topologyspreadconstraint: refactor to match scheduler's struct and initialization

Signed-off-by: Amir Alavi <amiralavi7@gmail.com>
2026-01-26 21:31:18 +01:00 · 2023-09-04 14:40:14 -04:00
parent 704a82bcf4
commit bf2bd73f64
6 changed files with 293 additions and 158 deletions
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatingtopologyspreadconstraint/topologyspreadconstraint.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatingtopologyspreadconstraint/topologyspreadconstraint.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"

 	v1helper "k8s.io/component-helpers/scheduling/corev1"
-	nodeaffinity "k8s.io/component-helpers/scheduling/corev1/nodeaffinity"
+	"k8s.io/component-helpers/scheduling/corev1/nodeaffinity"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ type topology struct {
 	pods []*v1.Pod
 }

+// topologySpreadConstraint is an internal version for v1.TopologySpreadConstraint
+// and where the selector is parsed.
+// This mirrors scheduler: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.28/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/common.go#L37
+type topologySpreadConstraint struct {
+	maxSkew            int32
+	topologyKey        string
+	selector           labels.Selector
+	nodeAffinityPolicy v1.NodeInclusionPolicy
+	nodeTaintsPolicy   v1.NodeInclusionPolicy
+	podNodeAffinity    nodeaffinity.RequiredNodeAffinity
+	podTolerations     []v1.Toleration
+}
+
 // RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint evicts pods which violate their topology spread constraints
 type RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint struct {
 	handle    frameworktypes.Handle
@@ -81,12 +94,6 @@ func New(args runtime.Object, handle frameworktypes.Handle) (frameworktypes.Plug
 	}, nil
 }

-type topologyConstraintSet struct {
-	constraint      v1.TopologySpreadConstraint
-	podNodeAffinity nodeaffinity.RequiredNodeAffinity
-	podTolerations  []v1.Toleration
-}
-
 // Name retrieves the plugin name
 func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) Name() string {
 	return PluginName
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@ func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) Balance(ctx context.Contex
 		}

 		// ...where there is a topology constraint
-		namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints := []topologyConstraintSet{}
+		var namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints []topologySpreadConstraint
 		for _, pod := range namespacedPods[namespace] {
 			for _, constraint := range pod.Spec.TopologySpreadConstraints {
 				// Ignore topology constraints if they are not included
@@ -148,10 +155,14 @@ func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) Balance(ctx context.Contex
 					continue
 				}

-				namespaceTopologySpreadConstraint := newTopologyConstraintSet(constraint, pod)
+				namespaceTopologySpreadConstraint, err := newTopologySpreadConstraint(constraint, pod)
+				if err != nil {
+					klog.ErrorS(err, "cannot process topology spread constraint")
+					continue
+				}

-				// Need to check v1.TopologySpreadConstraint deepEquality because
-				// v1.TopologySpreadConstraint has pointer fields
+				// Need to check TopologySpreadConstraint deepEquality because
+				// TopologySpreadConstraint can haves pointer fields
 				// and we don't need to go over duplicated constraints later on
 				if hasIdenticalConstraints(namespaceTopologySpreadConstraint, namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints) {
 					continue
@@ -164,27 +175,18 @@ func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) Balance(ctx context.Contex
 		}

 		// 2. for each topologySpreadConstraint in that namespace
-		for _, constraintSet := range namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints {
-			constraint := constraintSet.constraint
-			nodeAffinity := constraintSet.podNodeAffinity
-			tolerations := constraintSet.podTolerations
+		for _, tsc := range namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints {
 			constraintTopologies := make(map[topologyPair][]*v1.Pod)
 			// pre-populate the topologyPair map with all the topologies available from the nodeMap
 			// (we can't just build it from existing pods' nodes because a topology may have 0 pods)
 			for _, node := range nodeMap {
-				if val, ok := node.Labels[constraint.TopologyKey]; ok {
-					if matchNodeInclusionPolicies(&constraint, tolerations, node, nodeAffinity) {
-						constraintTopologies[topologyPair{key: constraint.TopologyKey, value: val}] = make([]*v1.Pod, 0)
+				if val, ok := node.Labels[tsc.topologyKey]; ok {
+					if matchNodeInclusionPolicies(tsc, node) {
+						constraintTopologies[topologyPair{key: tsc.topologyKey, value: val}] = make([]*v1.Pod, 0)
 					}
 				}
 			}

