horizontal.go

/*
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package podautoscaler

import (
	"fmt"
	"math"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
	autoscalingv1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
	autoscalingv2 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta1"
	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
	autoscalinginformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/autoscaling/v1"
	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
	autoscalingclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/autoscaling/v1"
	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
	extensionsclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/extensions/v1beta1"
	autoscalinglisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/autoscaling/v1"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
)

var (
	// Usage shoud exceed the tolerance before we start downscale or upscale the pods.
	// TODO: make it a flag or HPA spec element.
	tolerance = 0.1

	scaleUpLimitFactor  = 2.0
	scaleUpLimitMinimum = 4.0
)

func calculateScaleUpLimit(currentReplicas int32) int32 {
	return int32(math.Max(scaleUpLimitFactor*float64(currentReplicas), scaleUpLimitMinimum))
}

// UnsafeConvertToVersionVia is like api.Scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion, but it does so via an internal version first.
// We use it since working with v2alpha1 is convenient here, but we want to use the v1 client (and
// can't just use the internal version).  Note that conversion mutates the object, so you need to deepcopy
// *before* you call this if the input object came out of a shared cache.
func UnsafeConvertToVersionVia(obj runtime.Object, externalVersion schema.GroupVersion) (runtime.Object, error) {
	objInt, err := api.Scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion(obj, schema.GroupVersion{Group: externalVersion.Group, Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert the given object to the internal version: %v", err)
	}

	objExt, err := api.Scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion(objInt, externalVersion)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert the given object back to the external version: %v", err)
	}

	return objExt, err
}

type HorizontalController struct {
	scaleNamespacer extensionsclient.ScalesGetter
	hpaNamespacer   autoscalingclient.HorizontalPodAutoscalersGetter

	replicaCalc   *ReplicaCalculator
	eventRecorder record.EventRecorder

	upscaleForbiddenWindow   time.Duration
	downscaleForbiddenWindow time.Duration

	// hpaLister is able to list/get HPAs from the shared cache from the informer passed in to
	// NewHorizontalController.
	hpaLister       autoscalinglisters.HorizontalPodAutoscalerLister
	hpaListerSynced cache.InformerSynced

	// Controllers that need to be synced
	queue workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
}

func NewHorizontalController(
	evtNamespacer v1core.EventsGetter,
	scaleNamespacer extensionsclient.ScalesGetter,
	hpaNamespacer autoscalingclient.HorizontalPodAutoscalersGetter,
	replicaCalc *ReplicaCalculator,
	hpaInformer autoscalinginformers.HorizontalPodAutoscalerInformer,
	resyncPeriod time.Duration,
	upscaleForbiddenWindow time.Duration,
	downscaleForbiddenWindow time.Duration,

) *HorizontalController {
	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
	// TODO: remove the wrapper when every clients have moved to use the clientset.
	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: evtNamespacer.Events("")})
	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "horizontal-pod-autoscaler"})

	hpaController := &HorizontalController{
		replicaCalc:              replicaCalc,
		eventRecorder:            recorder,
		scaleNamespacer:          scaleNamespacer,
		hpaNamespacer:            hpaNamespacer,
		upscaleForbiddenWindow:   upscaleForbiddenWindow,
		downscaleForbiddenWindow: downscaleForbiddenWindow,
		queue: workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(NewDefaultHPARateLimiter(resyncPeriod), "horizontalpodautoscaler"),
	}

	hpaInformer.Informer().AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod(
		cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
			AddFunc:    hpaController.enqueueHPA,
			UpdateFunc: hpaController.updateHPA,
			DeleteFunc: hpaController.deleteHPA,
		},
		resyncPeriod,
	)
	hpaController.hpaLister = hpaInformer.Lister()
	hpaController.hpaListerSynced = hpaInformer.Informer().HasSynced

	return hpaController
}

func (a *HorizontalController) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
	defer a.queue.ShutDown()

	glog.Infof("Starting HPA controller")
	defer glog.Infof("Shutting down HPA controller")

	if !controller.WaitForCacheSync("HPA", stopCh, a.hpaListerSynced) {
		return
	}

	// start a single worker (we may wish to start more in the future)
	go wait.Until(a.worker, time.Second, stopCh)

