Adding dynamic Flexvolume plugin discovery capability, using filesystem watch.

cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go

@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ func startAttachDetachController(ctx ControllerContext) (bool, error) {
 			ctx.InformerFactory.Core().V1().PersistentVolumeClaims(),
 			ctx.InformerFactory.Core().V1().PersistentVolumes(),
 			ctx.Cloud,
-			ProbeAttachableVolumePlugins(ctx.Options.VolumeConfiguration),
+			ProbeAttachableVolumePlugins(),
+			GetDynamicPluginProber(ctx.Options.VolumeConfiguration),
 			ctx.Options.DisableAttachDetachReconcilerSync,
 			ctx.Options.ReconcilerSyncLoopPeriod.Duration,
 			attachdetach.DefaultTimerConfig,

cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go

@@ -60,18 +60,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ProbeAttachableVolumePlugins collects all volume plugins for the attach/
-// detach controller. VolumeConfiguration is used ot get FlexVolumePluginDir
+// detach controller.
-// which specifies the directory to search for additional third party volume
-// plugins.
 // The list of plugins is manually compiled. This code and the plugin
 // initialization code for kubelet really, really need a through refactor.
-func ProbeAttachableVolumePlugins(config componentconfig.VolumeConfiguration) []volume.VolumePlugin {
+func ProbeAttachableVolumePlugins() []volume.VolumePlugin {
 	allPlugins := []volume.VolumePlugin{}
 
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, aws_ebs.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, gce_pd.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, cinder.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
-	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, flexvolume.ProbeVolumePlugins(config.FlexVolumePluginDir)...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, portworx.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, vsphere_volume.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, azure_dd.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
@@ -82,6 +79,13 @@ func ProbeAttachableVolumePlugins(config componentconfig.VolumeConfiguration) []
 	return allPlugins
 }
 
+// GetDynamicPluginProber gets the probers of dynamically discoverable plugins
+// for the attach/detach controller.
+// Currently only Flexvolume plugins are dynamically discoverable.
+func GetDynamicPluginProber(config componentconfig.VolumeConfiguration) volume.DynamicPluginProber {
+	return flexvolume.GetDynamicPluginProber(config.FlexVolumePluginDir)
+}
+
 // ProbeControllerVolumePlugins collects all persistent volume plugins into an
 // easy to use list. Only volume plugins that implement any of
 // provisioner/recycler/deleter interface should be returned.

cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go

@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ProbeVolumePlugins collects all volume plugins into an easy to use list.
-// PluginDir specifies the directory to search for additional third party
+func ProbeVolumePlugins() []volume.VolumePlugin {
-// volume plugins.
-func ProbeVolumePlugins(pluginDir string) []volume.VolumePlugin {
 	allPlugins := []volume.VolumePlugin{}
 
 	// The list of plugins to probe is decided by the kubelet binary, not
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@ func ProbeVolumePlugins(pluginDir string) []volume.VolumePlugin {
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, downwardapi.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, fc.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, flocker.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
-	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, flexvolume.ProbeVolumePlugins(pluginDir)...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, azure_file.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, configmap.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, vsphere_volume.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
@@ -102,6 +99,13 @@ func ProbeVolumePlugins(pluginDir string) []volume.VolumePlugin {
 	return allPlugins
 }
 
+// GetDynamicPluginProber gets the probers of dynamically discoverable plugins
+// for kubelet.
+// Currently only Flexvolume plugins are dynamically discoverable.
+func GetDynamicPluginProber(pluginDir string) volume.DynamicPluginProber {
+	return flexvolume.GetDynamicPluginProber(pluginDir)
+}
+
 // ProbeNetworkPlugins collects all compiled-in plugins
 func ProbeNetworkPlugins(pluginDir, cniConfDir, cniBinDir string) []network.NetworkPlugin {
 	allPlugins := []network.NetworkPlugin{}

cmd/kubelet/app/server.go

@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ func UnsecuredDependencies(s *options.KubeletServer) (*kubelet.Dependencies, err
 		OOMAdjuster:         oom.NewOOMAdjuster(),
 		OSInterface:         kubecontainer.RealOS{},
 		Writer:              writer,
-		VolumePlugins:      ProbeVolumePlugins(s.VolumePluginDir),
+		VolumePlugins:       ProbeVolumePlugins(),
-		TLSOptions:         tlsOptions,
+		DynamicPluginProber: GetDynamicPluginProber(s.VolumePluginDir),
-	}, nil
+		TLSOptions:          tlsOptions}, nil
 }
 
 // Run runs the specified KubeletServer with the given Dependencies. This should never exit.

