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staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache.go

@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ func (c *ExpirationCache) Replace(list []interface{}, resourceVersion string) er
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Resync will touch all objects to put them into the processing queue
+// Resync is a no-op for one of these
 func (c *ExpirationCache) Resync() error {
-	return c.cacheStorage.Resync()
+	return nil
 }
 
 // NewTTLStore creates and returns a ExpirationCache with a TTLPolicy

staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/index.go

@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 )
 
-// Indexer is a storage interface that lets you list objects using multiple indexing functions.
+// Indexer extends Store with multiple indices and restricts each
-// There are three kinds of strings here.
+// accumulator to simply hold the current object (and be empty after
-// One is a storage key, as defined in the Store interface.
+// Delete).
-// Another kind is a name of an index.
+//
-// The third kind of string is an "indexed value", which is produced by an
+// There are three kinds of strings here:
-// IndexFunc and can be a field value or any other string computed from the object.
+// 1. a storage key, as defined in the Store interface,
+// 2. a name of an index, and
+// 3. an "indexed value", which is produced by an IndexFunc and
+//    can be a field value or any other string computed from the object.
 type Indexer interface {
 	Store
 	// Index returns the stored objects whose set of indexed values

staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer.go

@@ -475,6 +475,12 @@ func (s *sharedIndexInformer) HandleDeltas(obj interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// sharedProcessor has a collection of processorListener and can
+// distribute a notification object to its listeners.  Each distribute
+// operation is `sync` or not.  The sync distributions go to a subset
+// of the listeners that (a) is recomputed in the occasional calls to
+// shouldResync and (b) every listener is initially put in.  The
+// non-sync distributions go to every listener.
 type sharedProcessor struct {
 	listenersStarted bool
 	listenersLock    sync.RWMutex
@@ -566,6 +572,17 @@ func (p *sharedProcessor) resyncCheckPeriodChanged(resyncCheckPeriod time.Durati
 	}
 }
 
+// processorListener relays notifications from a sharedProcessor to
+// one ResourceEventHandler --- using two goroutines, two unbuffered
+// channels, and an unbounded ring buffer.  The `add(notification)`
+// function sends the given notification to `addCh`.  One goroutine
+// runs `pop()`, which pumps notifications from `addCh` to `nextCh`
+// using storage in the ring buffer while `nextCh` is not keeping up.
+// Another goroutine runs `run()`, which receives notifications from
+// `nextCh` and synchronously invokes the appropriate handler method.
+//
+// processorListener also keeps track of the adjusted requested resync
+// period of the listener.
 type processorListener struct {
 	nextCh chan interface{}
 	addCh  chan interface{}
@@ -579,11 +596,17 @@ type processorListener struct {
 	// we should try to do something better.
 	pendingNotifications buffer.RingGrowing
 
-	// requestedResyncPeriod is how frequently the listener wants a full resync from the shared informer
+	// requestedResyncPeriod is how frequently the listener wants a
+	// full resync from the shared informer, but is bounded below by
+	// `minimumResyncPeriod` and the sharedProcessor's
+	// `resyncCheckPeriod`.
 	requestedResyncPeriod time.Duration
-	// resyncPeriod is how frequently the listener wants a full resync from the shared informer. This
+	// resyncPeriod is the threshold that will be used in the logic
-	// value may differ from requestedResyncPeriod if the shared informer adjusts it to align with the
+	// for this listener.  This value does not differ from
-	// informer's overall resync check period.
+	// requestedResyncPeriod.  The actual time between resyncs depends
+	// on when the sharedProcessor's `shouldResync` function is
+	// invoked and when the sharedIndexInformer processes `Sync` type
+	// Delta objects.
 	resyncPeriod time.Duration
 	// nextResync is the earliest time the listener should get a full resync
 	nextResync time.Time
@@ -642,7 +665,7 @@ func (p *processorListener) pop() {
 
 func (p *processorListener) run() {
 	// this call blocks until the channel is closed.  When a panic happens during the notification
-	// we will catch it, **the offending item will be skipped!**, and after a short delay (one second)
+	// we will catch it, **the offending item will be skipped!**, and after a short delay (one minute)
 	// the next notification will be attempted.  This is usually better than the alternative of never
 	// delivering again.
 	stopCh := make(chan struct{})

staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/store.go

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import (
 // are given only the object.
 //
 // In the simplest Store implementations each accumulator is simply
-// the last given object and thus the Store's behavior is simple
+// the last given object, or empty after Delete, and thus the Store's
-// storage.
+// behavior is simple storage.
 //
 // Reflector knows how to watch a server and update a Store.  This
 // package provides a variety of implementations of Store.
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ type Store interface {
 
 	// Resync is meaningless in the terms appearing here but has
 	// meaning in some implementations that have non-trivial
-	// additional behavior.  In general the idea is to tee up the
+	// additional behavior (e.g., DeltaFIFO).
-	// current non-empty accumulators or their keys for
-	// reconsideration (whatever that means).
 	Resync() error
 }
 
@@ -131,9 +129,8 @@ func SplitMetaNamespaceKey(key string) (namespace, name string, err error) {
 	return "", "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected key format: %q", key)
 }
 
-// cache responsibilities are limited to:
+// `*cache` implements Indexer in terms of a ThreadSafeStore and an
-//	1. Computing keys for objects via keyFunc
+// associated KeyFunc.
-//  2. Invoking methods of a ThreadSafeStorage interface
 type cache struct {
 	// cacheStorage bears the burden of thread safety for the cache
 	cacheStorage ThreadSafeStore
@@ -247,9 +244,9 @@ func (c *cache) Replace(list []interface{}, resourceVersion string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Resync touches all items in the store to force processing
+// Resync is meaningless for one of these
 func (c *cache) Resync() error {
-	return c.cacheStorage.Resync()
+	return nil
 }
 
 // NewStore returns a Store implemented simply with a map and a lock.

staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/thread_safe_store.go

@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 )
 
-// ThreadSafeStore is an interface that allows concurrent access to a storage backend.
+// ThreadSafeStore is an interface that allows concurrent indexed
+// access to a storage backend.  It is like Indexer but does not
+// (necessarily) know how to extract the Store key from a given
+// object.
+//
 // TL;DR caveats: you must not modify anything returned by Get or List as it will break
 // the indexing feature in addition to not being thread safe.
 //
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ type ThreadSafeStore interface {
 	// AddIndexers adds more indexers to this store.  If you call this after you already have data
 	// in the store, the results are undefined.
 	AddIndexers(newIndexers Indexers) error
+	// Resync is a no-op and is deprecated
 	Resync() error
 }