	<-stopCh
}

// obj could be an *v1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, or a DeletionFinalStateUnknown marker item.
func (a *HorizontalController) updateHPA(old, cur interface{}) {
	a.enqueueHPA(cur)
}

// obj could be an *v1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, or a DeletionFinalStateUnknown marker item.
func (a *HorizontalController) enqueueHPA(obj interface{}) {
	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(obj)
	if err != nil {
		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %+v: %v", obj, err))
		return
	}

	// always add rate-limitted so we don't fetch metrics more that once per resync interval
	a.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
}

func (a *HorizontalController) deleteHPA(obj interface{}) {
	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(obj)
	if err != nil {
		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %+v: %v", obj, err))
		return
	}

	// TODO: could we leak if we fail to get the key?
	a.queue.Forget(key)
}

func (a *HorizontalController) worker() {
	for a.processNextWorkItem() {
	}
	glog.Infof("horizontal pod autoscaler controller worker shutting down")
}

func (a *HorizontalController) processNextWorkItem() bool {
	key, quit := a.queue.Get()
	if quit {
		return false
	}
	defer a.queue.Done(key)

	err := a.reconcileKey(key.(string))
	if err == nil {
		// don't "forget" here because we want to only process a given HPA once per resync interval
		return true
	}

	a.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
	utilruntime.HandleError(err)
	return true
}

// Computes the desired number of replicas for the metric specifications listed in the HPA, returning the maximum
// of the computed replica counts, a description of the associated metric, and the statuses of all metrics
// computed.
func (a *HorizontalController) computeReplicasForMetrics(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, scale *extensions.Scale,
	metricSpecs []autoscalingv2.MetricSpec) (replicas int32, metric string, statuses []autoscalingv2.MetricStatus, timestamp time.Time, err error) {

	currentReplicas := scale.Status.Replicas

	statuses = make([]autoscalingv2.MetricStatus, len(metricSpecs))

	for i, metricSpec := range metricSpecs {
		if len(scale.Status.Selector) == 0 && len(scale.Status.TargetSelector) == 0 {
			errMsg := "selector is required"
			a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "SelectorRequired", errMsg)
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "InvalidSelector", "the HPA target's scale is missing a selector")
			return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
		}

		var selector labels.Selector
		var err error
		if len(scale.Status.Selector) > 0 {
			selector = labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(scale.Status.Selector))
			err = nil
		} else {
			selector, err = labels.Parse(scale.Status.TargetSelector)
		}
		if err != nil {
			errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("couldn't convert selector into a corresponding internal selector object: %v", err)
			a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "InvalidSelector", errMsg)
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "InvalidSelector", errMsg)
			return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
		}

		var replicaCountProposal int32
		var utilizationProposal int64
		var timestampProposal time.Time
		var metricNameProposal string

