diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag/bracket_separated_slice_map_string_string.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag/bracket_separated_slice_map_string_string.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package flag
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString can be set from the command line with the format `--flag {key=value, ...}, {...}`.
+// Multiple comma-separated key-value pairs in a braket(`{}`) in a single invocation are supported. For example: `--flag {key=value, key=value, ...}`.
+// Multiple braket-separated list of key-value pairs in a single invocation are supported. For example: `--flag {key=value, key=value}, {key=value, key=value}`.
+type BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString struct {
+	Value    *[]map[string]string
+	initialized bool // set to true after the first Set call
+}
+
+// NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString takes a pointer to a []map[string]string and returns the
+// BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString flag parsing shim for that map
+func NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(m *[]map[string]string) *BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString {
+	return &BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{Value: m}
+}
+
+
+// Set implements github.com/spf13/pflag.Value
+func (m *BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString) Set(value string) error {
+	if m.Value == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no target (nil pointer to []map[string]string)")
+	}
+	if !m.initialized || *m.Value == nil {
+		*m.Value = make([]map[string]string, 0)
+		m.initialized = true
+	}
+
+	value = strings.TrimSpace(value)
+
+	// split here
+	//{numa-node=0,memory-type=memory,limit=1Gi},{numa-node=1,memory-type=memory,limit=1Gi},{numa-node=1,memory-type=memory,limit=1Gi}
+//	for _, split := range strings.Split(value, "{") {
+//		split = strings.TrimRight(split, ",")
+//		split = strings.TrimRight(split, "}")
+	for _, split := range strings.Split(value, ",{") {
+		//split = strings.TrimRight(split, ",")
+		split = strings.TrimLeft(split, "{")
+		split = strings.TrimRight(split, "}")
+
+		if len(split) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// now we have "numa-node=1,memory-type=memory,limit=1Gi"
+		tmpRawMap := make(map[string]string)
+
+		tmpMap:= NewMapStringString(&tmpRawMap)
+
+		if err := tmpMap.Set(split); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not parse String: (%s): %v", value, err)
+		}
+
+		*m.Value = append(*m.Value, tmpRawMap)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// String implements github.com/spf13/pflag.Value
+func (m *BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString) String() string {
+	if m == nil || m.Value == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	var slices []string
+
+	for _, configMap := range *m.Value {
+		var tmpPairs []string
+
+		var keys []string
+		for key := range configMap {
+			keys = append(keys, key)
+		}
+		sort.Strings(keys)
+
+		for _, key := range keys {
+			tmpPairs = append(tmpPairs, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key, configMap[key]))
+		}
+
+		if len(tmpPairs) != 0 {
+			slices = append(slices, "{" + strings.Join(tmpPairs, ",") + "}")
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Strings(slices)
+	return strings.Join(slices, ",")
+}
+
+// Type implements github.com/spf13/pflag.Value
+func (*BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString) Type() string {
+	return "BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString"
+}
+
+// Empty implements OmitEmpty
+func (m *BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString) Empty() bool {
+	return !m.initialized || m.Value == nil || len(*m.Value) == 0
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag/bracket_separated_slice_map_string_string_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag/bracket_separated_slice_map_string_string_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..caea52c8761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag/bracket_separated_slice_map_string_string_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package flag
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStringBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(t *testing.T) {
+	var nilSliceMap []map[string]string
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc   string
+		m      *BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString
+		expect string
+	}{
+		{"nill", NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilSliceMap), ""},
+		{"empty", NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&[]map[string]string{}), ""},
+		{"one key", NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&[]map[string]string{{"a": "string"}}), "{a=string}"},
+		{"two keys", NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&[]map[string]string{{"a": "string", "b": "string"}}), "{a=string,b=string}"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			str := tc.m.String()
+			if tc.expect != str {
+				t.Fatalf("expect %q but got %q", tc.expect, str)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(t *testing.T) {
+	var nilMap []map[string]string
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc   string
+		vals   []string
+		start  *BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString
+		expect *BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString
+		err    string
+	}{
+		// we initialize the map with a default key that should be cleared by Set
+		{"clears defaults", []string{""},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&[]map[string]string{{"default": ""}}),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{},
+			}, ""},
+		// make sure we still allocate for "initialized" multimaps where Multimap was initially set to a nil map
+		{"allocates map if currently nil", []string{""},
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{initialized: true, Value: &nilMap},
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{},
+			}, ""},
+		// for most cases, we just reuse nilMap, which should be allocated by Set, and is reset before each test case
+		{"empty", []string{""},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{},
+			}, ""},
+		{"empty braket", []string{"{}"},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{},
+			}, ""},
+		{"missing braket", []string{"a=string, b=string"},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{{"a": "string", "b": "string"}},
+			}, ""},
+		{"empty key", []string{"{=string}"},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{{"": "string"}},
+			}, ""},
+		{"one key", []string{"{a=string}"},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{{"a": "string"}},
+			}, ""},
+		{"two keys", []string{"{a=string,b=string}"},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{{"a": "string", "b": "string"}},
+			}, ""},
+		{"two duplecated keys", []string{"{a=string,a=string}"},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{{"a": "string"}},
+			}, ""},
+		{"two keys with space", []string{"{a = string, b = string}"},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{{"a": "string", "b": "string"}},
+			}, ""},
+		{"two keys, multiple Set invocations", []string{"{a=string, b=string}", "{a=string, b=string}"},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilMap),
+			&BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+				initialized: true,
+				Value:       &[]map[string]string{{"a": "string", "b": "string"}, {"a": "string", "b": "string"}},
+			}, ""},
+		{"no target", []string{""},
+			NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(nil),
+			nil,
+			"no target (nil pointer to []map[string]string)"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		nilMap = nil
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var err error
+			for _, val := range tc.vals {
+				err = tc.start.Set(val)
+				if err != nil {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if tc.err != "" {
+				if err == nil || err.Error() != tc.err {
+					t.Fatalf("expect error %s but got %v", tc.err, err)
+				}
+				return
+			} else if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.expect, tc.start) {
+				t.Fatalf("expect %#v but got %#v", tc.expect, tc.start)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEmptyBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(t *testing.T) {
+	var nilSliceMap []map[string]string
+	notEmpty := &BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString{
+		Value:       &[]map[string]string{{"a": "int", "b": "string", "c": "string"}},
+		initialized: true,
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc   string
+		m      *BracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString
+		expect bool
+	}{
+		{"nil", NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&nilSliceMap), true},
+		{"empty", NewBracketSeparatedSliceMapStringString(&[]map[string]string{}), true},
+		{"populated", notEmpty, false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ret := tc.m.Empty()
+			if ret != tc.expect {
+				t.Fatalf("expect %t but got %t", tc.expect, ret)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}