pkg/controller/volume/attachdetach/BUILD

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/controller:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/controller/volume/attachdetach/cache:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/controller/volume/attachdetach/testing:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",

pkg/controller/volume/attachdetach/attach_detach_controller.go

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func NewAttachDetachController(
 	pvInformer coreinformers.PersistentVolumeInformer,
 	cloud cloudprovider.Interface,
 	plugins []volume.VolumePlugin,
+	prober volume.DynamicPluginProber,
 	disableReconciliationSync bool,
 	reconcilerSyncDuration time.Duration,
 	timerConfig TimerConfig) (AttachDetachController, error) {
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ func NewAttachDetachController(
 		cloud:       cloud,
 	}
 
-	if err := adc.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, adc); err != nil {
+	if err := adc.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, prober, adc); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not initialize volume plugins for Attach/Detach Controller: %+v", err)
 	}
 

pkg/controller/volume/attachdetach/attach_detach_controller_test.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/volume/attachdetach/cache"
 	controllervolumetesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/volume/attachdetach/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 )
 
 func Test_NewAttachDetachController_Positive(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func Test_NewAttachDetachController_Positive(t *testing.T) {
 		informerFactory.Core().V1().PersistentVolumes(),
 		nil, /* cloud */
 		nil, /* plugins */
+		nil, /* prober */
 		false,
 		5*time.Second,
 		DefaultTimerConfig)
@@ -79,8 +81,9 @@ func Test_AttachDetachControllerStateOfWolrdPopulators_Positive(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Act
 	plugins := controllervolumetesting.CreateTestPlugin()
+	var prober volume.DynamicPluginProber = nil // TODO (#51147) inject mock
 
-	if err := adc.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, adc); err != nil {
+	if err := adc.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, prober, adc); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Could not initialize volume plugins for Attach/Detach Controller: %+v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ func attachDetachRecoveryTestCase(t *testing.T, extraPods1 []*v1.Pod, extraPods2
 	informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeKubeClient, time.Second*1)
 	//informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeKubeClient, time.Second*1)
 	plugins := controllervolumetesting.CreateTestPlugin()
+	var prober volume.DynamicPluginProber = nil // TODO (#51147) inject mock
 	nodeInformer := informerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes().Informer()
 	podInformer := informerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 	var podsNum, extraPodsNum, nodesNum, i int
@@ -212,6 +216,7 @@ func attachDetachRecoveryTestCase(t *testing.T, extraPods1 []*v1.Pod, extraPods2
 		informerFactory.Core().V1().PersistentVolumes(),
 		nil, /* cloud */
 		plugins,
+		prober,
 		false,
 		1*time.Second,
 		DefaultTimerConfig)

pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/framework_test.go

@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ func wrapTestWithPluginCalls(expectedRecycleCalls, expectedDeleteCalls []error,
 			deleteCalls:    expectedDeleteCalls,
 			provisionCalls: expectedProvisionCalls,
 		}
-		ctrl.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins([]vol.VolumePlugin{plugin}, ctrl)
+		ctrl.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins([]vol.VolumePlugin{plugin}, nil /* prober */, ctrl)
 		return toWrap(ctrl, reactor, test)
 	}
 }

pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go

@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ func NewController(p ControllerParameters) (*PersistentVolumeController, error)
 		resyncPeriod:                  p.SyncPeriod,
 	}
 
-	if err := controller.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(p.VolumePlugins, controller); err != nil {
+	// Prober is nil because PV is not aware of Flexvolume.
+	if err := controller.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(p.VolumePlugins, nil /* prober */, controller); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not initialize volume plugins for PersistentVolume Controller: %v", err)
 	}
 

pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go

@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ type Dependencies struct {
 	Recorder                record.EventRecorder
 	Writer                  kubeio.Writer
 	VolumePlugins           []volume.VolumePlugin
+	DynamicPluginProber     volume.DynamicPluginProber
 	TLSOptions              *server.TLSOptions
 	KubeletConfigController *kubeletconfig.Controller
 }
@@ -736,7 +737,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 		kubeDeps.Recorder)
 
 	klet.volumePluginMgr, err =
-		NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(klet, secretManager, configMapManager, kubeDeps.VolumePlugins)
+		NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(klet, secretManager, configMapManager, kubeDeps.VolumePlugins, kubeDeps.DynamicPluginProber)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go