		switch metricSpec.Type {
		case autoscalingv2.ObjectMetricSourceType:
			replicaCountProposal, utilizationProposal, timestampProposal, err = a.replicaCalc.GetObjectMetricReplicas(currentReplicas, metricSpec.Object.TargetValue.MilliValue(), metricSpec.Object.MetricName, hpa.Namespace, &metricSpec.Object.Target)
			if err != nil {
				a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetObjectMetric", err.Error())
				setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetObjectMetric", "the HPA was unable to compute the replica count: %v", err)
				return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get object metric value: %v", err)
			}
			metricNameProposal = fmt.Sprintf("%s metric %s", metricSpec.Object.Target.Kind, metricSpec.Object.MetricName)
			statuses[i] = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
				Type: autoscalingv2.ObjectMetricSourceType,
				Object: &autoscalingv2.ObjectMetricStatus{
					Target:       metricSpec.Object.Target,
					MetricName:   metricSpec.Object.MetricName,
					CurrentValue: *resource.NewMilliQuantity(utilizationProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
				},
			}
		case autoscalingv2.PodsMetricSourceType:
			replicaCountProposal, utilizationProposal, timestampProposal, err = a.replicaCalc.GetMetricReplicas(currentReplicas, metricSpec.Pods.TargetAverageValue.MilliValue(), metricSpec.Pods.MetricName, hpa.Namespace, selector)
			if err != nil {
				a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetPodsMetric", err.Error())
				setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetPodsMetric", "the HPA was unable to compute the replica count: %v", err)
				return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get pods metric value: %v", err)
			}
			metricNameProposal = fmt.Sprintf("pods metric %s", metricSpec.Pods.MetricName)
			statuses[i] = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
				Type: autoscalingv2.PodsMetricSourceType,
				Pods: &autoscalingv2.PodsMetricStatus{
					MetricName:          metricSpec.Pods.MetricName,
					CurrentAverageValue: *resource.NewMilliQuantity(utilizationProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
				},
			}
		case autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricSourceType:
			if metricSpec.Resource.TargetAverageValue != nil {
				var rawProposal int64
				replicaCountProposal, rawProposal, timestampProposal, err = a.replicaCalc.GetRawResourceReplicas(currentReplicas, metricSpec.Resource.TargetAverageValue.MilliValue(), metricSpec.Resource.Name, hpa.Namespace, selector)
				if err != nil {
					a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetResourceMetric", err.Error())
					setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetResourceMetric", "the HPA was unable to compute the replica count: %v", err)
					return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s utilization: %v", metricSpec.Resource.Name, err)
				}
				metricNameProposal = fmt.Sprintf("%s resource", metricSpec.Resource.Name)
				statuses[i] = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
					Type: autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricSourceType,
					Resource: &autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricStatus{
						Name:                metricSpec.Resource.Name,
						CurrentAverageValue: *resource.NewMilliQuantity(rawProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
					},
				}
			} else {
				// set a default utilization percentage if none is set
				if metricSpec.Resource.TargetAverageUtilization == nil {
					errMsg := "invalid resource metric source: neither a utilization target nor a value target was set"
					a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetResourceMetric", errMsg)
					setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetResourceMetric", "the HPA was unable to compute the replica count: %s", errMsg)
					return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
				}

				targetUtilization := *metricSpec.Resource.TargetAverageUtilization

				var percentageProposal int32
				var rawProposal int64
				replicaCountProposal, percentageProposal, rawProposal, timestampProposal, err = a.replicaCalc.GetResourceReplicas(currentReplicas, targetUtilization, metricSpec.Resource.Name, hpa.Namespace, selector)
				if err != nil {
					a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetResourceMetric", err.Error())
					setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetResourceMetric", "the HPA was unable to compute the replica count: %v", err)
					return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s utilization: %v", metricSpec.Resource.Name, err)
				}
				metricNameProposal = fmt.Sprintf("%s resource utilization (percentage of request)", metricSpec.Resource.Name)
				statuses[i] = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
					Type: autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricSourceType,
					Resource: &autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricStatus{
						Name: metricSpec.Resource.Name,
						CurrentAverageUtilization: &percentageProposal,
						CurrentAverageValue:       *resource.NewMilliQuantity(rawProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
					},
				}
			}
		default:
			errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("unknown metric source type %q", string(metricSpec.Type))
			a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "InvalidMetricSourceType", errMsg)
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "InvalidMetricSourceType", "the HPA was unable to compute the replica count: %s", errMsg)
			return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
		}

		if replicas == 0 || replicaCountProposal > replicas {
			timestamp = timestampProposal
			replicas = replicaCountProposal
			metric = metricNameProposal
		}
	}

	setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionTrue, "ValidMetricFound", "the HPA was able to succesfully calculate a replica count from %s", metric)
	return replicas, metric, statuses, timestamp, nil
}

