bring removeduplicates to plugin

pkg/apis/componentconfig/types_pluginargs.go

@@ -69,3 +69,12 @@ type RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestartsArgs struct {
 	PodRestartThreshold     int32
 	IncludingInitContainers bool
 }
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
+type RemoveDuplicatesArgs struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta
+
+	Namespaces        *api.Namespaces
+	ExcludeOwnerKinds []string
+}

pkg/apis/componentconfig/validation/validation_pluginargs.go

@@ -94,3 +94,10 @@ func validatePodRestartThreshold(podRestartThreshold int32) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func ValidateRemoveDuplicatesArgs(args *componentconfig.RemoveDuplicatesArgs) error {
+	// At most one of include/exclude can be set
+	return errorsAggregate(
+		validateNamespaceArgs(args.Namespaces),
+	)
+}

pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go

@@ -54,6 +54,41 @@ func (in *DeschedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *RemoveDuplicatesArgs) DeepCopyInto(out *RemoveDuplicatesArgs) {
+	*out = *in
+	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+	if in.Namespaces != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Namespaces, &out.Namespaces
+		*out = new(api.Namespaces)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.ExcludeOwnerKinds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ExcludeOwnerKinds, &out.ExcludeOwnerKinds
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new RemoveDuplicatesArgs.
+func (in *RemoveDuplicatesArgs) DeepCopy() *RemoveDuplicatesArgs {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(RemoveDuplicatesArgs)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyObject is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new runtime.Object.
+func (in *RemoveDuplicatesArgs) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	if c := in.DeepCopy(); c != nil {
+		return c
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *RemoveFailedPodsArgs) DeepCopyInto(out *RemoveFailedPodsArgs) {
 	*out = *in

pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package descheduler
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	policy "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
@@ -27,13 +28,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
+	corev1informers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
+	schedulingv1informers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/scheduling/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	fakeclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
-	corev1informers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
-	schedulingv1informers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/scheduling/v1"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app/options"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/metrics"
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 	sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
 	strategyFuncs := map[api.StrategyName]strategyFunction{
-		"RemoveDuplicates":                            strategies.RemoveDuplicatePods,
+		"RemoveDuplicates":                            nil,
 		"LowNodeUtilization":                          nodeutilization.LowNodeUtilization,
 		"HighNodeUtilization":                         nodeutilization.HighNodeUtilization,
 		"RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity":     strategies.RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity,

pkg/descheduler/strategy_migration.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig/validation"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/removefailedpods"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodshavingtoomanyrestarts"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatingnodeaffinity"
@@ -129,4 +130,25 @@ var pluginsMap = map[string]func(ctx context.Context, nodes []*v1.Node, params *
 			klog.V(1).ErrorS(err, "plugin finished with error", "pluginName", removepodshavingtoomanyrestarts.PluginName)
 		}
 	},
+	"RemoveDuplicates": func(ctx context.Context, nodes []*v1.Node, params *api.StrategyParameters, handle *handleImpl) {
+		args := &componentconfig.RemoveDuplicatesArgs{
+			Namespaces: params.Namespaces,
+		}
+		if params.RemoveDuplicates != nil {
+			args.ExcludeOwnerKinds = params.RemoveDuplicates.ExcludeOwnerKinds
+		}
+		if err := validation.ValidateRemoveDuplicatesArgs(args); err != nil {
+			klog.V(1).ErrorS(err, "unable to validate plugin arguments", "pluginName", removeduplicates.PluginName)
+			return
+		}
+		pg, err := removeduplicates.New(args, handle)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.V(1).ErrorS(err, "unable to initialize a plugin", "pluginName", removeduplicates.PluginName)
+			return
+		}
+		status := pg.(framework.BalancePlugin).Balance(ctx, nodes)
+		if status != nil && status.Err != nil {
+			klog.V(1).ErrorS(err, "plugin finished with error", "pluginName", removeduplicates.PluginName)
+		}
+	},
 }

pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2022 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.
@@ -14,90 +14,94 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package strategies
+package removeduplicates
 
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"math"
 	"reflect"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework"
 )
 
