Merge pull request #15264 from yujuhong/work_queue

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pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go

@@ -1827,8 +1827,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, pod
 		}
 
 		// Killing phase: if we want to start new infra container, or nothing is running kill everything (including infra container)
-		err = dm.KillPod(pod, runningPod)
+		if err := dm.KillPod(pod, runningPod); err != nil {
-		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -1845,9 +1844,9 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, pod
 						break
 					}
 				}
-				err = dm.KillContainerInPod(container.ID, podContainer, pod)
+				if err := dm.KillContainerInPod(container.ID, podContainer, pod); err != nil {
-				if err != nil {
 					glog.Errorf("Error killing container: %v", err)
+					return err
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1893,6 +1892,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, pod
 		pod.Status.PodIP = dm.determineContainerIP(pod.Name, pod.Namespace, podInfraContainer)
 	}
 
+	containersStarted := 0
 	// Start everything
 	for idx := range containerChanges.ContainersToStart {
 		container := &pod.Spec.Containers[idx]
@@ -1946,11 +1946,15 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, pod
 			glog.Errorf("Error running pod %q container %q: %v", kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod), container.Name, err)
 			continue
 		}
+		containersStarted++
 		// Successfully started the container; clear the entry in the failure
 		// reason cache.
 		dm.clearReasonCache(pod, container)
 	}
 
+	if containersStarted != len(containerChanges.ContainersToStart) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("not all containers have started: %d != %d", containersStarted, containerChanges.ContainersToStart)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 

pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go

@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func generatePodInfraContainerHash(pod *api.Pod) uint64 {
 
 // runSyncPod is a helper function to retrieve the running pods from the fake
 // docker client and runs SyncPod for the given pod.
-func runSyncPod(t *testing.T, dm *DockerManager, fakeDocker *FakeDockerClient, pod *api.Pod, backOff *util.Backoff) {
+func runSyncPod(t *testing.T, dm *DockerManager, fakeDocker *FakeDockerClient, pod *api.Pod, backOff *util.Backoff, expectErr bool) {
 	runningPods, err := dm.GetPods(false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
@@ -554,8 +554,10 @@ func runSyncPod(t *testing.T, dm *DockerManager, fakeDocker *FakeDockerClient, p
 		backOff = util.NewBackOff(time.Second, time.Minute)
 	}
 	err = dm.SyncPod(pod, runningPod, *podStatus, []api.Secret{}, backOff)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !expectErr {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	} else if err == nil && expectErr {
+		t.Errorf("expected error didn't occur")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -576,7 +578,7 @@ func TestSyncPodCreateNetAndContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Create pod infra container.
 		"create", "start", "inspect_container", "inspect_container",
@@ -623,7 +625,7 @@ func TestSyncPodCreatesNetAndContainerPullsImage(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Create pod infra container.
@@ -675,7 +677,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithPodInfraCreatesContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Inspect pod infra container (but does not create)"
@@ -722,7 +724,7 @@ func TestSyncPodDeletesWithNoPodInfraContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Kill the container since pod infra container is not running.
@@ -795,7 +797,7 @@ func TestSyncPodDeletesDuplicate(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Check the pod infra container.
@@ -849,7 +851,7 @@ func TestSyncPodBadHash(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Check the pod infra container.
@@ -906,7 +908,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsUnhealthy(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	dm.livenessManager.Set(kubetypes.DockerID(unhealthyContainerID).ContainerID(), proberesults.Failure, nil)
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Check the pod infra container.
@@ -963,7 +965,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsDoesNothing(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Check the pod infra contianer.
@@ -1004,7 +1006,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithPullPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 			Message: "Container image \"pull_never_image\" is not present with pull policy of Never"}},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, true)
 	statuses, err := dm.GetPodStatus(pod)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unable to get pod status")
@@ -1147,7 +1149,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithRestartPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		fakeDocker.ContainerMap = containerMap
 		pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = tt.policy
 
