k8s.io/kubernetes@v1.29.3/test/e2e_node/restart_test.go

//go:build linux
// +build linux

/*
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package e2enode

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os/exec"
	"time"

	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
	watchtools "k8s.io/client-go/tools/watch"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"

	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
)

type podCondition func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error)

// waitForPodsCondition waits for `podCount` number of pods to match a specific pod condition within a timeout duration.
// If the timeout is hit, it returns the list of currently running pods.
func waitForPodsCondition(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, podCount int, timeout time.Duration, condition podCondition) (runningPods []*v1.Pod) {
	for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < timeout; time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) {
		podList, err := e2epod.NewPodClient(f).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
		if err != nil {
			framework.Logf("Failed to list pods on node: %v", err)
			continue
		}

		runningPods = []*v1.Pod{}
		for i := range podList.Items {
			pod := podList.Items[i]
			if r, err := condition(&pod); err != nil || !r {
				continue
			}
			runningPods = append(runningPods, &pod)
		}
		framework.Logf("Running pod count %d", len(runningPods))
		if len(runningPods) >= podCount {
			break
		}
	}
	return runningPods
}

var _ = SIGDescribe("Restart", framework.WithSerial(), framework.WithSlow(), framework.WithDisruptive(), func() {
	const (
		// Saturate the node. It's not necessary that all these pods enter
		// Running/Ready, because we don't know the number of cores in the
		// test node or default limits applied (if any). It's is essential
		// that no containers end up in terminated. 100 was chosen because
		// it's the max pods per node.
		podCount            = 100
		podCreationInterval = 100 * time.Millisecond
		recoverTimeout      = 5 * time.Minute
		startTimeout        = 3 * time.Minute
		// restartCount is chosen so even with minPods we exhaust the default
		// allocation of a /24.
		minPods      = 50
		restartCount = 6
	)

	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("restart-test")
	f.NamespacePodSecurityLevel = admissionapi.LevelPrivileged
	ginkgo.Context("Container Runtime", func() {
		ginkgo.Context("Network", func() {
			ginkgo.It("should recover from ip leak", func(ctx context.Context) {
				pods := newTestPods(podCount, false, imageutils.GetPauseImageName(), "restart-container-runtime-test")
				ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Trying to create %d pods on node", len(pods)))
				createBatchPodWithRateControl(ctx, f, pods, podCreationInterval)
				ginkgo.DeferCleanup(deletePodsSync, f, pods)

				// Give the node some time to stabilize, assume pods that enter RunningReady within
				// startTimeout fit on the node and the node is now saturated.
				runningPods := waitForPodsCondition(ctx, f, podCount, startTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReadyOrSucceeded)
				if len(runningPods) < minPods {
					framework.Failf("Failed to start %d pods, cannot test that restarting container runtime doesn't leak IPs", minPods)
				}

				for i := 0; i < restartCount; i++ {
					ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Killing container runtime iteration %d", i))
					// Wait for container runtime to be running
					var pid int
					gomega.Eventually(ctx, func() error {
						runtimePids, err := getPidsForProcess(framework.TestContext.ContainerRuntimeProcessName, framework.TestContext.ContainerRuntimePidFile)
						if err != nil {
							return err
						}
						if len(runtimePids) != 1 {
							return fmt.Errorf("unexpected container runtime pid list: %+v", runtimePids)
						}
						// Make sure the container runtime is running, pid got from pid file may not be running.
						pid = runtimePids[0]
						if _, err := exec.Command("sudo", "ps", "-p", fmt.Sprintf("%d", pid)).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
							return err
						}
						return nil
					}, 1*time.Minute, 2*time.Second).Should(gomega.BeNil())
					if stdout, err := exec.Command("sudo", "kill", "-SIGKILL", fmt.Sprintf("%d", pid)).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
						framework.Failf("Failed to kill container runtime (pid=%d): %v, stdout: %q", pid, err, string(stdout))
					}
					// Assume that container runtime will be restarted by systemd/supervisord etc.
					time.Sleep(20 * time.Second)
				}