-func validateRemoveDuplicatePodsParams(params *api.StrategyParameters) error {
-	if params == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// At most one of include/exclude can be set
-	if params.Namespaces != nil && len(params.Namespaces.Include) > 0 && len(params.Namespaces.Exclude) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of Include/Exclude namespaces can be set")
-	}
-	if params.ThresholdPriority != nil && params.ThresholdPriorityClassName != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of thresholdPriority and thresholdPriorityClassName can be set")
-	}
+const PluginName = "RemoveDuplicates"
 
-	return nil
+// RemoveDuplicatePods removes the duplicate pods on node. This plugin evicts all duplicate pods on node.
+// A pod is said to be a duplicate of other if both of them are from same creator, kind and are within the same
+// namespace, and have at least one container with the same image.
+// As of now, this plugin won't evict daemonsets, mirror pods, critical pods and pods with local storages.
+
+type RemoveDuplicates struct {
+	handle    framework.Handle
+	args      *componentconfig.RemoveDuplicatesArgs
+	podFilter podutil.FilterFunc
 }
 
+var _ framework.Plugin = &RemoveDuplicates{}
+var _ framework.BalancePlugin = &RemoveDuplicates{}
+
 type podOwner struct {
 	namespace, kind, name string
 	imagesHash            string
 }
 
-// RemoveDuplicatePods removes the duplicate pods on node. This strategy evicts all duplicate pods on node.
-// A pod is said to be a duplicate of other if both of them are from same creator, kind and are within the same
-// namespace, and have at least one container with the same image.
-// As of now, this strategy won't evict daemonsets, mirror pods, critical pods and pods with local storages.
-func RemoveDuplicatePods(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	client clientset.Interface,
-	strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy,
-	nodes []*v1.Node,
-	podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor,
-	evictorFilter *evictions.EvictorFilter,
-	getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc,
-) {
-	if err := validateRemoveDuplicatePodsParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid RemoveDuplicatePods parameters")
-		return
+// New builds plugin from its arguments while passing a handle
+func New(args runtime.Object, handle framework.Handle) (framework.Plugin, error) {
+	removeDuplicatesArgs, ok := args.(*componentconfig.RemoveDuplicatesArgs)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("want args to be of type RemoveDuplicatesArgs, got %T", args)
 	}
 
 	var includedNamespaces, excludedNamespaces sets.String
-	if strategy.Params != nil && strategy.Params.Namespaces != nil {
-		includedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Include...)
-		excludedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Exclude...)
+	if removeDuplicatesArgs.Namespaces != nil {
+		includedNamespaces = sets.NewString(removeDuplicatesArgs.Namespaces.Include...)
+		excludedNamespaces = sets.NewString(removeDuplicatesArgs.Namespaces.Exclude...)
 	}
 
+	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
+		WithFilter(handle.Evictor().Filter).
+		WithNamespaces(includedNamespaces).
+		WithoutNamespaces(excludedNamespaces).
+		BuildFilterFunc()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error initializing pod filter function: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return &RemoveDuplicates{
+		handle:    handle,
+		args:      removeDuplicatesArgs,
+		podFilter: podFilter,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Name retrieves the plugin name
+func (r *RemoveDuplicates) Name() string {
+	return PluginName
+}
+
+// Balance extension point implementation for the plugin
+func (r *RemoveDuplicates) Balance(ctx context.Context, nodes []*v1.Node) *framework.Status {
 	duplicatePods := make(map[podOwner]map[string][]*v1.Pod)
 	ownerKeyOccurence := make(map[podOwner]int32)
 	nodeCount := 0
 	nodeMap := make(map[string]*v1.Node)
 
-	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
-		WithFilter(evictorFilter.Filter).
-		WithNamespaces(includedNamespaces).
-		WithoutNamespaces(excludedNamespaces).
-		BuildFilterFunc()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error initializing pod filter function")
-		return
-	}
-
 	for _, node := range nodes {
 		klog.V(1).InfoS("Processing node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, podFilter)
+		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(node.Name, r.handle.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(), r.podFilter)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.ErrorS(err, "Error listing evictable pods on node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
 			continue
@@ -120,7 +124,8 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePods(
 		duplicateKeysMap := map[string][][]string{}
 		for _, pod := range pods {
 			ownerRefList := podutil.OwnerRef(pod)
-			if hasExcludedOwnerRefKind(ownerRefList, strategy) || len(ownerRefList) == 0 {
+
+			if len(ownerRefList) == 0 || hasExcludedOwnerRefKind(ownerRefList, r.args.ExcludeOwnerKinds) {
 				continue
 			}
 			podContainerKeys := make([]string, 0, len(ownerRefList)*len(pod.Spec.Containers))
@@ -183,6 +188,7 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePods(
 