-			selector, err := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(constraint.LabelSelector)
-			if err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "Couldn't parse label selector as selector", "selector", constraint.LabelSelector)
-				continue
-			}
-
 			// 3. for each evictable pod in that namespace
 			// (this loop is where we count the number of pods per topologyValue that match this constraint's selector)
 			var sumPods float64
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) Balance(ctx context.Contex
 					continue
 				}
 				// 4. if the pod matches this TopologySpreadConstraint LabelSelector
-				if !selector.Matches(labels.Set(pod.Labels)) {
+				if !tsc.selector.Matches(labels.Set(pod.Labels)) {
 					continue
 				}

@@ -204,21 +206,21 @@ func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) Balance(ctx context.Contex
 					// If ok is false, node is nil in which case node.Labels will panic. In which case a pod is yet to be scheduled. So it's safe to just continue here.
 					continue
 				}
-				nodeValue, ok := node.Labels[constraint.TopologyKey]
+				nodeValue, ok := node.Labels[tsc.topologyKey]
 				if !ok {
 					continue
 				}
 				// 6. create a topoPair with key as this TopologySpreadConstraint
-				topoPair := topologyPair{key: constraint.TopologyKey, value: nodeValue}
+				topoPair := topologyPair{key: tsc.topologyKey, value: nodeValue}
 				// 7. add the pod with key as this topoPair
 				constraintTopologies[topoPair] = append(constraintTopologies[topoPair], pod)
 				sumPods++
 			}
-			if topologyIsBalanced(constraintTopologies, constraint) {
-				klog.V(2).InfoS("Skipping topology constraint because it is already balanced", "constraint", constraint)
+			if topologyIsBalanced(constraintTopologies, tsc) {
+				klog.V(2).InfoS("Skipping topology constraint because it is already balanced", "constraint", tsc)
 				continue
 			}
-			d.balanceDomains(podsForEviction, constraintSet, constraintTopologies, sumPods, nodes)
+			d.balanceDomains(podsForEviction, tsc, constraintTopologies, sumPods, nodes)
 		}
 	}

@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) Balance(ctx context.Contex
 }

 // hasIdenticalConstraints checks if we already had an identical TopologySpreadConstraint in namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints slice
-func hasIdenticalConstraints(newConstraint topologyConstraintSet, namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints []topologyConstraintSet) bool {
+func hasIdenticalConstraints(newConstraint topologySpreadConstraint, namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints []topologySpreadConstraint) bool {
 	for _, constraint := range namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints {
 		if reflect.DeepEqual(newConstraint, constraint) {
 			return true
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ func hasIdenticalConstraints(newConstraint topologyConstraintSet, namespaceTopol

 // topologyIsBalanced checks if any domains in the topology differ by more than the MaxSkew
 // this is called before any sorting or other calculations and is used to skip topologies that don't need to be balanced
-func topologyIsBalanced(topology map[topologyPair][]*v1.Pod, constraint v1.TopologySpreadConstraint) bool {
+func topologyIsBalanced(topology map[topologyPair][]*v1.Pod, tsc topologySpreadConstraint) bool {
 	minDomainSize := math.MaxInt32
 	maxDomainSize := math.MinInt32
 	for _, pods := range topology {
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ func topologyIsBalanced(topology map[topologyPair][]*v1.Pod, constraint v1.Topol
 		if len(pods) > maxDomainSize {
 			maxDomainSize = len(pods)
 		}
-		if int32(maxDomainSize-minDomainSize) > constraint.MaxSkew {
+		if int32(maxDomainSize-minDomainSize) > tsc.maxSkew {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
@@ -293,20 +295,19 @@ func topologyIsBalanced(topology map[topologyPair][]*v1.Pod, constraint v1.Topol
 // (assuming even distribution by the scheduler of the evicted pods)
 func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) balanceDomains(
 	podsForEviction map[*v1.Pod]struct{},
-	constraintSet topologyConstraintSet,
+	tsc topologySpreadConstraint,
 	constraintTopologies map[topologyPair][]*v1.Pod,
 	sumPods float64,
 	nodes []*v1.Node,
 ) {
-	constraint := constraintSet.constraint
 	idealAvg := sumPods / float64(len(constraintTopologies))
 	isEvictable := d.handle.Evictor().Filter
 	sortedDomains := sortDomains(constraintTopologies, isEvictable)
 	getPodsAssignedToNode := d.handle.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc()
 	topologyBalanceNodeFit := utilpointer.BoolDeref(d.args.TopologyBalanceNodeFit, true)