-		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 		// 'stop' is because the pod infra container is killed when no container is running.
 		verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, tt.calls)
@@ -1267,7 +1269,7 @@ func TestGetPodStatusWithLastTermination(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 		// Check if we can retrieve the pod status.
 		status, err := dm.GetPodStatus(pod)
@@ -1377,16 +1379,17 @@ func TestSyncPodBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 		backoff   int
 		killDelay int
 		result    []string
+		expectErr bool
 	}{
-		{1, 1, 1, startCalls},
+		{1, 1, 1, startCalls, false},
-		{2, 2, 2, startCalls},
+		{2, 2, 2, startCalls, false},
-		{3, 2, 3, backOffCalls},
+		{3, 2, 3, backOffCalls, true},
-		{4, 4, 4, startCalls},
+		{4, 4, 4, startCalls, false},
-		{5, 4, 5, backOffCalls},
+		{5, 4, 5, backOffCalls, true},
-		{6, 4, 6, backOffCalls},
+		{6, 4, 6, backOffCalls, true},
-		{7, 4, 7, backOffCalls},
+		{7, 4, 7, backOffCalls, true},
-		{8, 8, 129, startCalls},
+		{8, 8, 129, startCalls, false},
-		{130, 1, 0, startCalls},
+		{130, 1, 0, startCalls, false},
 	}
 
 	backOff := util.NewBackOff(time.Second, time.Minute)
@@ -1397,7 +1400,7 @@ func TestSyncPodBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 		fakeDocker.ContainerList = containerList
 		fakeClock.Time = startTime.Add(time.Duration(c.tick) * time.Second)
 
-		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, backOff)
+		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, backOff, c.expectErr)
 		verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, c.result)
 
 		if backOff.Get(stableId) != time.Duration(c.backoff)*time.Second {
@@ -1448,7 +1451,7 @@ func TestGetPodCreationFailureReason(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, true)
 	// Check if we can retrieve the pod status.
 	status, err := dm.GetPodStatus(pod)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1504,7 +1507,7 @@ func TestGetPodPullImageFailureReason(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, true)
 	// Check if we can retrieve the pod status.
 	status, err := dm.GetPodStatus(pod)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1544,7 +1547,7 @@ func TestGetRestartCount(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Helper function for verifying the restart count.
 	verifyRestartCount := func(pod *api.Pod, expectedCount int) api.PodStatus {
-		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 		status, err := dm.GetPodStatus(pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
@@ -1621,7 +1624,7 @@ func TestGetTerminationMessagePath(t *testing.T) {
 
 	fakeDocker.ContainerMap = map[string]*docker.Container{}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	containerList := fakeDocker.ContainerList
 	if len(containerList) != 2 {
@@ -1680,7 +1683,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithPodInfraCreatesContainerCallsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Check the pod infra container.
@@ -1743,7 +1746,7 @@ func TestSyncPodEventHandlerFails(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, true)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Check the pod infra container.
@@ -1817,7 +1820,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithTerminationLog(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Create pod infra container.
 		"create", "start", "inspect_container", "inspect_container",
@@ -1857,7 +1860,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithHostNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil)
+	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
 		// Create pod infra container.

pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/status"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	kubeletutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/queue"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/securitycontext"
@@ -432,7 +433,10 @@ func NewMainKubelet(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	klet.runtimeCache = runtimeCache
-	klet.podWorkers = newPodWorkers(runtimeCache, klet.syncPod, recorder)
+	klet.workQueue = queue.NewBasicWorkQueue()
+	// TODO(yujuhong): backoff and resync interval should be set differently
+	// once we switch to using pod event generator.
+	klet.podWorkers = newPodWorkers(runtimeCache, klet.syncPod, recorder, klet.workQueue, klet.resyncInterval, klet.resyncInterval)
 
 	metrics.Register(runtimeCache)
 
@@ -468,13 +472,14 @@ type nodeLister interface {
 
 // Kubelet is the main kubelet implementation.
 type Kubelet struct {
-	hostname       string
+	hostname      string
-	nodeName       string
+	nodeName      string
-	dockerClient   dockertools.DockerInterface
+	dockerClient  dockertools.DockerInterface
-	runtimeCache   kubecontainer.RuntimeCache
+	runtimeCache  kubecontainer.RuntimeCache
-	kubeClient     client.Interface
+	kubeClient    client.Interface
-	rootDirectory  string
+	rootDirectory string
-	podWorkers     PodWorkers
+	podWorkers    PodWorkers
+
 	resyncInterval time.Duration
 	resyncTicker   *time.Ticker
 	sourcesReady   SourcesReadyFn
@@ -642,6 +647,9 @@ type Kubelet struct {
 