 	// 1. how many pods can be evicted to respect uniform placement of pods among viable nodes?
 	for ownerKey, podNodes := range duplicatePods {
+
 		targetNodes := getTargetNodes(podNodes, nodes)
 
 		klog.V(2).InfoS("Adjusting feasible nodes", "owner", ownerKey, "from", nodeCount, "to", len(targetNodes))
@@ -200,24 +206,15 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePods(
 				// It's assumed all duplicated pods are in the same priority class
 				// TODO(jchaloup): check if the pod has a different node to lend to
 				for _, pod := range pods[upperAvg-1:] {
-					podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, evictions.EvictOptions{})
-					if podEvictor.NodeLimitExceeded(nodeMap[nodeName]) {
+					r.handle.Evictor().Evict(ctx, pod, evictions.EvictOptions{})
+					if r.handle.Evictor().NodeLimitExceeded(nodeMap[nodeName]) {
 						continue loop
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-}
-
-func getNodeAffinityNodeSelector(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.NodeSelector {
-	if pod.Spec.Affinity == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
+	return nil
 }
 
 func getTargetNodes(podNodes map[string][]*v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) []*v1.Node {
@@ -277,15 +274,27 @@ func getTargetNodes(podNodes map[string][]*v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) []*v1.Node
 	return targetNodes
 }
 
-func hasExcludedOwnerRefKind(ownerRefs []metav1.OwnerReference, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy) bool {
-	if strategy.Params == nil || strategy.Params.RemoveDuplicates == nil {
+func hasExcludedOwnerRefKind(ownerRefs []metav1.OwnerReference, excludeOwnerKinds []string) bool {
+	if len(excludeOwnerKinds) == 0 {
 		return false
 	}
-	exclude := sets.NewString(strategy.Params.RemoveDuplicates.ExcludeOwnerKinds...)
+
+	exclude := sets.NewString(excludeOwnerKinds...)
 	for _, owner := range ownerRefs {
 		if exclude.Has(owner.Kind) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
+
 	return false
 }
+
+func getNodeAffinityNodeSelector(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.NodeSelector {
+	if pod.Spec.Affinity == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
+}

pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2022 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.
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package strategies
+package removeduplicates
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework"
+	frameworkfake "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/fake"
 	"testing"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -27,9 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
@@ -187,105 +189,98 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 		pods                    []*v1.Pod
 		nodes                   []*v1.Node
 		expectedEvictedPodCount uint
-		strategy                api.DeschedulerStrategy
+		excludeOwnerKinds       []string
+		nodefit                 bool
 	}{
 		{
 			description:             "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 1 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet, but ReplicaSet kind is excluded. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{RemoveDuplicates: &api.RemoveDuplicates{ExcludeOwnerKinds: []string{"ReplicaSet"}}}},
+			excludeOwnerKinds:       []string{"ReplicaSet"},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Three Pods in the `test` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 1 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p8, p9, p10},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Three Pods in the `dev` Namespace, three Pods in the `test` Namespace. Bound to ReplicaSet with same name. 4 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p8, p9, p10},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods are: part of DaemonSet, with local storage, mirror pod annotation, critical pod annotation - none should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p4, p5, p6, p7},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Test all Pods: 4 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods with the same owner but different images should not be evicted",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p11, p12},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods with multiple containers should not match themselves",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p13},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods with matching ownerrefs and at not all matching image should not trigger an eviction",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p11, p13},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available has a taint, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node3},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{NodeFit: true}},
+			nodefit:                 true,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet, all with a nodeSelector. Only node available has an incorrect node label, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p15, p16, p17},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node4},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{NodeFit: true}},
+			nodefit:                 true,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available is not schedulable, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node5},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{NodeFit: true}},
+			nodefit:                 true,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available does not have enough CPU, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p19},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node6},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{NodeFit: true}},
+			nodefit:                 true,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available has enough CPU, and nodeFit set to true. 1 should be evicted.",
 			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p20},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node6},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{NodeFit: true}},
+			nodefit:                 true,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -327,25 +322,37 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
-			nodeFit := false
-			if testCase.strategy.Params != nil {
-				nodeFit = testCase.strategy.Params.NodeFit
+			nodeFit := testCase.nodefit
+
+			handle := &frameworkfake.HandleImpl{
+				ClientsetImpl:                 fakeClient,
+				GetPodsAssignedToNodeFuncImpl: getPodsAssignedToNode,
+				PodEvictorImpl:                podEvictor,
+				EvictorFilterImpl: evictions.NewEvictorFilter(
+					testCase.nodes,
+					getPodsAssignedToNode,
+					false,
+					false,
+					false,
+					false,
+					evictions.WithNodeFit(nodeFit),
+				),
+				SharedInformerFactoryImpl: sharedInformerFactory,
 			}
 