-	eligibleNodes := filterEligibleNodes(nodes, constraintSet)
-	nodesBelowIdealAvg := filterNodesBelowIdealAvg(eligibleNodes, sortedDomains, constraint.TopologyKey, idealAvg)
+	eligibleNodes := filterEligibleNodes(nodes, tsc)
+	nodesBelowIdealAvg := filterNodesBelowIdealAvg(eligibleNodes, sortedDomains, tsc.topologyKey, idealAvg)

 	// i is the index for belowOrEqualAvg
 	// j is the index for aboveAvg
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) balanceDomains(
 		skew := float64(len(sortedDomains[j].pods) - len(sortedDomains[i].pods))

 		// if k and j are within the maxSkew of each other, move to next belowOrEqualAvg
-		if int32(skew) <= constraint.MaxSkew {
+		if int32(skew) <= tsc.maxSkew {
 			i++
 			continue
 		}
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ func (d *RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint) balanceDomains(
 		aboveAvg := math.Ceil(float64(len(sortedDomains[j].pods)) - idealAvg)
 		belowAvg := math.Ceil(idealAvg - float64(len(sortedDomains[i].pods)))
 		smallestDiff := math.Min(aboveAvg, belowAvg)
-		halfSkew := math.Ceil((skew - float64(constraint.MaxSkew)) / 2)
+		halfSkew := math.Ceil((skew - float64(tsc.maxSkew)) / 2)
 		movePods := int(math.Min(smallestDiff, halfSkew))
 		if movePods <= 0 {
 			i++
@@ -463,52 +464,82 @@ func doNotScheduleTaintsFilterFunc() func(t *v1.Taint) bool {
 	}
 }

-func filterEligibleNodes(nodes []*v1.Node, constraintSet topologyConstraintSet) []*v1.Node {
-	constraint := constraintSet.constraint
-	nodeAffinity := constraintSet.podNodeAffinity
-	tolerations := constraintSet.podTolerations
+func filterEligibleNodes(nodes []*v1.Node, tsc topologySpreadConstraint) []*v1.Node {
 	var eligibleNodes []*v1.Node
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		if matchNodeInclusionPolicies(&constraint, tolerations, node, nodeAffinity) {
+		if matchNodeInclusionPolicies(tsc, node) {
 			eligibleNodes = append(eligibleNodes, node)
 		}
 	}
 	return eligibleNodes
 }

-func matchNodeInclusionPolicies(tsc *v1.TopologySpreadConstraint, tolerations []v1.Toleration, node *v1.Node, require nodeaffinity.RequiredNodeAffinity) bool {
-	// Nil is equivalent to honor
-	if tsc.NodeAffinityPolicy == nil || *tsc.NodeAffinityPolicy == v1.NodeInclusionPolicyHonor {
+func matchNodeInclusionPolicies(tsc topologySpreadConstraint, node *v1.Node) bool {
+	if tsc.nodeAffinityPolicy == v1.NodeInclusionPolicyHonor {
 		// We ignore parsing errors here for backwards compatibility.
-		if match, _ := require.Match(node); !match {
+		if match, _ := tsc.podNodeAffinity.Match(node); !match {
 			return false
 		}
 	}