				ginkgo.By("Checking currently Running/Ready pods")
				postRestartRunningPods := waitForPodsCondition(ctx, f, len(runningPods), recoverTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReadyOrSucceeded)
				if len(postRestartRunningPods) == 0 {
					framework.Failf("Failed to start *any* pods after container runtime restart, this might indicate an IP leak")
				}
				ginkgo.By("Confirm no containers have terminated")
				for _, pod := range postRestartRunningPods {
					if c := testutils.TerminatedContainers(pod); len(c) != 0 {
						framework.Failf("Pod %q has failed containers %+v after container runtime restart, this might indicate an IP leak", pod.Name, c)
					}
				}
				ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Container runtime restart test passed with %d pods", len(postRestartRunningPods)))
			})
		})
	})

	ginkgo.Context("Dbus", func() {
		ginkgo.It("should continue to run pods after a restart", func(ctx context.Context) {
			// Allow dbus to be restarted on ubuntu
			err := overlayDbusConfig()
			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
			defer func() {
				err := restoreDbusConfig()
				framework.ExpectNoError(err)
			}()

			preRestartPodCount := 2
			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("creating %d RestartAlways pods on node", preRestartPodCount))
			restartAlwaysPods := newTestPods(preRestartPodCount, false, imageutils.GetPauseImageName(), "restart-dbus-test")
			createBatchPodWithRateControl(ctx, f, restartAlwaysPods, podCreationInterval)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(deletePodsSync, f, restartAlwaysPods)

			allPods := waitForPodsCondition(ctx, f, preRestartPodCount, startTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReadyOrSucceeded)
			if len(allPods) < preRestartPodCount {
				framework.Failf("Failed to run sufficient restartAlways pods, got %d but expected %d", len(allPods), preRestartPodCount)
			}

			ginkgo.By("restarting dbus and systemd", func() {
				stdout, err := exec.Command("sudo", "systemctl", "reset-failed", "dbus").CombinedOutput()
				framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to reset dbus start-limit with systemctl: %v, %s", err, string(stdout))

				stdout, err = exec.Command("sudo", "systemctl", "restart", "dbus").CombinedOutput()
				framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to restart dbus with systemctl: %v, %s", err, string(stdout))

				stdout, err = exec.Command("sudo", "systemctl", "daemon-reexec").CombinedOutput()
				framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to restart systemd with systemctl: %v, %s", err, string(stdout))
			})

			ginkgo.By("verifying restartAlways pods stay running", func() {
				for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < startTimeout && ctx.Err() == nil; time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) {
					postRestartRunningPods := waitForPodsCondition(ctx, f, preRestartPodCount, recoverTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReadyOrSucceeded)
					if len(postRestartRunningPods) < preRestartPodCount {
						framework.Failf("fewer pods are running after systemd restart, got %d but expected %d", len(postRestartRunningPods), preRestartPodCount)
					}
				}
			})

			ginkgo.By("verifying new pods can be started after a dbus restart")
			postRestartPodCount := 2
			postRestartPods := newTestPods(postRestartPodCount, false, imageutils.GetPauseImageName(), "restart-dbus-test")
			createBatchPodWithRateControl(ctx, f, postRestartPods, podCreationInterval)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(deletePodsSync, f, postRestartPods)

			allPods = waitForPodsCondition(ctx, f, preRestartPodCount+postRestartPodCount, startTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReadyOrSucceeded)
			if len(allPods) < preRestartPodCount+postRestartPodCount {
				framework.Failf("Failed to run pods after restarting dbus, got %d but expected %d", len(allPods), preRestartPodCount+postRestartPodCount)
			}
		})
	})

	ginkgo.Context("Kubelet", func() {
		ginkgo.It("should correctly account for terminated pods after restart", func(ctx context.Context) {
			node := getLocalNode(ctx, f)
			cpus := node.Status.Allocatable[v1.ResourceCPU]
			numCpus := int((&cpus).Value())
			if numCpus < 1 {
				e2eskipper.Skipf("insufficient CPU available for kubelet restart test")
			}
			if numCpus > 18 {
				// 950m * 19 = 1805 CPUs -> not enough to block the scheduling of another 950m pod
				e2eskipper.Skipf("test will return false positives on a machine with >18 cores")
			}

