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+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Volcano Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package garbagecollector
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
+
+	"volcano.sh/volcano/pkg/apis/batch/v1alpha1"
+	vkver "volcano.sh/volcano/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
+	vkinfoext "volcano.sh/volcano/pkg/client/informers/externalversions"
+	vkbatchinfo "volcano.sh/volcano/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/batch/v1alpha1"
+	vkbatchlister "volcano.sh/volcano/pkg/client/listers/batch/v1alpha1"
+)
+
+// GarbageCollector runs reflectors to watch for changes of managed API
+// objects. Currently it only watches Jobs. Triggered by Job creation
+// and updates, it enqueues Jobs that have non-nil `.spec.ttlSecondsAfterFinished`
+// to the `queue`. The GarbageCollector has workers who consume `queue`, check whether
+// the Job TTL has expired or not; if the Job TTL hasn't expired, it will add the
+// Job to the queue after the TTL is expected to expire; if the TTL has expired, the
+// worker will send requests to the API server to delete the Jobs accordingly.
+// This is implemented outside of Job controller for separation of concerns, and
+// because it will be extended to handle other finishable resource types.
+type GarbageCollector struct {
+	vkClient vkver.Interface
+
+	jobInformer vkbatchinfo.JobInformer
+
+	// A store of jobs
+	jobLister vkbatchlister.JobLister
+	jobSynced func() bool
+
+	// queues that need to be updated.
+	queue workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
+}
+
+// New creates an instance of GarbageCollector
+func New(vkClient vkver.Interface) *GarbageCollector {
+	jobInformer := vkinfoext.NewSharedInformerFactory(vkClient, 0).Batch().V1alpha1().Jobs()
+
+	gb := &GarbageCollector{
+		vkClient:    vkClient,
+		jobInformer: jobInformer,
+		jobLister:   jobInformer.Lister(),
+		jobSynced:   jobInformer.Informer().HasSynced,
+		queue:       workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter()),
+	}
+	jobInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+		AddFunc:    gb.addJob,
+		UpdateFunc: gb.updateJob,
+	})
+	return gb
+}
+
+// Run starts the worker to clean up Jobs.
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
+	defer gb.queue.ShutDown()
+
+	glog.Infof("Starting garbage collector")
+	defer glog.Infof("Shutting down garbage collector")
+
+	go gb.jobInformer.Informer().Run(stopCh)
+	if !controller.WaitForCacheSync("garbage collector", stopCh, gb.jobSynced) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	go wait.Until(gb.worker, time.Second, stopCh)
+
+	<-stopCh
+}
+
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) addJob(obj interface{}) {
+	job := obj.(*v1alpha1.Job)
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Adding job %s/%s", job.Namespace, job.Name)
+
+	if job.DeletionTimestamp == nil && needsCleanup(job) {
+		gb.enqueue(job)
+	}
+}
+
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) updateJob(old, cur interface{}) {
+	job := cur.(*v1alpha1.Job)
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Updating job %s/%s", job.Namespace, job.Name)
+
+	if job.DeletionTimestamp == nil && needsCleanup(job) {
+		gb.enqueue(job)
+	}
+}
+
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) enqueue(job *v1alpha1.Job) {
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Add job %s/%s to cleanup", job.Namespace, job.Name)
+	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(job)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %#v: %v", job, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	gb.queue.Add(key)
+}
+
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) enqueueAfter(job *v1alpha1.Job, after time.Duration) {
+	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(job)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %#v: %v", job, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	gb.queue.AddAfter(key, after)
+}
+
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) worker() {
+	for gb.processNextWorkItem() {
+	}
+}
+
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) processNextWorkItem() bool {
+	key, quit := gb.queue.Get()
+	if quit {
+		return false
+	}
+	defer gb.queue.Done(key)
+
+	err := gb.processJob(key.(string))
+	gb.handleErr(err, key)
+
+	return true
+}
+
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) handleErr(err error, key interface{}) {
+	if err == nil {
+		gb.queue.Forget(key)
+		return
+	}
+
+	glog.Errorf("error cleaning up Job %v, will retry: %v", key, err)
+	gb.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
+}
+
+// processJob will check the Job's state and TTL and delete the Job when it
+// finishes and its TTL after finished has expired. If the Job hasn't finished or
+// its TTL hasn't expired, it will be added to the queue after the TTL is expected
+// to expire.
