Merge pull request #63459 from resouer/fix-63427

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Check nodeInfo before ecache predicate

**What this PR does / why we need it**:

There's chances during test when nodeInfo is nil which may cause ecache predicate fail with nil pointer.

**Which issue(s) this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged)*:
Fixes #63427

**Special notes for your reviewer**:

Not sure how to reproduce the original issue yet. i.e. why and when `nodeInfo` will become nil in tests is not clear to me, that's why I label it as WIP.

cc @bsalamat who may have more inputs.

**Release note**:

```release-note
NONE
```

pkg/scheduler/core/equivalence_cache.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package core
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"hash/fnv"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ func (ec *EquivalenceCache) RunPredicate(
 ) (bool, []algorithm.PredicateFailureReason, error) {
 	ec.mu.Lock()
 	defer ec.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if nodeInfo == nil || nodeInfo.Node() == nil {
+		// This may happen during tests.
+		return false, []algorithm.PredicateFailureReason{}, fmt.Errorf("nodeInfo is nil or node is invalid")
+	}
+
 	fit, reasons, invalid := ec.lookupResult(pod.GetName(), nodeInfo.Node().GetName(), predicateKey, equivClassInfo.hash)
 	if !invalid {
 		return fit, reasons, nil