			// create as many restartNever pods as there are allocatable CPU
			// nodes; if they are not correctly accounted for as terminated
			// later, this will fill up all node capacity
			podCountRestartNever := numCpus
			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("creating %d RestartNever pods on node", podCountRestartNever))
			restartNeverPods := newTestPods(podCountRestartNever, false, imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.BusyBox), "restart-kubelet-test")
			for _, pod := range restartNeverPods {
				pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = "Never"
				pod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"echo", "hi"}
				pod.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Limits = v1.ResourceList{
					v1.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("950m"), // leave a little room for other workloads
				}
			}
			createBatchPodWithRateControl(ctx, f, restartNeverPods, podCreationInterval)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(deletePodsSync, f, restartNeverPods)
			completedPods := waitForPodsCondition(ctx, f, podCountRestartNever, startTimeout, testutils.PodSucceeded)

			if len(completedPods) < podCountRestartNever {
				framework.Failf("Failed to run sufficient restartNever pods, got %d but expected %d", len(completedPods), podCountRestartNever)
			}

			podCountRestartAlways := (numCpus / 2) + 1
			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("creating %d RestartAlways pods on node", podCountRestartAlways))
			restartAlwaysPods := newTestPods(podCountRestartAlways, false, imageutils.GetPauseImageName(), "restart-kubelet-test")
			for _, pod := range restartAlwaysPods {
				pod.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Limits = v1.ResourceList{
					v1.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("1"),
				}
			}
			createBatchPodWithRateControl(ctx, f, restartAlwaysPods, podCreationInterval)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(deletePodsSync, f, restartAlwaysPods)

			numAllPods := podCountRestartNever + podCountRestartAlways
			allPods := waitForPodsCondition(ctx, f, numAllPods, startTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReadyOrSucceeded)
			if len(allPods) < numAllPods {
				framework.Failf("Failed to run sufficient restartAlways pods, got %d but expected %d", len(allPods), numAllPods)
			}

			ginkgo.By("killing and restarting kubelet")
			// We want to kill the kubelet rather than a graceful restart
			startKubelet := stopKubelet()
			startKubelet()

			// If this test works correctly, each of these pods will exit
			// with no issue. But if accounting breaks, pods scheduled after
			// restart may think these old pods are consuming CPU and we
			// will get an OutOfCpu error.
			ginkgo.By("verifying restartNever pods succeed and restartAlways pods stay running")
			for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < startTimeout && ctx.Err() == nil; time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) {
				postRestartRunningPods := waitForPodsCondition(ctx, f, numAllPods, recoverTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReadyOrSucceeded)
				if len(postRestartRunningPods) < numAllPods {
					framework.Failf("less pods are running after node restart, got %d but expected %d", len(postRestartRunningPods), numAllPods)
				}
			}
		})
		// Regression test for https://issues.k8s.io/116925
		ginkgo.It("should delete pods which are marked as terminal and have a deletion timestamp set after restart", func(ctx context.Context) {
			podName := "terminal-restart-pod" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
			gracePeriod := int64(30)
			podSpec := e2epod.MustMixinRestrictedPodSecurity(&v1.Pod{
				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
					Name: podName,
				},
				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
					TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod,
					RestartPolicy:                 v1.RestartPolicyNever,
					Containers: []v1.Container{
						{
							Name:    podName,
							Image:   imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.BusyBox),
							Command: []string{"sh", "-c"},
							Args: []string{`
							sleep 9999999 &
							PID=$!