-			evictorFilter := evictions.NewEvictorFilter(
-				testCase.nodes,
-				getPodsAssignedToNode,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				evictions.WithNodeFit(nodeFit),
+			plugin, err := New(&componentconfig.RemoveDuplicatesArgs{
+				ExcludeOwnerKinds: testCase.excludeOwnerKinds,
+			},
+				handle,
 			)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize the plugin: %v", err)
+			}
 
-			RemoveDuplicatePods(ctx, fakeClient, testCase.strategy, testCase.nodes, podEvictor, evictorFilter, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-			podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if podsEvicted != testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Test error for description: %s. Expected evicted pods count %v, got %v", testCase.description, testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount, podsEvicted)
+			plugin.(framework.BalancePlugin).Balance(ctx, testCase.nodes)
+			actualEvictedPodCount := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
+			if actualEvictedPodCount != testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount {
+				t.Errorf("Test %#v failed, Unexpected no of pods evicted: pods evicted: %d, expected: %d", testCase.description, actualEvictedPodCount, testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -481,7 +488,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 		pods                    []*v1.Pod
 		nodes                   []*v1.Node
 		expectedEvictedPodCount uint
-		strategy                api.DeschedulerStrategy
 	}{
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods uniformly",
@@ -503,7 +509,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods uniformly with one node left out",
@@ -524,7 +529,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods uniformly with two replica sets",
@@ -546,7 +550,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods uniformly with two owner references",
@@ -578,7 +581,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods with number of pods less than nodes",
@@ -593,7 +595,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods with number of pods less than nodes, but ignore different pods with the same ownerref",
@@ -612,7 +613,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods with a single pod with three nodes",
@@ -626,7 +626,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods uniformly respecting taints",
@@ -651,7 +650,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("master2", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleTaint),
 				test.BuildTestNode("master3", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleTaint),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods uniformly respecting RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution node affinity",
@@ -676,7 +674,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("master2", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleLabel),
 				test.BuildTestNode("master3", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleLabel),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods uniformly respecting node selector",
@@ -701,7 +698,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("master2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("master3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Evict pods uniformly respecting node selector with zero target nodes",
@@ -726,7 +722,6 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestNode("master2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 				test.BuildTestNode("master3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
 			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -768,19 +763,32 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
-			evictorFilter := evictions.NewEvictorFilter(
-				testCase.nodes,
-				getPodsAssignedToNode,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
+			handle := &frameworkfake.HandleImpl{
+				ClientsetImpl:                 fakeClient,
+				GetPodsAssignedToNodeFuncImpl: getPodsAssignedToNode,
+				PodEvictorImpl:                podEvictor,
+				EvictorFilterImpl: evictions.NewEvictorFilter(
+					testCase.nodes,
+					getPodsAssignedToNode,
+					false,
+					false,
+					false,
+					false,
+				),
+				SharedInformerFactoryImpl: sharedInformerFactory,
+			}
 
-			RemoveDuplicatePods(ctx, fakeClient, testCase.strategy, testCase.nodes, podEvictor, evictorFilter, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-			podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if podsEvicted != testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Test error for description: %s. Expected evicted pods count %v, got %v", testCase.description, testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount, podsEvicted)
+			plugin, err := New(&componentconfig.RemoveDuplicatesArgs{},
+				handle,
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize the plugin: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			plugin.(framework.BalancePlugin).Balance(ctx, testCase.nodes)
+			actualEvictedPodCount := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
+			if actualEvictedPodCount != testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount {
+				t.Errorf("Test %#v failed, Unexpected no of pods evicted: pods evicted: %d, expected: %d", testCase.description, actualEvictedPodCount, testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount)
 			}
 		})
 	}