 	// Information about the ports which are opened by daemons on Node running this Kubelet server.
 	daemonEndpoints *api.NodeDaemonEndpoints
+
+	// A queue used to trigger pod workers.
+	workQueue queue.WorkQueue
 }
 
 func (kl *Kubelet) allSourcesReady() bool {
@@ -1417,7 +1425,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) makePodDataDirs(pod *api.Pod) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, updateType kubetypes.SyncPodType) error {
+func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, updateType kubetypes.SyncPodType) (syncErr error) {
 	podFullName := kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod)
 	uid := pod.UID
 	start := time.Now()
@@ -1438,6 +1446,8 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecont
 		status, err := kl.generatePodStatus(pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("Unable to generate status for pod with name %q and uid %q info with error(%v)", podFullName, uid, err)
+			// Propagate the error upstream.
+			syncErr = err
 		} else {
 			podToUpdate := pod
 			if mirrorPod != nil {
@@ -2073,7 +2083,10 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) canAdmitPod(pods []*api.Pod, pod *api.Pod) (bool, string, str
 // state every sync-frequency seconds. Never returns.
 func (kl *Kubelet) syncLoop(updates <-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate, handler SyncHandler) {
 	glog.Info("Starting kubelet main sync loop.")
-	kl.resyncTicker = time.NewTicker(kl.resyncInterval)
+	// The resyncTicker wakes up kubelet to checks if there are any pod workers
+	// that need to be sync'd. A one-second period is sufficient because the
+	// sync interval is defaulted to 10s.
+	kl.resyncTicker = time.NewTicker(time.Second)
 	var housekeepingTimestamp time.Time
 	for {
 		if !kl.containerRuntimeUp() {
@@ -2138,9 +2151,15 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncLoopIteration(updates <-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate, handler
 			glog.Errorf("Kubelet does not support snapshot update")
 		}
 	case <-kl.resyncTicker.C:
-		// Periodically syncs all the pods and performs cleanup tasks.
+		podUIDs := kl.workQueue.GetWork()
-		glog.V(4).Infof("SyncLoop (periodic sync)")
+		var podsToSync []*api.Pod
-		handler.HandlePodSyncs(kl.podManager.GetPods())
+		for _, uid := range podUIDs {
+			if pod, ok := kl.podManager.GetPodByUID(uid); ok {
+				podsToSync = append(podsToSync, pod)
+			}
+		}
+		glog.V(2).Infof("SyncLoop (SYNC): %d pods", len(podsToSync))
+		kl.HandlePodSyncs(podsToSync)
 	case update := <-kl.livenessManager.Updates():
 		// We only care about failures (signalling container death) here.
 		if update.Result == proberesults.Failure {

pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import (
 	proberesults "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/prober/results"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/status"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/queue"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ func newTestKubelet(t *testing.T) *TestKubelet {
 	kubelet.backOff.Clock = fakeClock
 	kubelet.podKillingCh = make(chan *kubecontainer.Pod, 20)
 	kubelet.resyncInterval = 10 * time.Second
+	kubelet.workQueue = queue.NewBasicWorkQueue()
 	return &TestKubelet{kubelet, fakeRuntime, mockCadvisor, fakeKubeClient, fakeMirrorClient}
 }
 

pkg/kubelet/pod/manager.go

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type Manager interface {
 	GetPods() []*api.Pod
 	GetPodByFullName(podFullName string) (*api.Pod, bool)
 	GetPodByName(namespace, name string) (*api.Pod, bool)
+	GetPodByUID(types.UID) (*api.Pod, bool)
 	GetPodByMirrorPod(*api.Pod) (*api.Pod, bool)
 	GetMirrorPodByPod(*api.Pod) (*api.Pod, bool)
 	GetPodsAndMirrorPods() ([]*api.Pod, []*api.Pod)
@@ -177,6 +178,15 @@ func (pm *basicManager) GetPodByName(namespace, name string) (*api.Pod, bool) {
 	return pm.GetPodByFullName(podFullName)
 }
 
+// GetPodByUID provides the (non-mirror) pod that matches pod UID as well as
+// whether the pod was found.
+func (pm *basicManager) GetPodByUID(uid types.UID) (*api.Pod, bool) {
+	pm.lock.RLock()
+	defer pm.lock.RUnlock()
+	pod, ok := pm.podByUID[uid]
+	return pod, ok
+}
+
 // GetPodByName returns the (non-mirror) pod that matches full name, as well as
 // whether the pod was found.
 func (pm *basicManager) GetPodByFullName(podFullName string) (*api.Pod, bool) {

pkg/kubelet/pod_workers.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/queue"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 )
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ type podWorkers struct {
 	// runtimeCache is used for listing running containers.
 	runtimeCache kubecontainer.RuntimeCache
 