func (a *HorizontalController) reconcileKey(key string) error {
	namespace, name, err := cache.SplitMetaNamespaceKey(key)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	hpa, err := a.hpaLister.HorizontalPodAutoscalers(namespace).Get(name)
	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
		glog.Infof("Horizontal Pod Autoscaler has been deleted %v", key)
		return nil
	}

	return a.reconcileAutoscaler(hpa)
}

func (a *HorizontalController) reconcileAutoscaler(hpav1Shared *autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) error {
	// make a copy so that we never mutate the shared informer cache (conversion can mutate the object)
	hpav1 := hpav1Shared.DeepCopy()
	// then, convert to autoscaling/v2, which makes our lives easier when calculating metrics
	hpaRaw, err := UnsafeConvertToVersionVia(hpav1, autoscalingv2.SchemeGroupVersion)
	if err != nil {
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpav1, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedConvertHPA", err.Error())
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert the given HPA to %s: %v", autoscalingv2.SchemeGroupVersion.String(), err)
	}
	hpa := hpaRaw.(*autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler)
	hpaStatusOriginal := hpa.Status.DeepCopy()

	reference := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Kind, hpa.Namespace, hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Name)

	scale, err := a.scaleNamespacer.Scales(hpa.Namespace).Get(hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Kind, hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Name)
	if err != nil {
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetScale", err.Error())
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetScale", "the HPA controller was unable to get the target's current scale: %v", err)
		a.updateStatusIfNeeded(hpaStatusOriginal, hpa)
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to query scale subresource for %s: %v", reference, err)
	}
	setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, "SucceededGetScale", "the HPA controller was able to get the target's current scale")
	currentReplicas := scale.Status.Replicas

	var metricStatuses []autoscalingv2.MetricStatus
	metricDesiredReplicas := int32(0)
	metricName := ""
	metricTimestamp := time.Time{}

	desiredReplicas := int32(0)
	rescaleReason := ""
	timestamp := time.Now()

	rescale := true

	if scale.Spec.Replicas == 0 {
		// Autoscaling is disabled for this resource
		desiredReplicas = 0
		rescale = false
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "ScalingDisabled", "scaling is disabled since the replica count of the target is zero")
	} else if currentReplicas > hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas {
		rescaleReason = "Current number of replicas above Spec.MaxReplicas"
		desiredReplicas = hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas
	} else if hpa.Spec.MinReplicas != nil && currentReplicas < *hpa.Spec.MinReplicas {
		rescaleReason = "Current number of replicas below Spec.MinReplicas"
		desiredReplicas = *hpa.Spec.MinReplicas
	} else if currentReplicas == 0 {
		rescaleReason = "Current number of replicas must be greater than 0"
		desiredReplicas = 1
	} else {
		metricDesiredReplicas, metricName, metricStatuses, metricTimestamp, err = a.computeReplicasForMetrics(hpa, scale, hpa.Spec.Metrics)
		if err != nil {
			a.setCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa, currentReplicas)
			if err := a.updateStatusIfNeeded(hpaStatusOriginal, hpa); err != nil {
				utilruntime.HandleError(err)
			}
			a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedComputeMetricsReplicas", err.Error())
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to compute desired number of replicas based on listed metrics for %s: %v", reference, err)
		}

		glog.V(4).Infof("proposing %v desired replicas (based on %s from %s) for %s", metricDesiredReplicas, metricName, timestamp, reference)

		rescaleMetric := ""
		if metricDesiredReplicas > desiredReplicas {
			desiredReplicas = metricDesiredReplicas
			timestamp = metricTimestamp
			rescaleMetric = metricName
		}
		if desiredReplicas > currentReplicas {
			rescaleReason = fmt.Sprintf("%s above target", rescaleMetric)
		}
		if desiredReplicas < currentReplicas {
			rescaleReason = "All metrics below target"
		}