							_term () {
							   kill $PID
							   echo "Caught SIGTERM!"
							}

							trap _term SIGTERM
							wait $PID
							trap - TERM

							# Wait for the long running sleep to exit
							wait $PID

							exit 0
							`,
							},
						},
					},
				},
			})
			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating a pod (%v/%v) with restart policy: %v", f.Namespace.Name, podName, podSpec.Spec.RestartPolicy))
			pod := e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Create(ctx, podSpec)

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for the pod (%v/%v) to be running", f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name))
			err := e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to await for the pod to be running: (%v/%v)", f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name)

			w := &cache.ListWatch{
				WatchFunc: func(options metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
					return f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Watch(ctx, options)
				},
			}

			podsList, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to list pods in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting the pod (%v/%v) to set a deletion timestamp", pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
			time.Sleep(time.Second)
			err = e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Delete(ctx, pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{GracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod})
			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to delete the pod: %q", pod.Name)

			ctxUntil, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, f.Timeouts.PodStart)
			defer cancel()

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Started watch for pod (%v/%v) to enter succeeded phase", pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
			_, err = watchtools.Until(ctxUntil, podsList.ResourceVersion, w, func(event watch.Event) (bool, error) {
				if pod, ok := event.Object.(*v1.Pod); ok {
					found := pod.ObjectMeta.Name == podName &&
						pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace == f.Namespace.Name &&
						pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodSucceeded
					if !found {
						ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Observed Pod (%s/%s) in phase %v", pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace, pod.ObjectMeta.Name, pod.Status.Phase))
						return false, nil
					}
					ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Found Pod (%s/%s) in phase %v", pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace, pod.ObjectMeta.Name, pod.Status.Phase))
					return found, nil
				}
				ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Observed event: %+v", event.Object))
				return false, nil
			})
			ginkgo.By("Ended watch for pod entering succeeded phase")
			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to see event that pod (%s/%s) enter succeeded phase: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)

			// As soon as the pod enters succeeded phase (detected by the watch above); kill the kubelet.
			// This is a bit racy, but the goal is to stop the kubelet before the kubelet is able to delete the pod from the API-sever in order to repro https://issues.k8s.io/116925
			ginkgo.By("Stopping the kubelet")
			startKubelet := stopKubelet()
			// wait until the kubelet health check will fail
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func() bool {
				return kubeletHealthCheck(kubeletHealthCheckURL)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodStart, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeFalse())

			ginkgo.By("Starting the kubelet")
			startKubelet()

			// wait until the kubelet health check will succeed
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func() bool {
				return kubeletHealthCheck(kubeletHealthCheckURL)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodStart, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeTrue())

			// Wait for the Kubelet to be ready.
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) bool {
				nodes, err := e2enode.TotalReady(ctx, f.ClientSet)
				framework.ExpectNoError(err)
				return nodes == 1
			}, time.Minute, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeTrue())

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("After the kubelet is restarted, verify the pod (%s/%s) is deleted by kubelet", pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
				return checkMirrorPodDisappear(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodDelete, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeNil())
		})
		// Regression test for https://issues.k8s.io/118472
		ginkgo.It("should force-delete non-admissible pods created and deleted during kubelet restart", func(ctx context.Context) {
			podName := "rejected-deleted-pod" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
			gracePeriod := int64(30)
			nodeName := getNodeName(ctx, f)
			podSpec := e2epod.MustMixinRestrictedPodSecurity(&v1.Pod{
				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
					Name:      podName,
					Namespace: f.Namespace.Name,
				},
				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
					NodeName: nodeName,
					NodeSelector: map[string]string{
						"this-label": "does-not-exist-on-any-nodes",
					},
					TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod,
					RestartPolicy:                 v1.RestartPolicyNever,
					Containers: []v1.Container{
						{
							Name:  podName,
							Image: imageutils.GetPauseImageName(),
						},
					},
				},
			})
			ginkgo.By("Stopping the kubelet")
			startKubelet := stopKubelet()

			// wait until the kubelet health check will fail
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func() bool {
				return kubeletHealthCheck(kubeletHealthCheckURL)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodStart, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeFalse())

			// Create the pod bound to the node. It will remain in the Pending
			// phase as Kubelet is down.
			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating a pod (%v/%v)", f.Namespace.Name, podName))
			pod := e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Create(ctx, podSpec)