-	// Nil is equivalent to ignore
-	if tsc.NodeTaintsPolicy != nil && *tsc.NodeTaintsPolicy == v1.NodeInclusionPolicyHonor {
-		if _, untolerated := v1helper.FindMatchingUntoleratedTaint(node.Spec.Taints, tolerations, doNotScheduleTaintsFilterFunc()); untolerated {
+	if tsc.nodeTaintsPolicy == v1.NodeInclusionPolicyHonor {
+		if _, untolerated := v1helper.FindMatchingUntoleratedTaint(node.Spec.Taints, tsc.podTolerations, doNotScheduleTaintsFilterFunc()); untolerated {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 	return true
 }

-func newTopologyConstraintSet(constraint v1.TopologySpreadConstraint, pod *v1.Pod) topologyConstraintSet {
-	if pod.Labels != nil && len(constraint.MatchLabelKeys) > 0 {
-		if constraint.LabelSelector == nil {
-			constraint.LabelSelector = &metav1.LabelSelector{}
-		}
+// inspired by Scheduler: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.28/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/common.go#L90
+func newTopologySpreadConstraint(constraint v1.TopologySpreadConstraint, pod *v1.Pod) (topologySpreadConstraint, error) {
+	selector, err := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(constraint.LabelSelector)
+	if err != nil {
+		return topologySpreadConstraint{}, err
+	}

+	if len(constraint.MatchLabelKeys) > 0 && pod.Labels != nil {
+		matchLabels := make(labels.Set)
 		for _, labelKey := range constraint.MatchLabelKeys {
-			metav1.AddLabelToSelector(constraint.LabelSelector, labelKey, pod.Labels[labelKey])
+			if value, ok := pod.Labels[labelKey]; ok {
+				matchLabels[labelKey] = value
+			}
+		}
+		if len(matchLabels) > 0 {
+			selector = mergeLabelSetWithSelector(matchLabels, selector)
 		}
 	}

-	requiredSchedulingTerm := nodeaffinity.GetRequiredNodeAffinity(pod)
-	return topologyConstraintSet{
-		constraint:      constraint,
-		podNodeAffinity: requiredSchedulingTerm,
-		podTolerations:  pod.Spec.Tolerations,
+	tsc := topologySpreadConstraint{
+		maxSkew:            constraint.MaxSkew,
+		topologyKey:        constraint.TopologyKey,
+		selector:           selector,
+		nodeAffinityPolicy: v1.NodeInclusionPolicyHonor,  // If NodeAffinityPolicy is nil, we treat NodeAffinityPolicy as "Honor".
+		nodeTaintsPolicy:   v1.NodeInclusionPolicyIgnore, // If NodeTaintsPolicy is nil, we treat NodeTaintsPolicy as "Ignore".
+		podNodeAffinity:    nodeaffinity.GetRequiredNodeAffinity(pod),
+		podTolerations:     pod.Spec.Tolerations,
 	}
+	if constraint.NodeAffinityPolicy != nil {
+		tsc.nodeAffinityPolicy = *constraint.NodeAffinityPolicy
+	}
+	if constraint.NodeTaintsPolicy != nil {
+		tsc.nodeTaintsPolicy = *constraint.NodeTaintsPolicy
+	}
+
+	return tsc, nil
+}
+
+// Scheduler: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.28/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/common.go#L136
+func mergeLabelSetWithSelector(matchLabels labels.Set, s labels.Selector) labels.Selector {
+	mergedSelector := labels.SelectorFromSet(matchLabels)
+
+	requirements, ok := s.Requirements()
+	if !ok {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	for _, r := range requirements {
+		mergedSelector = mergedSelector.Add(r)
+	}
+
+	return mergedSelector
 }
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatingtopologyspreadconstraint/topologyspreadconstraint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatingtopologyspreadconstraint/topologyspreadconstraint_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
-	"k8s.io/component-helpers/scheduling/corev1/nodeaffinity"
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"

