glog.V(5).Infof("cannot find %s in uidToNode", ref.UID)
				continue
			}
			gb.attemptToDelete.Add(node)
		}
	}
	for _, c := range changed {
		wasBlocked := c.oldRef.BlockOwnerDeletion != nil && *c.oldRef.BlockOwnerDeletion
		isUnblocked := c.newRef.BlockOwnerDeletion == nil || (c.newRef.BlockOwnerDeletion != nil && !*c.newRef.BlockOwnerDeletion)
		if wasBlocked && isUnblocked {
			node, found := gb.uidToNode.Read(c.newRef.UID)
			if !found {
				glog.V(5).Infof("cannot find %s in uidToNode", c.newRef.UID)
				continue
			}
			gb.attemptToDelete.Add(node)
		}
	}
}

func (gb *GraphBuilder) processTransitions(oldObj interface{}, newAccessor metav1.Object, n *node) {
	if startsWaitingForDependentsOrphaned(oldObj, newAccessor) {
		glog.V(5).Infof("add %s to the attemptToOrphan", n.identity)
		gb.attemptToOrphan.Add(n)
		return
	}
	if startsWaitingForDependentsDeleted(oldObj, newAccessor) {
		glog.V(2).Infof("add %s to the attemptToDelete, because it's waiting for its dependents to be deleted", n.identity)
		// if the n is added as a "virtual" node, its deletingDependents field is not properly set, so always set it here.
		n.markDeletingDependents()
		for dep := range n.dependents {
			gb.attemptToDelete.Add(dep)
		}
		gb.attemptToDelete.Add(n)
	}
}

func (gb *GraphBuilder) runProcessGraphChanges() {
	for gb.processGraphChanges() {
	}
}

// Dequeueing an event from graphChanges, updating graph, populating dirty_queue.
func (gb *GraphBuilder) processGraphChanges() bool {
	item, quit := gb.graphChanges.Get()
	if quit {
		return false
	}
	defer gb.graphChanges.Done(item)
	event, ok := item.(*event)
	if !ok {
		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("expect a *event, got %v", item))
		return true
	}
	obj := event.obj
	accessor, err := meta.Accessor(obj)
	if err != nil {
		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("cannot access obj: %v", err))
		return true
	}
	glog.V(5).Infof("GraphBuilder process object: %s/%s, namespace %s, name %s, uid %s, event type %v", event.gvk.GroupVersion().String(), event.gvk.Kind, accessor.GetNamespace(), accessor.GetName(), string(accessor.GetUID()), event.eventType)
	// Check if the node already exsits
	existingNode, found := gb.uidToNode.Read(accessor.GetUID())
	if found {
		// this marks the node as having been observed via an informer event
		// 1. this depends on graphChanges only containing add/update events from the actual informer
		// 2. this allows things tracking virtual nodes' existence to stop polling and rely on informer events
		existingNode.markObserved()
	}
	switch {
	case (event.eventType == addEvent || event.eventType == updateEvent) && !found:
		newNode := &node{
			identity: objectReference{
				OwnerReference: metav1.OwnerReference{
					APIVersion: event.gvk.GroupVersion().String(),
					Kind:       event.gvk.Kind,
					UID:        accessor.GetUID(),
					Name:       accessor.GetName(),
				},
				Namespace: accessor.GetNamespace(),
			},
			dependents:         make(map[*node]struct{}),
			owners:             accessor.GetOwnerReferences(),
			deletingDependents: beingDeleted(accessor) && hasDeleteDependentsFinalizer(accessor),
			beingDeleted:       beingDeleted(accessor),
		}
		gb.insertNode(newNode)
		// the underlying delta_fifo may combine a creation and a deletion into
		// one event, so we need to further process the event.
		gb.processTransitions(event.oldObj, accessor, newNode)
	case (event.eventType == addEvent || event.eventType == updateEvent) && found:
		// handle changes in ownerReferences
		added, removed, changed := referencesDiffs(existingNode.owners, accessor.GetOwnerReferences())
		if len(added) != 0 || len(removed) != 0 || len(changed) != 0 {
			// check if the changed dependency graph unblock owners that are
			// waiting for the deletion of their dependents.
			gb.addUnblockedOwnersToDeleteQueue(removed, changed)
			// update the node itself
			existingNode.owners = accessor.GetOwnerReferences()
			// Add the node to its new owners' dependent lists.
			gb.addDependentToOwners(existingNode, added)
			// remove the node from the dependent list of node that are no longer in
			// the node's owners list.
			gb.removeDependentFromOwners(existingNode, removed)
		}

		if beingDeleted(accessor) {
			existingNode.markBeingDeleted()
		}
		gb.processTransitions(event.oldObj, accessor, existingNode)
	case event.eventType == deleteEvent:
		if !found {
			glog.V(5).Infof("%v doesn't exist in the graph, this shouldn't happen", accessor.GetUID())
			return true
		}
		// removeNode updates the graph
		gb.removeNode(existingNode)
		existingNode.dependentsLock.RLock()
		defer existingNode.dependentsLock.RUnlock()
		if len(existingNode.dependents) > 0 {
			gb.absentOwnerCache.Add(accessor.GetUID())
		}
		for dep := range existingNode.dependents {
			gb.attemptToDelete.Add(dep)
		}
		for _, owner := range existingNode.owners {
			ownerNode, found := gb.uidToNode.Read(owner.UID)
			if !found || !ownerNode.isDeletingDependents() {
				continue
			}
			// this is to let attempToDeleteItem check if all the owner's
			// dependents are deleted, if so, the owner will be deleted.
			gb.attemptToDelete.Add(ownerNode)
		}
	}
	return true
}