+	workQueue queue.WorkQueue
+
 	// This function is run to sync the desired stated of pod.
 	// NOTE: This function has to be thread-safe - it can be called for
 	// different pods at the same time.
@@ -62,6 +65,12 @@ type podWorkers struct {
 
 	// The EventRecorder to use
 	recorder record.EventRecorder
+
+	// backOffPeriod is the duration to back off when there is a sync error.
+	backOffPeriod time.Duration
+
+	// resyncInterval is the duration to wait until the next sync.
+	resyncInterval time.Duration
 }
 
 type workUpdate struct {
@@ -79,7 +88,7 @@ type workUpdate struct {
 }
 
 func newPodWorkers(runtimeCache kubecontainer.RuntimeCache, syncPodFn syncPodFnType,
-	recorder record.EventRecorder) *podWorkers {
+	recorder record.EventRecorder, workQueue queue.WorkQueue, resyncInterval, backOffPeriod time.Duration) *podWorkers {
 	return &podWorkers{
 		podUpdates:                map[types.UID]chan workUpdate{},
 		isWorking:                 map[types.UID]bool{},
@@ -87,37 +96,40 @@ func newPodWorkers(runtimeCache kubecontainer.RuntimeCache, syncPodFn syncPodFnT
 		runtimeCache:              runtimeCache,
 		syncPodFn:                 syncPodFn,
 		recorder:                  recorder,
+		workQueue:                 workQueue,
+		resyncInterval:            resyncInterval,
+		backOffPeriod:             backOffPeriod,
 	}
 }
 
 func (p *podWorkers) managePodLoop(podUpdates <-chan workUpdate) {
 	var minRuntimeCacheTime time.Time
 	for newWork := range podUpdates {
-		func() {
+		err := func() (err error) {
-			defer p.checkForUpdates(newWork.pod.UID, newWork.updateCompleteFn)
 			// We would like to have the state of the containers from at least
 			// the moment when we finished the previous processing of that pod.
 			if err := p.runtimeCache.ForceUpdateIfOlder(minRuntimeCacheTime); err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("Error updating the container runtime cache: %v", err)
-				return
+				return err
 			}
 			pods, err := p.runtimeCache.GetPods()
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("Error getting pods while syncing pod: %v", err)
-				return
+				return err
 			}
 
 			err = p.syncPodFn(newWork.pod, newWork.mirrorPod,
 				kubecontainer.Pods(pods).FindPodByID(newWork.pod.UID), newWork.updateType)
+			minRuntimeCacheTime = time.Now()
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("Error syncing pod %s, skipping: %v", newWork.pod.UID, err)
 				p.recorder.Eventf(newWork.pod, "FailedSync", "Error syncing pod, skipping: %v", err)
-				return
+				return err
 			}
-			minRuntimeCacheTime = time.Now()
-
 			newWork.updateCompleteFn()
+			return nil
 		}()
+		p.wrapUp(newWork.pod.UID, err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -192,7 +204,17 @@ func (p *podWorkers) ForgetNonExistingPodWorkers(desiredPods map[types.UID]empty
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *podWorkers) checkForUpdates(uid types.UID, updateComplete func()) {
+func (p *podWorkers) wrapUp(uid types.UID, syncErr error) {
+	// Requeue the last update if the last sync returned error.
+	if syncErr != nil {
+		p.workQueue.Enqueue(uid, p.backOffPeriod)
+	} else {
+		p.workQueue.Enqueue(uid, p.resyncInterval)
+	}
+	p.checkForUpdates(uid)
+}
+
+func (p *podWorkers) checkForUpdates(uid types.UID) {
 	p.podLock.Lock()
 	defer p.podLock.Unlock()
 	if workUpdate, exists := p.lastUndeliveredWorkUpdate[uid]; exists {

pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockertools"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/network"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/queue"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 )
 
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ func createPodWorkers() (*podWorkers, map[types.UID][]string) {
 			return nil
 		},
 		fakeRecorder,
+		queue.NewBasicWorkQueue(),
+		time.Second,
+		time.Second,
 	)
 	return podWorkers, processed
 }
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ func TestFakePodWorkers(t *testing.T) {
 	kubeletForRealWorkers := &simpleFakeKubelet{}
 	kubeletForFakeWorkers := &simpleFakeKubelet{}
 