		// Do not upscale too much to prevent incorrect rapid increase of the number of master replicas caused by
		// bogus CPU usage report from heapster/kubelet (like in issue #32304).
		scaleUpLimit := calculateScaleUpLimit(currentReplicas)

		switch {
		case desiredReplicas > scaleUpLimit:
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionTrue, "ScaleUpLimit", "the desired replica count is increasing faster than the maximum scale rate")
			desiredReplicas = scaleUpLimit
		case hpa.Spec.MinReplicas != nil && desiredReplicas < *hpa.Spec.MinReplicas:
			// make sure we aren't below our minimum
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionTrue, "TooFewReplicas", "the desired replica count was less than the minimum replica count")
			desiredReplicas = *hpa.Spec.MinReplicas
		case desiredReplicas == 0:
			//  never scale down to 0, reserved for disabling autoscaling
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionTrue, "TooFewReplicas", "the desired replica count was zero")
			desiredReplicas = 1
		case desiredReplicas > hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas:
			// make sure we aren't above our maximum
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionTrue, "TooManyReplicas", "the desired replica count was more than the maximum replica count")
			desiredReplicas = hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas
		default:
			// mark that we're within acceptible limits
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionFalse, "DesiredWithinRange", "the desired replica count is within the acceptible range")
		}

		rescale = a.shouldScale(hpa, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas, timestamp)
		backoffDown := false
		backoffUp := false
		if hpa.Status.LastScaleTime != nil {
			if !hpa.Status.LastScaleTime.Add(a.downscaleForbiddenWindow).Before(timestamp) {
				setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "BackoffDownscale", "the time since the previous scale is still within the downscale forbidden window")
				backoffDown = true
			}

			if !hpa.Status.LastScaleTime.Add(a.upscaleForbiddenWindow).Before(timestamp) {
				backoffUp = true
				if backoffDown {
					setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "BackoffBoth", "the time since the previous scale is still within both the downscale and upscale forbidden windows")
				} else {
					setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "BackoffUpscale", "the time since the previous scale is still within the upscale forbidden window")
				}
			}
		}

		if !backoffDown && !backoffUp {
			// mark that we're not backing off
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, "ReadyForNewScale", "the last scale time was sufficiently old as to warrant a new scale")
		}

	}

	if rescale {
		scale.Spec.Replicas = desiredReplicas
		_, err = a.scaleNamespacer.Scales(hpa.Namespace).Update(hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Kind, scale)
		if err != nil {
			a.eventRecorder.Eventf(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedRescale", "New size: %d; reason: %s; error: %v", desiredReplicas, rescaleReason, err.Error())
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedUpdateScale", "the HPA controller was unable to update the target scale: %v", err)
			a.setCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa, currentReplicas)
			if err := a.updateStatusIfNeeded(hpaStatusOriginal, hpa); err != nil {
				utilruntime.HandleError(err)
			}
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to rescale %s: %v", reference, err)
		}
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, "SucceededRescale", "the HPA controller was able to update the target scale to %d", desiredReplicas)
		a.eventRecorder.Eventf(hpa, v1.EventTypeNormal, "SuccessfulRescale", "New size: %d; reason: %s", desiredReplicas, rescaleReason)
		glog.Infof("Successful rescale of %s, old size: %d, new size: %d, reason: %s",
			hpa.Name, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas, rescaleReason)
	} else {
		glog.V(4).Infof("decided not to scale %s to %v (last scale time was %s)", reference, desiredReplicas, hpa.Status.LastScaleTime)
		desiredReplicas = currentReplicas
	}

	a.setStatus(hpa, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas, metricStatuses, rescale)
	return a.updateStatusIfNeeded(hpaStatusOriginal, hpa)
}

func (a *HorizontalController) shouldScale(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas int32, timestamp time.Time) bool {
	if desiredReplicas == currentReplicas {
		return false
	}

	if hpa.Status.LastScaleTime == nil {
		return true
	}

	// Going down only if the usageRatio dropped significantly below the target
	// and there was no rescaling in the last downscaleForbiddenWindow.
	if desiredReplicas < currentReplicas && hpa.Status.LastScaleTime.Add(a.downscaleForbiddenWindow).Before(timestamp) {
		return true
	}