 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
@@ -1606,30 +1605,29 @@ func getDefaultTopologyConstraintsWithPodTemplateHashMatch(maxSkew int32) []v1.T
 }

 func TestCheckIdenticalConstraints(t *testing.T) {
-	newConstraintSame := v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{
-		MaxSkew:           2,
-		TopologyKey:       "zone",
-		WhenUnsatisfiable: v1.DoNotSchedule,
-		LabelSelector:     &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}},
+	selector, _ := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(&metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}})
+
+	newConstraintSame := topologySpreadConstraint{
+		maxSkew:     2,
+		topologyKey: "zone",
+		selector:    selector.DeepCopySelector(),
 	}
-	newConstraintDifferent := v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{
-		MaxSkew:           3,
-		TopologyKey:       "node",
-		WhenUnsatisfiable: v1.DoNotSchedule,
-		LabelSelector:     &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}},
+	newConstraintDifferent := topologySpreadConstraint{
+		maxSkew:     3,
+		topologyKey: "node",
+		selector:    selector.DeepCopySelector(),
 	}
-	namespaceTopologySpreadConstraint := []v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{
+	namespaceTopologySpreadConstraint := []topologySpreadConstraint{
 		{
-			MaxSkew:           2,
-			TopologyKey:       "zone",
-			WhenUnsatisfiable: v1.DoNotSchedule,
-			LabelSelector:     &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}},
+			maxSkew:     2,
+			topologyKey: "zone",
+			selector:    selector.DeepCopySelector(),
 		},
 	}
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name                               string
-		namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints []v1.TopologySpreadConstraint
-		newConstraint                      v1.TopologySpreadConstraint
+		namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints []topologySpreadConstraint
+		newConstraint                      topologySpreadConstraint
 		expectedResult                     bool
 	}{
 		{
@@ -1647,19 +1645,7 @@ func TestCheckIdenticalConstraints(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var constraintSets []topologyConstraintSet
-			for _, constraints := range tc.namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints {
-				constraintSets = append(constraintSets, topologyConstraintSet{
-					constraint:      constraints,
-					podNodeAffinity: nodeaffinity.RequiredNodeAffinity{},
-					podTolerations:  []v1.Toleration{},
-				})
-			}
-			isIdentical := hasIdenticalConstraints(topologyConstraintSet{
-				constraint:      tc.newConstraint,
-				podNodeAffinity: nodeaffinity.RequiredNodeAffinity{},
-				podTolerations:  []v1.Toleration{},
-			}, constraintSets)
+			isIdentical := hasIdenticalConstraints(tc.newConstraint, tc.namespaceTopologySpreadConstraints)
 			if isIdentical != tc.expectedResult {
 				t.Errorf("Test error for description: %s. Expected result %v, got %v", tc.name, tc.expectedResult, isIdentical)
 			}
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_failedpods_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_failedpods_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/defaultevictor"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/removefailedpods"
 	frameworktypes "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/types"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
 )

 var oneHourPodLifetimeSeconds uint = 3600
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func TestFailedPods(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func initFailedJob(name, namespace string) *batchv1.Job {
-	podSpec := MakePodSpec("", nil)
+	podSpec := test.MakePodSpec("", nil)
 	podSpec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"/bin/false"}
 	podSpec.RestartPolicy = v1.RestartPolicyNever
 	labelsSet := labels.Set{"test": name, "name": name}
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -55,47 +55,9 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/podlifetime"
 	frameworktypes "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/types"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
 )