-	realPodWorkers := newPodWorkers(fakeRuntimeCache, kubeletForRealWorkers.syncPodWithWaitGroup, fakeRecorder)
+	realPodWorkers := newPodWorkers(fakeRuntimeCache, kubeletForRealWorkers.syncPodWithWaitGroup, fakeRecorder, queue.NewBasicWorkQueue(), time.Second, time.Second)
 	fakePodWorkers := &fakePodWorkers{kubeletForFakeWorkers.syncPod, fakeRuntimeCache, t}
 
 	tests := []struct {

pkg/kubelet/util/queue/work_queue.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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 queue
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+)
+
+// WorkQueue allows queueing items with a timestamp. An item is
+// considered ready to process if the timestamp has expired.
+type WorkQueue interface {
+	// GetWork dequeues and returns all ready items.
+	GetWork() []types.UID
+	// Enqueue inserts a new item or overwrites an existing item with the
+	// new timestamp (time.Now() + delay) if it is greater.
+	Enqueue(item types.UID, delay time.Duration)
+}
+
+type basicWorkQueue struct {
+	clock util.Clock
+	lock  sync.Mutex
+	queue map[types.UID]time.Time
+}
+
+var _ WorkQueue = &basicWorkQueue{}
+
+func NewBasicWorkQueue() WorkQueue {
+	queue := make(map[types.UID]time.Time)
+	return &basicWorkQueue{queue: queue, clock: util.RealClock{}}
+}
+
+func (q *basicWorkQueue) GetWork() []types.UID {
+	q.lock.Lock()
+	defer q.lock.Unlock()
+	now := q.clock.Now()
+	var items []types.UID
+	for k, v := range q.queue {
+		if v.Before(now) {
+			items = append(items, k)
+			delete(q.queue, k)
+		}
+	}
+	return items
+}
+
+func (q *basicWorkQueue) Enqueue(item types.UID, delay time.Duration) {
+	q.lock.Lock()
+	defer q.lock.Unlock()
+	now := q.clock.Now()
+	timestamp := now.Add(delay)
+	existing, ok := q.queue[item]
+	if !ok || (ok && existing.Before(timestamp)) {
+		q.queue[item] = timestamp
+	}
+}

pkg/kubelet/util/queue/work_queue_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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 queue
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
+)
+
+func newTestBasicWorkQueue() (*basicWorkQueue, *util.FakeClock) {
+	fakeClock := &util.FakeClock{Time: time.Now()}
+	wq := &basicWorkQueue{
+		clock: fakeClock,
+		queue: make(map[types.UID]time.Time),
+	}
+	return wq, fakeClock
+}
+
+func compareResults(t *testing.T, expected, actual []types.UID) {
+	expectedSet := sets.NewString()
+	for _, u := range expected {
+		expectedSet.Insert(string(u))
+	}
+	actualSet := sets.NewString()
+	for _, u := range actual {
+		actualSet.Insert(string(u))
+	}
+	if !expectedSet.Equal(actualSet) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %#v, got %#v", expectedSet.List(), actualSet.List())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetWork(t *testing.T) {
+	q, clock := newTestBasicWorkQueue()
+	q.Enqueue(types.UID("foo1"), -1*time.Minute)
+	q.Enqueue(types.UID("foo2"), -1*time.Minute)
+	q.Enqueue(types.UID("foo3"), 1*time.Minute)
+	q.Enqueue(types.UID("foo4"), 1*time.Minute)
+	expected := []types.UID{types.UID("foo1"), types.UID("foo2")}
+	compareResults(t, expected, q.GetWork())
+	compareResults(t, []types.UID{}, q.GetWork())
+	// Dial the time to 1 hour ahead.
+	clock.Step(time.Hour)
+	expected = []types.UID{types.UID("foo3"), types.UID("foo4")}
+	compareResults(t, expected, q.GetWork())
+	compareResults(t, []types.UID{}, q.GetWork())
+}
+
+func TestEnqueueKeepGreaterTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	q, _ := newTestBasicWorkQueue()
+	item := types.UID("foo")
+	q.Enqueue(item, -7*time.Hour)
+	q.Enqueue(item, 3*time.Hour)
+	compareResults(t, []types.UID{}, q.GetWork())
+
+	q.Enqueue(item, 3*time.Hour)
+	q.Enqueue(item, -7*time.Hour)
+	compareResults(t, []types.UID{}, q.GetWork())
+}