+// This function is not meant to be invoked concurrently with the same key.
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) processJob(key string) error {
+	namespace, name, err := cache.SplitMetaNamespaceKey(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Checking if Job %s/%s is ready for cleanup", namespace, name)
+	// Ignore the Jobs that are already deleted or being deleted, or the ones that don't need clean up.
+	job, err := gb.jobLister.Jobs(namespace).Get(name)
+	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if expired, err := gb.processTTL(job); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if !expired {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// The Job's TTL is assumed to have expired, but the Job TTL might be stale.
+	// Before deleting the Job, do a final sanity check.
+	// If TTL is modified before we do this check, we cannot be sure if the TTL truly expires.
+	// The latest Job may have a different UID, but it's fine because the checks will be run again.
+	fresh, err := gb.vkClient.BatchV1alpha1().Jobs(namespace).Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Use the latest Job TTL to see if the TTL truly expires.
+	if expired, err := gb.processTTL(fresh); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if !expired {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// Cascade deletes the Jobs if TTL truly expires.
+	policy := metav1.DeletePropagationForeground
+	options := &metav1.DeleteOptions{
+		PropagationPolicy: &policy,
+		Preconditions:     &metav1.Preconditions{UID: &fresh.UID},
+	}
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Cleaning up Job %s/%s", namespace, name)
+	return gb.vkClient.BatchV1alpha1().Jobs(fresh.Namespace).Delete(fresh.Name, options)
+}
+
+// processTTL checks whether a given Job's TTL has expired, and add it to the queue after the TTL is expected to expire
+// if the TTL will expire later.
+func (gb *GarbageCollector) processTTL(job *v1alpha1.Job) (expired bool, err error) {
+	// We don't care about the Jobs that are going to be deleted, or the ones that don't need clean up.
+	if job.DeletionTimestamp != nil || !needsCleanup(job) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now()
+	t, err := timeLeft(job, &now)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// TTL has expired
+	if *t <= 0 {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	gb.enqueueAfter(job, *t)
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// needsCleanup checks whether a Job has finished and has a TTL set.
+func needsCleanup(j *v1alpha1.Job) bool {
+	return j.Spec.TTLSecondsAfterFinished != nil && isJobFinished(j)
+}
+
+func isJobFinished(job *v1alpha1.Job) bool {
+	return job.Status.State.Phase == v1alpha1.Completed ||
+		job.Status.State.Phase == v1alpha1.Failed ||
+		job.Status.State.Phase == v1alpha1.Terminated
+}
+
+func getFinishAndExpireTime(j *v1alpha1.Job) (*time.Time, *time.Time, error) {
+	if !needsCleanup(j) {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Job %s/%s should not be cleaned up", j.Namespace, j.Name)
+	}
+	finishAt, err := jobFinishTime(j)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	finishAtUTC := finishAt.UTC()
+	expireAtUTC := finishAtUTC.Add(time.Duration(*j.Spec.TTLSecondsAfterFinished) * time.Second)
+	return &finishAtUTC, &expireAtUTC, nil
+}
+
+func timeLeft(j *v1alpha1.Job, since *time.Time) (*time.Duration, error) {
+	finishAt, expireAt, err := getFinishAndExpireTime(j)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if finishAt.UTC().After(since.UTC()) {
+		glog.Warningf("Warning: Found Job %s/%s finished in the future. This is likely due to time skew in the cluster. Job cleanup will be deferred.", j.Namespace, j.Name)
+	}
+	remaining := expireAt.UTC().Sub(since.UTC())
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Found Job %s/%s finished at %v, remaining TTL %v since %v, TTL will expire at %v", j.Namespace, j.Name, finishAt.UTC(), remaining, since.UTC(), expireAt.UTC())
+	return &remaining, nil
+}
+
+// jobFinishTime takes an already finished Job and returns the time it finishes.
+func jobFinishTime(finishedJob *v1alpha1.Job) (metav1.Time, error) {
+	if finishedJob.Status.State.LastTransitionTime.IsZero() {
+		return metav1.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to find the time when the Job %s/%s finished", finishedJob.Namespace, finishedJob.Name)
+	}
+	return finishedJob.Status.State.LastTransitionTime, nil
+}