-func MakePodSpec(priorityClassName string, gracePeriod *int64) v1.PodSpec {
-	return v1.PodSpec{
-		SecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
-			RunAsNonRoot: utilpointer.Bool(true),
-			RunAsUser:    utilpointer.Int64(1000),
-			RunAsGroup:   utilpointer.Int64(1000),
-			SeccompProfile: &v1.SeccompProfile{
-				Type: v1.SeccompProfileTypeRuntimeDefault,
-			},
-		},
-		Containers: []v1.Container{{
-			Name:            "pause",
-			ImagePullPolicy: "Never",
-			Image:           "registry.k8s.io/pause",
-			Ports:           []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}},
-			Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
-				Limits: v1.ResourceList{
-					v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
-					v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("200Mi"),
-				},
-				Requests: v1.ResourceList{
-					v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
-					v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("100Mi"),
-				},
-			},
-			SecurityContext: &v1.SecurityContext{
-				AllowPrivilegeEscalation: utilpointer.Bool(false),
-				Capabilities: &v1.Capabilities{
-					Drop: []v1.Capability{
-						"ALL",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		}},
-		PriorityClassName:             priorityClassName,
-		TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: gracePeriod,
-	}
-}
-
 // RcByNameContainer returns a ReplicationController with specified name and container
 func RcByNameContainer(name, namespace string, replicas int32, labels map[string]string, gracePeriod *int64, priorityClassName string) *v1.ReplicationController {
 	// Add "name": name to the labels, overwriting if it exists.
@@ -121,7 +83,7 @@ func RcByNameContainer(name, namespace string, replicas int32, labels map[string
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Labels: labels,
 				},
-				Spec: MakePodSpec(priorityClassName, gracePeriod),
+				Spec: test.MakePodSpec(priorityClassName, gracePeriod),
 			},
 		},
 	}
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_topologyspreadconstraint_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_topologyspreadconstraint_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/defaultevictor"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatingtopologyspreadconstraint"
 	frameworktypes "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/types"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
 )

 const zoneTopologyKey string = "topology.kubernetes.io/zone"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 		replicaCount             int
 		topologySpreadConstraint v1.TopologySpreadConstraint
 	}{
-		"test-rc-topology-spread-hard-constraint": {
+		"test-topology-spread-hard-constraint": {
 			expectedEvictedCount: 1,
 			replicaCount:         4,
 			topologySpreadConstraint: v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 				WhenUnsatisfiable: v1.DoNotSchedule,
 			},
 		},
-		"test-rc-topology-spread-soft-constraint": {
+		"test-topology-spread-soft-constraint": {
 			expectedEvictedCount: 1,
 			replicaCount:         4,
 			topologySpreadConstraint: v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 				WhenUnsatisfiable: v1.ScheduleAnyway,
 			},
 		},
-		"test-rc-node-taints-policy-honor": {
+		"test-node-taints-policy-honor": {
 			expectedEvictedCount: 1,
 			replicaCount:         4,
 			topologySpreadConstraint: v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 				WhenUnsatisfiable: v1.DoNotSchedule,
 			},
 		},
-		"test-rc-node-affinity-policy-ignore": {
+		"test-node-affinity-policy-ignore": {
 			expectedEvictedCount: 1,
 			replicaCount:         4,
 			topologySpreadConstraint: v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 				WhenUnsatisfiable:  v1.DoNotSchedule,
 			},
 		},
-		"test-rc-match-label-keys": {
+		"test-match-label-keys": {
 			expectedEvictedCount: 0,
 			replicaCount:         4,
 			topologySpreadConstraint: v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{
@@ -115,26 +116,27 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Logf("Creating RC %s with %d replicas", name, tc.replicaCount)
-			rc := RcByNameContainer(name, testNamespace.Name, int32(tc.replicaCount), tc.topologySpreadConstraint.LabelSelector.DeepCopy().MatchLabels, nil, "")
-			rc.Spec.Template.Spec.TopologySpreadConstraints = []v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{tc.topologySpreadConstraint}
-			if _, err := clientSet.CoreV1().ReplicationControllers(rc.Namespace).Create(ctx, rc, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("Error creating RC %s %v", name, err)
+			t.Logf("Creating Deployment %s with %d replicas", name, tc.replicaCount)
+			deployment := test.BuildTestDeployment(name, testNamespace.Name, int32(tc.replicaCount), tc.topologySpreadConstraint.LabelSelector.DeepCopy().MatchLabels, func(d *appsv1.Deployment) {
+				d.Spec.Template.Spec.TopologySpreadConstraints = []v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{tc.topologySpreadConstraint}
+			})
+			if _, err := clientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(deployment.Namespace).Create(ctx, deployment, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Error creating Deployment %s %v", name, err)
 			}
-			defer deleteRC(ctx, t, clientSet, rc)
-			waitForRCPodsRunning(ctx, t, clientSet, rc)
+			defer test.DeleteDeployment(ctx, t, clientSet, deployment)
+			test.WaitForDeploymentPodsRunning(ctx, t, clientSet, deployment)