@@ -272,8 +272,9 @@ func newTestKubeletWithImageList(
 	kubelet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewPredicateAdmitHandler(kubelet.getNodeAnyWay, lifecycle.NewAdmissionFailureHandlerStub()))
 
 	plug := &volumetest.FakeVolumePlugin{PluginName: "fake", Host: nil}
+	var prober volume.DynamicPluginProber = nil // TODO (#51147) inject mock
 	kubelet.volumePluginMgr, err =
-		NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(kubelet, kubelet.secretManager, kubelet.configMapManager, []volume.VolumePlugin{plug})
+		NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(kubelet, kubelet.secretManager, kubelet.configMapManager, []volume.VolumePlugin{plug}, prober)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to initialize VolumePluginMgr")
 
 	kubelet.mounter = &mount.FakeMounter{}

pkg/kubelet/runonce_test.go

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestRunOnce(t *testing.T) {
 
 	plug := &volumetest.FakeVolumePlugin{PluginName: "fake", Host: nil}
 	kb.volumePluginMgr, err =
-		NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(kb, fakeSecretManager, fakeConfigMapManager, []volume.VolumePlugin{plug})
+		NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(kb, fakeSecretManager, fakeConfigMapManager, []volume.VolumePlugin{plug}, nil /* prober */)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to initialize VolumePluginMgr: %v", err)
 	}

pkg/kubelet/volume_host.go

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ func NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(
 	kubelet *Kubelet,
 	secretManager secret.Manager,
 	configMapManager configmap.Manager,
-	plugins []volume.VolumePlugin) (*volume.VolumePluginMgr, error) {
+	plugins []volume.VolumePlugin,
+	prober volume.DynamicPluginProber) (*volume.VolumePluginMgr, error) {
 	kvh := &kubeletVolumeHost{
 		kubelet:          kubelet,
 		volumePluginMgr:  volume.VolumePluginMgr{},
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func NewInitializedVolumePluginMgr(
 		configMapManager: configMapManager,
 	}
 
-	if err := kvh.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, kvh); err != nil {
+	if err := kvh.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, prober, kvh); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
 			"Could not initialize volume plugins for KubeletVolumePluginMgr: %v",
 			err)

pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/volume_manager_test.go

@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ func newTestVolumeManager(tmpDir string, podManager pod.Manager, kubeClient clie
 	plug := &volumetest.FakeVolumePlugin{PluginName: "fake", Host: nil}
 	fakeRecorder := &record.FakeRecorder{}
 	plugMgr := &volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins([]volume.VolumePlugin{plug}, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, kubeClient, nil))
+	// TODO (#51147) inject mock prober
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins([]volume.VolumePlugin{plug}, nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, kubeClient, nil))
 	statusManager := status.NewManager(kubeClient, podManager, &statustest.FakePodDeletionSafetyProvider{})
 
 	vm := NewVolumeManager(

pkg/volume/aws_ebs/aws_ebs_test.go

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/aws-ebs")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/aws-ebs")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/aws-ebs")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, clientset, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, clientset, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(awsElasticBlockStorePluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestMounterAndUnmounterTypeAssert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/aws-ebs")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_dd_test.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(azureDataDiskPluginName)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_file_test.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/azure-file")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/azure-file")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func TestPluginWithOtherCloudProvider(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testPlugin(t *testing.T, tmpDir string, volumeHost volume.VolumeHost) {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumeHost)
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumeHost)
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/azure-file")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(azureFilePluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func TestMounterAndUnmounterTypeAssert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/azure-file")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/cephfs/cephfs_test.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/cephfs")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/cephfs")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestConstructVolumeSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/cephfs")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("can't find cephfs plugin by name")

pkg/volume/cinder/cinder_test.go

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/cinder")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/cinder")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/configmap/configmap_test.go

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	pluginMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	tempDir, host := newTestHost(t, nil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(configMapPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(configMapPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ func TestPluginReboot(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(configMapPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ func TestPluginOptional(t *testing.T) {
 	volumeSpec.VolumeSource.ConfigMap.Optional = &trueVal
 
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(configMapPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func TestPluginKeysOptional(t *testing.T) {
 	volumeSpec.VolumeSource.ConfigMap.Optional = &trueVal
 
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(configMapPluginName)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/downwardapi/downwardapi_test.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	pluginMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	tmpDir, host := newTestHost(t, nil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(downwardAPIPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func newDownwardAPITest(t *testing.T, name string, volumeFiles, podLabels, podAn
 
 	pluginMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	rootDir, host := newTestHost(t, clientset)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(downwardAPIPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")

pkg/volume/empty_dir/empty_dir_test.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 // Construct an instance of a plugin, by name.
 func makePluginUnderTest(t *testing.T, plugName, basePath string) volume.VolumePlugin {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(basePath, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(basePath, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(plugName)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/fc/fc_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/fc")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/fc")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func doTestPlugin(t *testing.T, spec *volume.Spec) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/fc")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func doTestPluginNilMounter(t *testing.T, spec *volume.Spec) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/fc")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(fcPluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/flexvolume/BUILD

