fix: run activate() only when fail

pkg/scheduler/framework/preemption/preemption.go

@@ -492,10 +492,11 @@ func (ev *Evaluator) prepareCandidateAsync(c Candidate, pod *v1.Pod, pluginName
 		defer metrics.PreemptionGoroutinesDuration.WithLabelValues(result).Observe(metrics.SinceInSeconds(startTime))
 		defer metrics.PreemptionGoroutinesExecutionTotal.WithLabelValues(result).Inc()
 		defer func() {
-			ev.mu.Lock()
+			if result == metrics.GoroutineResultError {
-			ev.preempting.Delete(pod.UID)
+				// When API call isn't successful, the Pod may get stuck in the unschedulable pod pool in the worst case.
-			ev.mu.Unlock()
+				// So, we should move the Pod to the activeQ.
-			ev.Handler.Activate(logger, map[string]*v1.Pod{pod.Name: pod})
+				ev.Handler.Activate(logger, map[string]*v1.Pod{pod.Name: pod})
+			}
 		}()
 		defer cancel()
 		logger.V(2).Info("Start the preemption asynchronously", "preemptor", klog.KObj(pod), "node", c.Name(), "numVictims", len(c.Victims().Pods))
@@ -512,15 +513,34 @@ func (ev *Evaluator) prepareCandidateAsync(c Candidate, pod *v1.Pod, pluginName
 		}
 
 		if len(c.Victims().Pods) == 0 {
+			ev.mu.Lock()
+			delete(ev.preempting, pod.UID)
+			ev.mu.Unlock()
+
 			return
 		}
 
-		ev.Handler.Parallelizer().Until(ctx, len(c.Victims().Pods), preemptPod, ev.PluginName)
+		// We can evict all victims in parallel, but the last one.
+		// We have to remove the pod from the preempting map before the last one is evicted
+		// because, otherwise, the pod removal might be notified to the scheduling queue before
+		// we remove this pod from the preempting map,
+		// and the pod could end up stucking at the unschedulable pod pool
+		// by all the pod removal events being ignored.
+		ev.Handler.Parallelizer().Until(ctx, len(c.Victims().Pods)-1, preemptPod, ev.PluginName)
 		if err := errCh.ReceiveError(); err != nil {
 			logger.Error(err, "Error occurred during async preemption")
 			result = metrics.GoroutineResultError
 		}
 
+		ev.mu.Lock()
+		delete(ev.preempting, pod.UID)
+		ev.mu.Unlock()
+
+		if err := ev.PreemptPod(ctx, c, pod, c.Victims().Pods[len(c.Victims().Pods)-1], pluginName); err != nil {
+			logger.Error(err, "Error occurred during async preemption")
+			result = metrics.GoroutineResultError
+		}
+
 		logger.V(2).Info("Async Preemption finished completely", "preemptor", klog.KObj(pod), "node", c.Name(), "result", result)
 	}()
 }

pkg/scheduler/framework/preemption/preemption_test.go

@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ func TestPrepareCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedStatus *framework.Status
 		// Only compared when async preemption is enabled.
 		expectedPreemptingMap sets.Set[types.UID]
+		expectedActivatedPods map[string]*v1.Pod
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "no victims",
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ func TestPrepareCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 			nodeNames:             []string{node1Name},
 			expectedStatus:        framework.AsStatus(errors.New("delete pod failed")),
 			expectedPreemptingMap: sets.New(types.UID("preemptor")),
+			expectedActivatedPods: map[string]*v1.Pod{preemptor.Name: preemptor},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "one victim, not-found victim error is ignored when deleting",
@@ -579,6 +581,7 @@ func TestPrepareCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 			nodeNames:             []string{node1Name},
 			expectedStatus:        framework.AsStatus(errors.New("patch pod status failed")),
 			expectedPreemptingMap: sets.New(types.UID("preemptor")),
+			expectedActivatedPods: map[string]*v1.Pod{preemptor.Name: preemptor},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "two victims without condition, one passes successfully and the second fails",
@@ -601,6 +604,7 @@ func TestPrepareCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedDeletedPods:   []string{"victim2"},
 			expectedStatus:        framework.AsStatus(errors.New("patch pod status failed")),
 			expectedPreemptingMap: sets.New(types.UID("preemptor")),
+			expectedActivatedPods: map[string]*v1.Pod{preemptor.Name: preemptor},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -730,9 +734,12 @@ func TestPrepareCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 					}
 
 					if asyncPreemptionEnabled {
-						// Make sure the preemptor is activated regardless of the preemption result.
+						if tt.expectedActivatedPods != nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(tt.expectedActivatedPods, fakeActivator.activatedPods) {
-						if !reflect.DeepEqual(map[string]*v1.Pod{tt.preemptor.Name: tt.preemptor}, fakeActivator.activatedPods) {
+							lastErrMsg = fmt.Sprintf("expected activated pods %v, got %v", tt.expectedActivatedPods, fakeActivator.activatedPods)
-							lastErrMsg = fmt.Sprintf("expected activated pods %v, got %v", map[string]*v1.Pod{tt.preemptor.Name: tt.preemptor}, fakeActivator.activatedPods)
+							return false, nil
+						}
+						if tt.expectedActivatedPods == nil && len(fakeActivator.activatedPods) != 0 {
+							lastErrMsg = fmt.Sprintf("expected no activated pods, got %v", fakeActivator.activatedPods)
 							return false, nil
 						}
 					}