-			// Create a "Violator" RC that has the same label and is forced to be on the same node using a nodeSelector
-			violatorRcName := name + "-violator"
+			// Create a "Violator" Deployment that has the same label and is forced to be on the same node using a nodeSelector
+			violatorDeploymentName := name + "-violator"
 			violatorCount := tc.topologySpreadConstraint.MaxSkew + 1
-			violatorRc := RcByNameContainer(violatorRcName, testNamespace.Name, violatorCount, tc.topologySpreadConstraint.LabelSelector.DeepCopy().MatchLabels, nil, "")
-			violatorRc.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{zoneTopologyKey: workerNodes[0].Labels[zoneTopologyKey]}
-			rc.Spec.Template.Spec.TopologySpreadConstraints = []v1.TopologySpreadConstraint{tc.topologySpreadConstraint}
-			if _, err := clientSet.CoreV1().ReplicationControllers(rc.Namespace).Create(ctx, violatorRc, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("Error creating RC %s: %v", violatorRcName, err)
+			violatorDeployment := test.BuildTestDeployment(violatorDeploymentName, testNamespace.Name, violatorCount, tc.topologySpreadConstraint.LabelSelector.DeepCopy().MatchLabels, func(d *appsv1.Deployment) {
+				d.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{zoneTopologyKey: workerNodes[0].Labels[zoneTopologyKey]}
+			})
+			if _, err := clientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(deployment.Namespace).Create(ctx, violatorDeployment, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Error creating Deployment %s: %v", violatorDeploymentName, err)
 			}
-			defer deleteRC(ctx, t, clientSet, violatorRc)
-			waitForRCPodsRunning(ctx, t, clientSet, violatorRc)
+			defer test.DeleteDeployment(ctx, t, clientSet, violatorDeployment)
+			test.WaitForDeploymentPodsRunning(ctx, t, clientSet, violatorDeployment)

 			podEvictor := initPodEvictorOrFail(t, clientSet, getPodsAssignedToNode, nodes)

@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Logf("Finished RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint strategy for %s", name)

 			t.Logf("Wait for terminating pods of %s to disappear", name)
-			waitForTerminatingPodsToDisappear(ctx, t, clientSet, rc.Namespace)
+			waitForTerminatingPodsToDisappear(ctx, t, clientSet, deployment.Namespace)

 			if totalEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted(); totalEvicted == tc.expectedEvictedCount {
 				t.Logf("Total of %d Pods were evicted for %s", totalEvicted, name)
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ func TestTopologySpreadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
 			}

 			// Ensure recently evicted Pod are rescheduled and running before asserting for a balanced topology spread
-			waitForRCPodsRunning(ctx, t, clientSet, rc)
+			test.WaitForDeploymentPodsRunning(ctx, t, clientSet, deployment)

 			listOptions := metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(tc.topologySpreadConstraint.LabelSelector.MatchLabels).String()}
 			pods, err := clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(testNamespace.Name).List(ctx, listOptions)
--- a/test/test_utils.go
+++ b/test/test_utils.go
@@ -17,13 +17,58 @@ limitations under the License.
 package test

 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"

+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )

+func BuildTestDeployment(name, namespace string, replicas int32, labels map[string]string, apply func(deployment *appsv1.Deployment)) *appsv1.Deployment {
+	// Add "name": name to the labels, overwriting if it exists.
+	labels["name"] = name
+
+	deployment := &appsv1.Deployment{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "Deployment",
+			APIVersion: "apps/v1",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      name,
+			Namespace: namespace,
+		},
+		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
+			Replicas: utilpointer.Int32(replicas),
+			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+					"name": name,
+				},
+			},
+			Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: labels,
+				},
+				Spec: MakePodSpec("", utilpointer.Int64(0)),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if apply != nil {
+		apply(deployment)
+	}
+
+	return deployment
+}
+
 // BuildTestPod creates a test pod with given parameters.
 func BuildTestPod(name string, cpu, memory int64, nodeName string, apply func(*v1.Pod)) *v1.Pod {
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -124,6 +169,45 @@ func BuildTestNode(name string, millicpu, mem, pods int64, apply func(*v1.Node))
 	return node
 }