@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/exec:go_default_library",
     ],
 )

pkg/volume/flexvolume/flexvolume_test.go

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	installPluginUnderTest(t, "kubernetes.io", "fakeAttacher", tmpDir, execScriptTempl1, nil)
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(tmpDir), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("fake", nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(nil, GetDynamicPluginProber(tmpDir), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("fake", nil, nil))
 	plugin, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("flexvolume-kubernetes.io/fakeAttacher")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	installPluginUnderTest(t, "kubernetes.io", "fakeAttacher", tmpDir, execScriptTempl1, nil)
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(tmpDir), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(nil, GetDynamicPluginProber(tmpDir), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plugin, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("flexvolume-kubernetes.io/fakeAttacher")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/flexvolume/probe.go

@@ -19,28 +19,217 @@ package flexvolume
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+
+	"os"
+
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 )
 
-// This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
+type flexVolumeProber struct {
-func ProbeVolumePlugins(pluginDir string) []volume.VolumePlugin {
+	mutex           sync.Mutex
-	plugins := []volume.VolumePlugin{}
+	pluginDir       string // Flexvolume driver directory
+	watcher         *fsnotify.Watcher
+	probeNeeded     bool      // Must only read and write this through testAndSetProbeNeeded.
+	lastUpdated     time.Time // Last time probeNeeded was updated.
+	watchEventCount int
+}
 
-	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(pluginDir)
+const (
+	// TODO (cxing) Tune these params based on test results.
+	// watchEventLimit is the max allowable number of processed watches within watchEventInterval.
+	watchEventInterval = 5 * time.Second
+	watchEventLimit    = 20
+)
+
+func GetDynamicPluginProber(pluginDir string) volume.DynamicPluginProber {
+	return &flexVolumeProber{pluginDir: pluginDir}
+}
+
+func (prober *flexVolumeProber) Init() error {
+	prober.testAndSetProbeNeeded(true)
+	prober.lastUpdated = time.Now()
+
+	if err := prober.createPluginDir(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := prober.initWatcher(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		defer prober.watcher.Close()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case event := <-prober.watcher.Events:
+				if err := prober.handleWatchEvent(event); err != nil {
+					glog.Errorf("Flexvolume prober watch: %s", err)
+				}
+			case err := <-prober.watcher.Errors:
+				glog.Errorf("Received an error from watcher: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Probes for Flexvolume drivers.
+// If a filesystem update has occurred since the last probe, updated = true
+// and the list of probed plugins is returned.
+// Otherwise, update = false and probedPlugins = nil.
+//
+// If an error occurs, updated and plugins are set arbitrarily.
+func (prober *flexVolumeProber) Probe() (updated bool, plugins []volume.VolumePlugin, err error) {
+	probeNeeded := prober.testAndSetProbeNeeded(false)
+
+	if !probeNeeded {
+		return false, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(prober.pluginDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, nil, fmt.Errorf("Error reading the Flexvolume directory: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	plugins = []volume.VolumePlugin{}
+	allErrs := []error{}
 	for _, f := range files {
-		// only directories are counted as plugins
+		// only directories with names that do not begin with '.' are counted as plugins
 		// and pluginDir/dirname/dirname should be an executable
 		// unless dirname contains '~' for escaping namespace
 		// e.g. dirname = vendor~cifs
 		// then, executable will be pluginDir/dirname/cifs
-		if f.IsDir() {
+		if f.IsDir() && filepath.Base(f.Name())[0] != '.' {
-			plugin, err := NewFlexVolumePlugin(pluginDir, f.Name())
+			plugin, pluginErr := NewFlexVolumePlugin(prober.pluginDir, f.Name())
-			if err != nil {
+			if pluginErr != nil {
+				pluginErr = fmt.Errorf(
+					"Error creating Flexvolume plugin from directory %s, skipping. Error: %s",
+					f.Name(), pluginErr)
+				allErrs = append(allErrs, pluginErr)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			plugins = append(plugins, plugin)
 		}
 	}
-	return plugins
+
+	return true, plugins, errors.NewAggregate(allErrs)
+}
+
+func (prober *flexVolumeProber) handleWatchEvent(event fsnotify.Event) error {
+	// event.Name is the watched path.
+	if filepath.Base(event.Name)[0] == '.' {
+		// Ignore files beginning with '.'
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	eventPathAbs, err := filepath.Abs(event.Name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	pluginDirAbs, err := filepath.Abs(prober.pluginDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// If the Flexvolume plugin directory is removed, need to recreate it
+	// in order to keep it under watch.
+	if eventOpIs(event, fsnotify.Remove) && eventPathAbs == pluginDirAbs {
+		glog.Warningf("Flexvolume plugin directory at %s is removed. Recreating.", pluginDirAbs)
+		if err := prober.createPluginDir(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := prober.addWatchRecursive(pluginDirAbs); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if eventOpIs(event, fsnotify.Create) {
+		if err := prober.addWatchRecursive(eventPathAbs); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	prober.updateProbeNeeded()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (prober *flexVolumeProber) updateProbeNeeded() {
+	// Within 'watchEventInterval' seconds, a max of 'watchEventLimit' watch events is processed.
+	// The watch event will not be registered if the limit is reached.
+	// This prevents increased disk usage from Probe() being triggered too frequently (either
+	// accidentally or maliciously).
+	if time.Since(prober.lastUpdated) > watchEventInterval {
+		// Update, then reset the timer and watch count.
+		prober.testAndSetProbeNeeded(true)
+		prober.lastUpdated = time.Now()
+		prober.watchEventCount = 1
+	} else if prober.watchEventCount < watchEventLimit {
+		prober.testAndSetProbeNeeded(true)
+		prober.watchEventCount++
+	}
+}
+
+// Recursively adds to watch all directories inside and including the file specified by the given filename.
+// If the file is a symlink to a directory, it will watch the symlink but not any of the subdirectories.
+//
+// Each file or directory change triggers two events: one from the watch on itself, another from the watch
+// on its parent directory.
+func (prober *flexVolumeProber) addWatchRecursive(filename string) error {
+	addWatch := func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if info.IsDir() {
+			if err := prober.watcher.Add(path); err != nil {
+				glog.Errorf("Error recursively adding watch: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Walk(filename, addWatch)
+}
+
+// Creates a new filesystem watcher and adds watches for the plugin directory
+// and all of its subdirectories.
+func (prober *flexVolumeProber) initWatcher() error {
+	var err error
+	if prober.watcher, err = fsnotify.NewWatcher(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating new watcher: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if err = prober.addWatchRecursive(prober.pluginDir); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error adding watch on Flexvolume directory: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Creates the plugin directory, if it doesn't already exist.
+func (prober *flexVolumeProber) createPluginDir() error {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(prober.pluginDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		err := os.MkdirAll(prober.pluginDir, 0755)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error (re-)creating driver directory: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (prober *flexVolumeProber) testAndSetProbeNeeded(newval bool) (oldval bool) {
+	prober.mutex.Lock()
+	defer prober.mutex.Unlock()
+	oldval, prober.probeNeeded = prober.probeNeeded, newval
+	return
+}
+
+func eventOpIs(event fsnotify.Event, op fsnotify.Op) bool {
+	return event.Op&op == op
 }

