Merge pull request #888 from knelasevero/fix-memory-leak-shutdown-broadcaster

fix: events memory leak. Using new events implementation and take recorder out of EvictPod

cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package options
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	apiserveroptions "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options"
@@ -27,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1"
 	deschedulerscheme "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/scheme"
-	"time"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ type DeschedulerServer struct {
 	componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration
 
 	Client         clientset.Interface
+	EventClient    clientset.Interface
 	SecureServing  *apiserveroptions.SecureServingOptionsWithLoopback
 	DisableMetrics bool
 }

kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
   name: descheduler-cluster-role
 rules:
-- apiGroups: [""]
+- apiGroups: ["events.k8s.io"]
   resources: ["events"]
   verbs: ["create", "update"]
 - apiGroups: [""]

pkg/descheduler/client/client.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 )
 
-func CreateClient(kubeconfig string) (clientset.Interface, error) {
+func CreateClient(kubeconfig string, userAgt string) (clientset.Interface, error) {
 	var cfg *rest.Config
 	if len(kubeconfig) != 0 {
 		master, err := GetMasterFromKubeconfig(kubeconfig)
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ func CreateClient(kubeconfig string) (clientset.Interface, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return clientset.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	if len(userAgt) != 0 {
+		return clientset.NewForConfig(rest.AddUserAgent(cfg, userAgt))
+	} else {
+		return clientset.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	}
 }
 
 func GetMasterFromKubeconfig(filename string) (string, error) {

pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go

@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ import (
 func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
 	metrics.Register()
 
-	rsclient, err := client.CreateClient(rs.KubeconfigFile)
+	rsclient, eventClient, err := createClients(rs.KubeconfigFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	rs.Client = rsclient
+	rs.EventClient = eventClient
 
 	deschedulerPolicy, err := LoadPolicyConfig(rs.PolicyConfigFile)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -287,6 +288,16 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 		ignorePvcPods = *deschedulerPolicy.IgnorePVCPods
 	}
 
+	var eventClient clientset.Interface
+	if rs.DryRun {
+		eventClient = fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset()
+	} else {
+		eventClient = rs.Client
+	}
+
+	eventBroadcaster, eventRecorder := utils.GetRecorderAndBroadcaster(ctx, eventClient)
+	defer eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()
+
 	wait.NonSlidingUntil(func() {
 		nodes, err := nodeutil.ReadyNodes(ctx, rs.Client, nodeInformer, nodeSelector)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -340,6 +351,7 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 			deschedulerPolicy.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
 			nodes,
 			!rs.DisableMetrics,
+			eventRecorder,
 		)
 
 		for name, strategy := range deschedulerPolicy.Strategies {
@@ -413,3 +425,17 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func createClients(kubeconfig string) (clientset.Interface, clientset.Interface, error) {
+	kClient, err := client.CreateClient(kubeconfig, "descheduler")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	eventClient, err := client.CreateClient(kubeconfig, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return kClient, eventClient, nil
+}

pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func TestTaintsUpdated(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	client := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset(n1, n2, p1)
+	eventClient := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset(n1, n2, p1)
 	dp := &api.DeschedulerPolicy{
 		Strategies: api.StrategyList{
 			"RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints": api.DeschedulerStrategy{
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ func TestTaintsUpdated(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize server: %v", err)
 	}
 	rs.Client = client
+	rs.EventClient = eventClient
 	rs.DeschedulingInterval = 100 * time.Millisecond
 	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
 	defer close(errChan)
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ func TestRootCancel(t *testing.T) {
 	n1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
 	n2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
 	client := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset(n1, n2)
+	eventClient := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset(n1, n2)
 	dp := &api.DeschedulerPolicy{
 		Strategies: api.StrategyList{}, // no strategies needed for this test
 	}
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ func TestRootCancel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize server: %v", err)
 	}
 	rs.Client = client
+	rs.EventClient = eventClient
 	rs.DeschedulingInterval = 100 * time.Millisecond
 	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
 	defer close(errChan)
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ func TestRootCancelWithNoInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	n1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
 	n2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
 	client := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset(n1, n2)
+	eventClient := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset(n1, n2)
 	dp := &api.DeschedulerPolicy{
 		Strategies: api.StrategyList{}, // no strategies needed for this test
 	}
@@ -146,6 +151,7 @@ func TestRootCancelWithNoInterval(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize server: %v", err)
 	}
 	rs.Client = client
+	rs.EventClient = eventClient
 	rs.DeschedulingInterval = 0
 	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
 	defer close(errChan)

pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go

@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-	clientcorev1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/metrics"
 	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
@@ -57,6 +55,7 @@ type PodEvictor struct {
 	nodepodCount               nodePodEvictedCount
 	namespacePodCount          namespacePodEvictCount
 	metricsEnabled             bool
+	eventRecorder              events.EventRecorder
 }
 
 func NewPodEvictor(
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ func NewPodEvictor(
 	maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint,
 	nodes []*v1.Node,
 	metricsEnabled bool,
+	eventRecorder events.EventRecorder,
 ) *PodEvictor {
 	var nodePodCount = make(nodePodEvictedCount)
 	var namespacePodCount = make(namespacePodEvictCount)
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ func NewPodEvictor(
 		nodepodCount:               nodePodCount,
 		namespacePodCount:          namespacePodCount,
 		metricsEnabled:             metricsEnabled,
+		eventRecorder:              eventRecorder,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -166,11 +167,14 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, opts EvictOptio
 		klog.V(1).InfoS("Evicted pod in dry run mode", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "reason", opts.Reason, "strategy", strategy, "node", pod.Spec.NodeName)
 	} else {
 		klog.V(1).InfoS("Evicted pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "reason", opts.Reason, "strategy", strategy, "node", pod.Spec.NodeName)
-		eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-		eventBroadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(3)
-		eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&clientcorev1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: pe.client.CoreV1().Events(pod.Namespace)})
-		r := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "sigs.k8s.io.descheduler"})
-		r.Event(pod, v1.EventTypeNormal, "Descheduled", fmt.Sprintf("pod evicted by sigs.k8s.io/descheduler%s", opts.Reason))
+		reason := opts.Reason
+		if len(reason) == 0 {
+			reason = strategy
+			if len(reason) == 0 {
+				reason = "NotSet"
+			}
+		}
+		pe.eventRecorder.Eventf(pod, nil, v1.EventTypeNormal, reason, "Descheduled", "pod evicted by sigs.k8s.io/descheduler")
 	}
 	return true
 }

pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates_test.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ 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"
@@ -313,6 +314,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				"v1",
@@ -321,6 +324,7 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				testCase.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			nodeFit := false
@@ -751,6 +755,8 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -759,6 +765,7 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				testCase.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			evictorFilter := evictions.NewEvictorFilter(

pkg/descheduler/strategies/failedpods_test.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ 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"
@@ -268,6 +269,8 @@ func TestRemoveFailedPods(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -276,6 +279,7 @@ func TestRemoveFailedPods(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				tc.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			evictorFilter := evictions.NewEvictorFilter(

pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity_test.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ 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"
@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@ func TestRemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -223,6 +226,7 @@ func TestRemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 				tc.maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
 				tc.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			nodeFit := false

pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization_test.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
@@ -500,6 +501,8 @@ func TestHighNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 			//	return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("Wrong node: %v", getAction.GetName())
 			//})
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				"v1",
@@ -508,6 +511,7 @@ func TestHighNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				testCase.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
@@ -712,6 +716,8 @@ func TestHighNodeUtilizationWithTaints(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				"policy/v1",
@@ -720,6 +726,7 @@ func TestHighNodeUtilizationWithTaints(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				item.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			evictorFilter := evictions.NewEvictorFilter(

pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization_test.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
@@ -765,6 +766,8 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -773,6 +776,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				test.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
@@ -1086,6 +1090,8 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilizationWithTaints(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -1094,6 +1100,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilizationWithTaints(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				item.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			evictorFilter := evictions.NewEvictorFilter(

pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity_test.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ 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"
@@ -211,6 +212,8 @@ func TestPodAntiAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@ func TestPodAntiAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 				test.maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
 				test.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 			strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
 				Params: &api.StrategyParameters{

pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_lifetime_test.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ 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"
@@ -389,6 +390,8 @@ func TestPodLifeTime(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -397,6 +400,7 @@ func TestPodLifeTime(t *testing.T) {
 				tc.maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
 				tc.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			evictorFilter := evictions.NewEvictorFilter(

pkg/descheduler/strategies/toomanyrestarts_test.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ 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"
@@ -243,6 +244,8 @@ func TestRemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -251,6 +254,7 @@ func TestRemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts(t *testing.T) {
 				tc.maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
 				tc.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			evictorFilter := evictions.NewEvictorFilter(

pkg/descheduler/strategies/topologyspreadconstraint_test.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
@@ -1215,6 +1216,8 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 				return false, nil, nil // fallback to the default reactor
 			})
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				"v1",
@@ -1223,6 +1226,7 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				tc.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			nodeFit := false

pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatingnodetaints/node_taint_test.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ 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/apis/componentconfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
@@ -349,6 +350,8 @@ func TestDeletePodsViolatingNodeTaints(t *testing.T) {
 			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				fakeClient,
 				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
@@ -357,6 +360,7 @@ func TestDeletePodsViolatingNodeTaints(t *testing.T) {
 				tc.maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
 				tc.nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			handle := &frameworkfake.HandleImpl{

pkg/utils/events.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
+)
+
+func GetRecorderAndBroadcaster(ctx context.Context, clientset clientset.Interface) (events.EventBroadcasterAdapter, events.EventRecorder) {
+	eventBroadcaster := events.NewEventBroadcasterAdapter(clientset)
+	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(ctx.Done())
+	eventRecorder := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder("sigs.k8s.io.descheduler")
+	return eventBroadcaster, eventRecorder
+}

test/e2e/e2e_duplicatepods_test.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 	deschedulerapi "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil || len(evictionPolicyGroupVersion) == 0 {
 				t.Fatalf("Error creating eviction policy group %v", err)
 			}
+
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				clientSet,
 				evictionPolicyGroupVersion,
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ func TestRemoveDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			t.Log("Running DeschedulerStrategy strategy")

test/e2e/e2e_test.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	coreinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 	v1qos "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/qos"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ func RcByNameContainer(name, namespace string, replicas int32, labels map[string
 }
 
 func initializeClient(t *testing.T) (clientset.Interface, coreinformers.NodeInformer, podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc, chan struct{}) {
-	clientSet, err := client.CreateClient(os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG"))
+	clientSet, err := client.CreateClient(os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG"), "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Error during client creation with %v", err)
 	}
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ func runPodLifetimeStrategy(
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to get threshold priority from strategy's params")
 	}
 
+	eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 	strategies.PodLifeTime(
 		ctx,
 		clientset,
@@ -206,6 +209,7 @@ func runPodLifetimeStrategy(
 			maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
 			nodes,
 			false,
+			eventRecorder,
 		),
 		evictions.NewEvictorFilter(
 			nodes,
@@ -1035,7 +1039,7 @@ func TestPodLifeTimeOldestEvicted(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDeschedulingInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	clientSet, err := client.CreateClient(os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG"))
+	clientSet, err := client.CreateClient(os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG"), "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Error during client creation with %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1424,6 +1428,9 @@ func initPodEvictorOrFail(t *testing.T, clientSet clientset.Interface, getPodsAs
 	if err != nil || len(evictionPolicyGroupVersion) == 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("Error creating eviction policy group: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 	return evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 		clientSet,
 		evictionPolicyGroupVersion,
@@ -1432,5 +1439,6 @@ func initPodEvictorOrFail(t *testing.T, clientSet clientset.Interface, getPodsAs
 		nil,
 		nodes,
 		false,
+		eventRecorder,
 	)
 }

test/e2e/e2e_toomanyrestarts_test.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 	deschedulerapi "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ func TestTooManyRestarts(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil || len(evictionPolicyGroupVersion) == 0 {
 				t.Fatalf("Error creating eviction policy group: %v", err)
 			}
+
+			eventRecorder := &events.FakeRecorder{}
+
 			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
 				clientSet,
 				evictionPolicyGroupVersion,
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ func TestTooManyRestarts(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				nodes,
 				false,
+				eventRecorder,
 			)
 
 			// Run RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts strategy