+func MakePodSpec(priorityClassName string, gracePeriod *int64) v1.PodSpec {
+	return v1.PodSpec{
+		SecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
+			RunAsNonRoot: utilpointer.Bool(true),
+			RunAsUser:    utilpointer.Int64(1000),
+			RunAsGroup:   utilpointer.Int64(1000),
+			SeccompProfile: &v1.SeccompProfile{
+				Type: v1.SeccompProfileTypeRuntimeDefault,
+			},
+		},
+		Containers: []v1.Container{{
+			Name:            "pause",
+			ImagePullPolicy: "Never",
+			Image:           "registry.k8s.io/pause",
+			Ports:           []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}},
+			Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
+				Limits: v1.ResourceList{
+					v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+					v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("200Mi"),
+				},
+				Requests: v1.ResourceList{
+					v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+					v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("100Mi"),
+				},
+			},
+			SecurityContext: &v1.SecurityContext{
+				AllowPrivilegeEscalation: utilpointer.Bool(false),
+				Capabilities: &v1.Capabilities{
+					Drop: []v1.Capability{
+						"ALL",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}},
+		PriorityClassName:             priorityClassName,
+		TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: gracePeriod,
+	}
+}
+
 // MakeBestEffortPod makes the given pod a BestEffort pod
 func MakeBestEffortPod(pod *v1.Pod) {
 	pod.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Requests = nil
@@ -179,8 +263,77 @@ func SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod *v1.Pod, resourceName v1.ResourceName, re
 	pod.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Requests[resourceName] = *resource.NewQuantity(requestQuantity, resource.DecimalSI)
 }

-// SetNodeExtendedResouces sets the given node's extended resources
+// SetNodeExtendedResource sets the given node's extended resources
 func SetNodeExtendedResource(node *v1.Node, resourceName v1.ResourceName, requestQuantity int64) {
 	node.Status.Capacity[resourceName] = *resource.NewQuantity(requestQuantity, resource.DecimalSI)
 	node.Status.Allocatable[resourceName] = *resource.NewQuantity(requestQuantity, resource.DecimalSI)
 }
+
+func DeleteDeployment(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, clientSet clientset.Interface, deployment *appsv1.Deployment) {
+	// set number of replicas to 0
+	deploymentCopy := deployment.DeepCopy()
+	deploymentCopy.Spec.Replicas = utilpointer.Int32(0)
+	if _, err := clientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(deploymentCopy.Namespace).Update(ctx, deploymentCopy, metav1.UpdateOptions{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error updating replica controller %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// wait 30 seconds until all pods are deleted
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second, 30*time.Second, true, func(c context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		scale, err := clientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(deployment.Namespace).GetScale(c, deployment.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		return scale.Spec.Replicas == 0, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error deleting Deployment pods %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second, 30*time.Second, true, func(c context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		podList, _ := clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(deployment.Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(deployment.Spec.Template.Labels).String()})
+		t.Logf("Waiting for %v Deployment pods to disappear, still %v remaining", deployment.Name, len(podList.Items))
+		if len(podList.Items) > 0 {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error waiting for Deployment pods to disappear: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := clientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(deployment.Namespace).Delete(ctx, deployment.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error deleting Deployment %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second, 30*time.Second, true, func(c context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		_, err := clientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(deployment.Namespace).Get(ctx, deployment.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found") {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error deleting Deployment %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func WaitForDeploymentPodsRunning(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, clientSet clientset.Interface, deployment *appsv1.Deployment) {
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second, 30*time.Second, true, func(c context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		podList, err := clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(deployment.Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+			LabelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(deployment.Spec.Template.ObjectMeta.Labels).String(),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if len(podList.Items) != int(*deployment.Spec.Replicas) {
+			t.Logf("Waiting for %v pods to be created, got %v instead", *deployment.Spec.Replicas, len(podList.Items))
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		for _, pod := range podList.Items {
+			if pod.Status.Phase != v1.PodRunning {
+				t.Logf("Pod %v not running yet, is %v instead", pod.Name, pod.Status.Phase)
+				return false, nil
+			}
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error waiting for pods running: %v", err)
+	}
+}