pkg/volume/flocker/flocker_test.go

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func newInitializedVolumePlugMgr(t *testing.T) (*volume.VolumePluginMgr, string)
 	plugMgr := &volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	dir, err := utiltesting.MkTmpdir("flocker")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(dir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(dir, nil, nil))
 	return plugMgr, dir
 }
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/flocker")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/flocker/flocker_volume_test.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func newTestableProvisioner(assert *assert.Assertions, options volume.VolumeOpti
 	assert.NoError(err, fmt.Sprintf("can't make a temp dir: %v", err))
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(pluginName)
 	assert.NoError(err, "Can't find the plugin by name")

pkg/volume/gce_pd/attacher_test.go

@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ func newPlugin() *gcePersistentDiskPlugin {
 	host := volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(
 		"/tmp", /* rootDir */
 		nil,    /* kubeClient */
-		nil /* plugins */)
+		nil,    /* plugins */
+	)
 	plugins := ProbeVolumePlugins()
 	plugin := plugins[0]
 	plugin.Init(host)

pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_pd_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/gce-pd")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/gce-pd")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/gce-pd")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(gcePersistentDiskPluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/git_repo/git_repo_test.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	tempDir, host := newTestHost(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/git-repo")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func doTestPlugin(scenario struct {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	rootDir, host := newTestHost(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/git-repo")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs_test.go

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/glusterfs")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/glusterfs")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func doTestPlugin(t *testing.T, spec *volume.Spec) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/glusterfs")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim, ep)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(glusterfsPluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_test.go

