fix: clear aggregatedInflightEventMetric after flushing

pkg/scheduler/metrics/metric_recorder.go

@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ func (r *PendingPodsRecorder) Clear() {
 	r.recorder.Set(float64(0))
 }
 
-// histgramVecMetric is the data structure passed in the buffer channel between the main framework thread
+// histogramVecMetric is the data structure passed in the buffer channel between the main framework thread
 // and the metricsRecorder goroutine.
-type histgramVecMetric struct {
+type histogramVecMetric struct {
 	metric      *metrics.HistogramVec
 	labelValues []string
 	value       float64
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ type gaugeVecMetricKey struct {
 // MetricAsyncRecorder records metric in a separate goroutine to avoid overhead in the critical path.
 type MetricAsyncRecorder struct {
 	// bufferCh is a channel that serves as a metrics buffer before the metricsRecorder goroutine reports it.
-	bufferCh chan *histgramVecMetric
+	bufferCh chan *histogramVecMetric
 	// if bufferSize is reached, incoming metrics will be discarded.
 	bufferSize int
 	// how often the recorder runs to flush the metrics.
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ type MetricAsyncRecorder struct {
 
 func NewMetricsAsyncRecorder(bufferSize int, interval time.Duration, stopCh <-chan struct{}) *MetricAsyncRecorder {
 	recorder := &MetricAsyncRecorder{
-		bufferCh:                      make(chan *histgramVecMetric, bufferSize),
+		bufferCh:                      make(chan *histogramVecMetric, bufferSize),
 		bufferSize:                    bufferSize,
 		interval:                      interval,
 		stopCh:                        stopCh,
@@ -156,8 +156,9 @@ func (r *MetricAsyncRecorder) ObserveQueueingHintDurationAsync(pluginName, event
 func (r *MetricAsyncRecorder) ObserveInFlightEventsAsync(eventLabel string, valueToAdd float64) {
 	r.aggregatedInflightEventMetric[gaugeVecMetricKey{metricName: InFlightEvents.Name, labelValue: eventLabel}] += int(valueToAdd)
 
-	// Only flush the metric to the channal if the interval is reached.
+	// Only flush the metric to the channel if the interval is reached.
 	// The values are flushed to Prometheus in the run() function, which runs once the interval time.
+	// Note: we implement this flushing here, not in FlushMetrics, because, if we did so, we would need to implement a lock for the map, which we want to avoid.
 	if time.Since(r.aggregatedInflightEventMetricLastFlushTime) > r.interval {
 		for key, value := range r.aggregatedInflightEventMetric {
 			newMetric := &gaugeVecMetric{
@@ -171,11 +172,13 @@ func (r *MetricAsyncRecorder) ObserveInFlightEventsAsync(eventLabel string, valu
 			}
 		}
 		r.aggregatedInflightEventMetricLastFlushTime = time.Now()
+		// reset
+		r.aggregatedInflightEventMetric = make(map[gaugeVecMetricKey]int)
 	}
 }
 
 func (r *MetricAsyncRecorder) observeMetricAsync(m *metrics.HistogramVec, value float64, labelsValues ...string) {
-	newMetric := &histgramVecMetric{
+	newMetric := &histogramVecMetric{
 		metric:      m,
 		labelValues: labelsValues,
 		value:       value,

pkg/scheduler/metrics/metric_recorder_test.go

@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ func TestInFlightEventAsync(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// It adds -4 and flushes the metric to the channel.
 	r.ObserveInFlightEventsAsync(podAddLabel, -4)
+	if len(r.aggregatedInflightEventMetric) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("aggregatedInflightEventMetric should be cleared, but got: %v", r.aggregatedInflightEventMetric)
+	}
 
 	got := []gaugeVecMetric{}
 	for {

pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ var (
 		&metrics.GaugeOpts{
 			Subsystem:      SchedulerSubsystem,
 			Name:           "inflight_events",
-			Help:           "Number of events recorded in the scheduling queue.",
+			Help:           "Number of events currently tracked in the scheduling queue.",
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 		}, []string{"event"})
 	Goroutines = metrics.NewGaugeVec(