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting the pod (%v/%v) to set a deletion timestamp", pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
			err := e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Delete(ctx, pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{GracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod})
			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to delete the pod: %q", pod.Name)

			// Restart Kubelet so that it proceeds with deletion
			ginkgo.By("Starting the kubelet")
			startKubelet()

			// wait until the kubelet health check will succeed
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func() bool {
				return kubeletHealthCheck(kubeletHealthCheckURL)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodStart, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeTrue())

			// Wait for the Kubelet to be ready.
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) bool {
				nodes, err := e2enode.TotalReady(ctx, f.ClientSet)
				framework.ExpectNoError(err)
				return nodes == 1
			}, time.Minute, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeTrue())

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("After the kubelet is restarted, verify the pod (%v/%v) is deleted by kubelet", pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
				return checkMirrorPodDisappear(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodDelete, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeNil())
		})
		// Regression test for an extended scenario for https://issues.k8s.io/118472
		ginkgo.It("should force-delete non-admissible pods that was admitted and running before kubelet restart", func(ctx context.Context) {
			nodeLabelKey := "custom-label-key-required"
			nodeLabelValueRequired := "custom-label-value-required-for-admission"
			podName := "rejected-deleted-run" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
			gracePeriod := int64(30)
			nodeName := getNodeName(ctx, f)
			pod := e2epod.MustMixinRestrictedPodSecurity(&v1.Pod{
				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
					Name:      podName,
					Namespace: f.Namespace.Name,
				},
				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
					NodeSelector: map[string]string{
						nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValueRequired,
					},
					NodeName:                      nodeName,
					TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod,
					RestartPolicy:                 v1.RestartPolicyNever,
					Containers: []v1.Container{
						{
							Name:  podName,
							Image: imageutils.GetPauseImageName(),
						},
					},
				},
			})

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Adding node label for node (%v) to allow admission of pod (%v/%v)", nodeName, f.Namespace.Name, podName))
			e2enode.AddOrUpdateLabelOnNode(f.ClientSet, nodeName, nodeLabelKey, nodeLabelValueRequired)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(func() { e2enode.RemoveLabelOffNode(f.ClientSet, nodeName, nodeLabelKey) })

			// Create the pod bound to the node. It will start, but will be rejected after kubelet restart.
			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating a pod (%v/%v)", f.Namespace.Name, podName))
			pod = e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Create(ctx, pod)

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for the pod (%v/%v) to be running", f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name))
			err := e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to await for the pod to be running: (%v/%v)", f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name)

			ginkgo.By("Stopping the kubelet")
			startKubelet := stopKubelet()

			// wait until the kubelet health check will fail
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func() bool {
				return kubeletHealthCheck(kubeletHealthCheckURL)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodStart, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeFalse())

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting the pod (%v/%v) to set a deletion timestamp", pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
			err = e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Delete(ctx, pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{GracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod})
			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to delete the pod: %q", pod.Name)

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Removing node label for node (%v) to ensure the pod (%v/%v) is rejected after kubelet restart", nodeName, f.Namespace.Name, podName))
			e2enode.RemoveLabelOffNode(f.ClientSet, nodeName, nodeLabelKey)

			// Restart Kubelet so that it proceeds with deletion
			ginkgo.By("Starting the kubelet")
			startKubelet()

			// wait until the kubelet health check will succeed
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func() bool {
				return kubeletHealthCheck(kubeletHealthCheckURL)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodStart, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeTrue())

			// Wait for the Kubelet to be ready.
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) bool {
				nodes, err := e2enode.TotalReady(ctx, f.ClientSet)
				framework.ExpectNoError(err)
				return nodes == 1
			}, time.Minute, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeTrue())

			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Once Kubelet is restarted, verify the pod (%v/%v) is deleted by kubelet", pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
			gomega.Eventually(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
				return checkMirrorPodDisappear(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
			}, f.Timeouts.PodDelete, f.Timeouts.Poll).Should(gomega.BeNil())
		})
	})

})