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func newHostPathTypeList(pathType ...string) []*v1.HostPathType {
 
 func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("fake", nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("fake", nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/host-path")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/host-path")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRecycler(t *testing.T) {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	pluginHost := volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", nil, nil)
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins([]volume.VolumePlugin{&hostPathPlugin{nil, volume.VolumeConfig{}}}, pluginHost)
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins([]volume.VolumePlugin{&hostPathPlugin{nil, volume.VolumeConfig{}}}, nil, pluginHost)
 
 	spec := &volume.Spec{PersistentVolume: &v1.PersistentVolume{Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{PersistentVolumeSource: v1.PersistentVolumeSource{HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "/foo"}}}}}
 	_, err := plugMgr.FindRecyclablePluginBySpec(spec)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestDeleter(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", nil, nil))
 
 	spec := &volume.Spec{PersistentVolume: &v1.PersistentVolume{Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{PersistentVolumeSource: v1.PersistentVolumeSource{HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: tempPath}}}}}
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindDeletablePluginBySpec(spec)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func TestDeleterTempDir(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for name, test := range tests {
 		plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-		plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", nil, nil))
+		plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", nil, nil))
 		spec := &volume.Spec{PersistentVolume: &v1.PersistentVolume{Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{PersistentVolumeSource: v1.PersistentVolumeSource{HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: test.path}}}}}
 		plug, _ := plugMgr.FindDeletablePluginBySpec(spec)
 		deleter, _ := plug.NewDeleter(spec)
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ func TestProvisioner(t *testing.T) {
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{ProvisioningEnabled: true}),
+		nil,
 		volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", nil, nil))
 	spec := &volume.Spec{PersistentVolume: &v1.PersistentVolume{Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{PersistentVolumeSource: v1.PersistentVolumeSource{HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: tempPath}}}}}
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindCreatablePluginBySpec(spec)
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ func TestProvisioner(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestInvalidHostPath(t *testing.T) {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("fake", nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("fake", nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(hostPathPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ func TestInvalidHostPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("fake", nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("fake", nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/host-path")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost("/tmp/fake", client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(hostPathPluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/iscsi")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/iscsi")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func doTestPlugin(t *testing.T, spec *volume.Spec) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/iscsi")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(iscsiPluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/local/local_test.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func getPlugin(t *testing.T) (string, volume.VolumePlugin) {
 	}
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(localVolumePluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func getPersistentPlugin(t *testing.T) (string, volume.PersistentVolumePlugin) {
 	}
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName(localVolumePluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func TestUnsupportedPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	spec := getTestVolume(false, tmpDir)
 
 	recyclePlug, err := plugMgr.FindRecyclablePluginBySpec(spec)

pkg/volume/nfs/nfs_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/nfs")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/nfs")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestRecycler(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins([]volume.VolumePlugin{&nfsPlugin{nil, volume.VolumeConfig{}}}, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins([]volume.VolumePlugin{&nfsPlugin{nil, volume.VolumeConfig{}}}, nil, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	spec := &volume.Spec{PersistentVolume: &v1.PersistentVolume{Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{PersistentVolumeSource: v1.PersistentVolumeSource{NFS: &v1.NFSVolumeSource{Path: "/foo"}}}}}
 	_, plugin_err := plugMgr.FindRecyclablePluginBySpec(spec)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func doTestPlugin(t *testing.T, spec *volume.Spec) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/nfs")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{}), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(nfsPluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/photon_pd/photon_pd_test.go

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/photon-pd")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/photon-pd")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/photon-pd")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestMounterAndUnmounterTypeAssert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/photon-pd")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/plugins.go

@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ type VolumeOptions struct {
 	Containerized bool
 }
 
+type DynamicPluginProber interface {
+	Init() error
+
+	// If an update has occurred since the last probe, updated = true
+	// and the list of probed plugins is returned.
+	// Otherwise, update = false and probedPlugins = nil.
+	//
+	// If an error occurs, updated and probedPlugins are undefined.
+	Probe() (updated bool, probedPlugins []VolumePlugin, err error)
+}
+
 // VolumePlugin is an interface to volume plugins that can be used on a
 // kubernetes node (e.g. by kubelet) to instantiate and manage volumes.
 type VolumePlugin interface {
@@ -257,6 +268,8 @@ type VolumeHost interface {
 type VolumePluginMgr struct {
 	mutex         sync.Mutex
 	plugins       map[string]VolumePlugin
+	prober        DynamicPluginProber
+	probedPlugins []VolumePlugin
 	Host          VolumeHost
 }
 