	// Going up only if the usage ratio increased significantly above the target
	// and there was no rescaling in the last upscaleForbiddenWindow.
	if desiredReplicas > currentReplicas && hpa.Status.LastScaleTime.Add(a.upscaleForbiddenWindow).Before(timestamp) {
		return true
	}

	return false
}

// setCurrentReplicasInStatus sets the current replica count in the status of the HPA.
func (a *HorizontalController) setCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentReplicas int32) {
	a.setStatus(hpa, currentReplicas, hpa.Status.DesiredReplicas, hpa.Status.CurrentMetrics, false)
}

// setStatus recreates the status of the given HPA, updating the current and
// desired replicas, as well as the metric statuses
func (a *HorizontalController) setStatus(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas int32, metricStatuses []autoscalingv2.MetricStatus, rescale bool) {
	hpa.Status = autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus{
		CurrentReplicas: currentReplicas,
		DesiredReplicas: desiredReplicas,
		LastScaleTime:   hpa.Status.LastScaleTime,
		CurrentMetrics:  metricStatuses,
		Conditions:      hpa.Status.Conditions,
	}

	if rescale {
		now := metav1.NewTime(time.Now())
		hpa.Status.LastScaleTime = &now
	}
}

// updateStatusIfNeeded calls updateStatus only if the status of the new HPA is not the same as the old status
func (a *HorizontalController) updateStatusIfNeeded(oldStatus *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus, newHPA *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) error {
	// skip a write if we wouldn't need to update
	if apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(oldStatus, &newHPA.Status) {
		return nil
	}
	return a.updateStatus(newHPA)
}

// updateStatus actually does the update request for the status of the given HPA
func (a *HorizontalController) updateStatus(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) error {
	// convert back to autoscalingv1
	hpaRaw, err := UnsafeConvertToVersionVia(hpa, autoscalingv1.SchemeGroupVersion)
	if err != nil {
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedConvertHPA", err.Error())
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert the given HPA to %s: %v", autoscalingv2.SchemeGroupVersion.String(), err)
	}
	hpav1 := hpaRaw.(*autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler)

	_, err = a.hpaNamespacer.HorizontalPodAutoscalers(hpav1.Namespace).UpdateStatus(hpav1)
	if err != nil {
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedUpdateStatus", err.Error())
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update status for %s: %v", hpa.Name, err)
	}
	glog.V(2).Infof("Successfully updated status for %s", hpa.Name)
	return nil
}

// setCondition sets the specific condition type on the given HPA to the specified value with the given reason
// and message.  The message and args are treated like a format string.  The condition will be added if it is
// not present.
func setCondition(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, conditionType autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerConditionType, status v1.ConditionStatus, reason, message string, args ...interface{}) {
	hpa.Status.Conditions = setConditionInList(hpa.Status.Conditions, conditionType, status, reason, message, args...)
}

// setConditionInList sets the specific condition type on the given HPA to the specified value with the given
// reason and message.  The message and args are treated like a format string.  The condition will be added if
// it is not present.  The new list will be returned.
func setConditionInList(inputList []autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, conditionType autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerConditionType, status v1.ConditionStatus, reason, message string, args ...interface{}) []autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition {
	resList := inputList
	var existingCond *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition
	for i, condition := range resList {
		if condition.Type == conditionType {
			// can't take a pointer to an iteration variable
			existingCond = &resList[i]
			break
		}
	}

	if existingCond == nil {
		resList = append(resList, autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{
			Type: conditionType,
		})
		existingCond = &resList[len(resList)-1]
	}

	if existingCond.Status != status {
		existingCond.LastTransitionTime = metav1.Now()
	}

	existingCond.Status = status
	existingCond.Reason = reason
	existingCond.Message = fmt.Sprintf(message, args...)

	return resList
}