@@ -352,11 +365,24 @@ func NewSpecFromPersistentVolume(pv *v1.PersistentVolume, readOnly bool) *Spec {
 // InitPlugins initializes each plugin.  All plugins must have unique names.
 // This must be called exactly once before any New* methods are called on any
 // plugins.
-func (pm *VolumePluginMgr) InitPlugins(plugins []VolumePlugin, host VolumeHost) error {
+func (pm *VolumePluginMgr) InitPlugins(plugins []VolumePlugin, prober DynamicPluginProber, host VolumeHost) error {
 	pm.mutex.Lock()
 	defer pm.mutex.Unlock()
 
 	pm.Host = host
+
+	if prober == nil {
+		// Use a dummy prober to prevent nil deference.
+		pm.prober = &dummyPluginProber{}
+	} else {
+		pm.prober = prober
+	}
+	if err := pm.prober.Init(); err != nil {
+		// Prober init failure should not affect the initialization of other plugins.
+		glog.Errorf("Error initializing dynamic plugin prober: %s", err)
+		pm.prober = &dummyPluginProber{}
+	}
+
 	if pm.plugins == nil {
 		pm.plugins = map[string]VolumePlugin{}
 	}
@@ -385,6 +411,21 @@ func (pm *VolumePluginMgr) InitPlugins(plugins []VolumePlugin, host VolumeHost)
 	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(allErrs)
 }
 
+func (pm *VolumePluginMgr) initProbedPlugin(probedPlugin VolumePlugin) error {
+	name := probedPlugin.GetPluginName()
+	if errs := validation.IsQualifiedName(name); len(errs) != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("volume plugin has invalid name: %q: %s", name, strings.Join(errs, ";"))
+	}
+
+	err := probedPlugin.Init(pm.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load volume plugin %s, error: %s", name, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	glog.V(1).Infof("Loaded volume plugin %q", name)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // FindPluginBySpec looks for a plugin that can support a given volume
 // specification.  If no plugins can support or more than one plugin can
 // support it, return error.
@@ -396,19 +437,30 @@ func (pm *VolumePluginMgr) FindPluginBySpec(spec *Spec) (VolumePlugin, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not find plugin because volume spec is nil")
 	}
 
-	matches := []string{}
+	matchedPluginNames := []string{}
+	matches := []VolumePlugin{}
 	for k, v := range pm.plugins {
 		if v.CanSupport(spec) {
-			matches = append(matches, k)
+			matchedPluginNames = append(matchedPluginNames, k)
+			matches = append(matches, v)
 		}
 	}
+
+	pm.refreshProbedPlugins()
+	for _, plugin := range pm.probedPlugins {
+		if plugin.CanSupport(spec) {
+			matchedPluginNames = append(matchedPluginNames, plugin.GetPluginName())
+			matches = append(matches, plugin)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if len(matches) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no volume plugin matched")
 	}
 	if len(matches) > 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple volume plugins matched: %s", strings.Join(matches, ","))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple volume plugins matched: %s", strings.Join(matchedPluginNames, ","))
 	}
-	return pm.plugins[matches[0]], nil
+	return matches[0], nil
 }
 
 // FindPluginByName fetches a plugin by name or by legacy name.  If no plugin
@@ -418,19 +470,52 @@ func (pm *VolumePluginMgr) FindPluginByName(name string) (VolumePlugin, error) {
 	defer pm.mutex.Unlock()
 
 	// Once we can get rid of legacy names we can reduce this to a map lookup.
-	matches := []string{}
+	matchedPluginNames := []string{}
+	matches := []VolumePlugin{}
 	for k, v := range pm.plugins {
 		if v.GetPluginName() == name {
-			matches = append(matches, k)
+			matchedPluginNames = append(matchedPluginNames, k)
+			matches = append(matches, v)
 		}
 	}
+
+	pm.refreshProbedPlugins()
+	for _, plugin := range pm.probedPlugins {
+		if plugin.GetPluginName() == name {
+			matchedPluginNames = append(matchedPluginNames, plugin.GetPluginName())
+			matches = append(matches, plugin)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if len(matches) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no volume plugin matched")
 	}
 	if len(matches) > 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple volume plugins matched: %s", strings.Join(matches, ","))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple volume plugins matched: %s", strings.Join(matchedPluginNames, ","))
+	}
+	return matches[0], nil
+}
+
+// Check if probedPlugin cache update is required.
+// If it is, initialize all probed plugins and replace the cache with them.
+func (pm *VolumePluginMgr) refreshProbedPlugins() {
+	updated, plugins, err := pm.prober.Probe()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Error dynamically probing plugins: %s", err)
+		return // Use cached plugins upon failure.
+	}
+
+	if updated {
+		pm.probedPlugins = []VolumePlugin{}
+		for _, plugin := range plugins {
+			if err := pm.initProbedPlugin(plugin); err != nil {
+				glog.Errorf("Error initializing dynamically probed plugin %s; error: %s",
+					plugin.GetPluginName(), err)
+				continue
+			}
+			pm.probedPlugins = append(pm.probedPlugins, plugin)
+		}
 	}
-	return pm.plugins[matches[0]], nil
 }
 
 // FindPersistentPluginBySpec looks for a persistent volume plugin that can
@@ -618,3 +703,8 @@ func ValidateRecyclerPodTemplate(pod *v1.Pod) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+type dummyPluginProber struct{}
+
+func (*dummyPluginProber) Init() error                          { return nil }
+func (*dummyPluginProber) Probe() (bool, []VolumePlugin, error) { return false, nil, nil }

pkg/volume/plugins_test.go

@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ func newTestPlugin() []VolumePlugin {
 
 func TestVolumePluginMgrFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	vpm := VolumePluginMgr{}
-	vpm.InitPlugins(newTestPlugin(), nil)
+	var prober DynamicPluginProber = nil // TODO (#51147) inject mock
+	vpm.InitPlugins(newTestPlugin(), prober, nil)
 
 	plug, err := vpm.FindPluginByName("testPlugin")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/portworx/portworx_test.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/portworx-volume")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/portworx-volume")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/portworx-volume")
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/projected/projected_test.go

@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	pluginMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	tempDir, host := newTestHost(t, nil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(projectedPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 		rootDir, host = newTestHost(t, client)
 	)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(projectedPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ func TestPluginReboot(t *testing.T) {
 		rootDir, host = newTestHost(t, client)
 	)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(projectedPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ func TestPluginOptional(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	volumeSpec.VolumeSource.Projected.Sources[0].Secret.Optional = &trueVal
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(projectedPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ func TestPluginOptionalKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	volumeSpec.VolumeSource.Projected.Sources[0].Secret.Optional = &trueVal
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(projectedPluginName)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/quobyte")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/quobyte")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func doTestPlugin(t *testing.T, spec *volume.Spec) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/quobyte")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Can't find the plugin by name")
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(quobytePluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/rbd/rbd_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/rbd")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func doTestPlugin(t *testing.T, spec *volume.Spec) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/rbd")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(rbdPluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume_test.go

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func newPluginMgr(t *testing.T) (*volume.VolumePluginMgr, string) {
 	fakeClient := fakeclient.NewSimpleClientset(config)
 	host := volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, fakeClient, nil)
 	plugMgr := &volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	return plugMgr, tmpDir
 }

pkg/volume/secret/secret_test.go

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	pluginMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	tempDir, host := newTestHost(t, nil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(secretPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 		rootDir, host = newTestHost(t, client)
 	)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(secretPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func TestPluginReboot(t *testing.T) {
 		rootDir, host = newTestHost(t, client)
 	)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(secretPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func TestPluginOptional(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	volumeSpec.Secret.Optional = &trueVal
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(secretPluginName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ func TestPluginOptionalKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	volumeSpec.Secret.Optional = &trueVal
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
-	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), host)
+	pluginMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, host)
 
 	plugin, err := pluginMgr.FindPluginByName(secretPluginName)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/storageos")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestGetAccessModes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPersistentPluginByName("kubernetes.io/storageos")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/storageos")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pv, claim)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, client, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName(storageosPluginName)
 
 	// readOnly bool is supplied by persistent-claim volume source when its mounter creates other volumes

pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_util_test.go

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestCreateVolume(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/storageos")
 
 	// Use real util with stubbed api
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func TestAttachVolume(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 	plug, _ := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/storageos")
 
 	// Use real util with stubbed api

pkg/volume/testing/testing.go

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func newFakeVolumeHost(rootDir string, kubeClient clientset.Interface, plugins [
 	host.mounter = &mount.FakeMounter{}
 	host.writer = &io.StdWriter{}
 	host.exec = mount.NewFakeExec(nil)
-	host.pluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, host)
+	host.pluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, nil /* prober */, host)
 	return host
 }
 
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ func GetTestVolumePluginMgr(
 		nil, /* plugins */
 	)
 	plugins := ProbeVolumePlugins(VolumeConfig{})
-	if err := v.pluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, v); err != nil {
+	if err := v.pluginMgr.InitPlugins(plugins, nil /* prober */, v); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 

pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/vsphere_volume_test.go

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
-	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
+	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), nil /* prober */, volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
 
 	plug, err := plugMgr.FindPluginByName("kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume")
 	if err != nil {

test/integration/volume/attach_detach_test.go

@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ func createAdClients(ns *v1.Namespace, t *testing.T, server *httptest.Server, sy
 		informers.Core().V1().PersistentVolumes(),
 		cloud,
 		plugins,
+		nil, /* prober */
 		false,
 		5*time.Second,
 		timers)