feat(manager): add prestart hook support

When implementing a controller that uses leader election, there maybe be
work that needs to be done after winning the election but before
processing enqueued requests. For example, a controller may need to
build up an internal mapping of the current state of the cluster before
it can begin reconciling.

This changeset adds support for adding prestart hooks to
controller-runtime's manager implementation. This hook runs after the
manager has been elected leader, immediately before the leader election
controllers are started.

Related #607

pkg/manager/internal.go

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const (
 	defaultRenewDeadline          = 10 * time.Second
 	defaultRetryPeriod            = 2 * time.Second
 	defaultGracefulShutdownPeriod = 30 * time.Second
+	defaultHookPeriod             = 15 * time.Second
 
 	defaultReadinessEndpoint = "/readyz"
 	defaultLivenessEndpoint  = "/healthz"
@@ -163,6 +164,13 @@ type controllerManager struct {
 	// internalProceduresStop channel is used internally to the manager when coordinating
 	// the proper shutdown of servers. This channel is also used for dependency injection.
 	internalProceduresStop chan struct{}
+
+	// prestartHooks are functions that are run immediately before calling the Start functions
+	// of the leader election runnables.
+	prestartHooks []Runnable
+
+	// hookTimeout is the duration given to each hook to return successfully.
+	hookTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
 type hasCache interface {
@@ -241,6 +249,23 @@ func (cm *controllerManager) GetHTTPClient() *http.Client {
 	return cm.cluster.GetHTTPClient()
 }
 
+// AddHook allows you to add hooks.
+func (cm *controllerManager) AddHook(hook HookType, runnable Runnable) error {
+	cm.Lock()
+	defer cm.Unlock()
+
+	if cm.started {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to add new hook because the manager has already been started")
+	}
+
+	switch hook {
+	case HookPrestartType:
+		cm.prestartHooks = append(cm.prestartHooks, runnable)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (cm *controllerManager) GetConfig() *rest.Config {
 	return cm.cluster.GetConfig()
 }
@@ -580,6 +605,19 @@ func (cm *controllerManager) engageStopProcedure(stopComplete <-chan struct{}) e
 }
 
 func (cm *controllerManager) startLeaderElectionRunnables() error {
+	cm.logger.Info("Starting prestart hooks")
+	for _, hook := range cm.prestartHooks {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(cm.internalCtx, cm.hookTimeout)
+		if err := hook.Start(ctx); err != nil {
+			cancel()
+			return err
+		}
+		cancel()
+	}
+
+	// All the prestart hooks have been run, clear the slice to free the underlying resources.
+	cm.prestartHooks = nil
+
 	return cm.runnables.LeaderElection.Start(cm.internalCtx)
 }
 

pkg/manager/manager.go

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ type Manager interface {
 	// AddReadyzCheck allows you to add Readyz checker
 	AddReadyzCheck(name string, check healthz.Checker) error
 
+	// AddHook allows to add Runnables as hooks to modify the behavior of the controller.
+	AddHook(hook HookType, runnable Runnable) error
+
 	// Start starts all registered Controllers and blocks until the context is cancelled.
 	// Returns an error if there is an error starting any controller.
 	//
@@ -336,6 +339,10 @@ type Options struct {
 	// +optional
 	Controller config.Controller
 
+	// HookTimeout is the duration given to each hook to return successfully.
+	// To use hooks without timeout, set to a negative duration, e.g. time.Duration(-1)
+	HookTimeout *time.Duration
+
 	// makeBroadcaster allows deferring the creation of the broadcaster to
 	// avoid leaking goroutines if we never call Start on this manager.  It also
 	// returns whether or not this is a "owned" broadcaster, and as such should be
@@ -349,6 +356,15 @@ type Options struct {
 	newHealthProbeListener func(addr string) (net.Listener, error)
 }
 
+// HookType defines hooks for use with AddHook.
+type HookType int
+
+const (
+	// HookPrestartType defines a hook that is run after leader election and immediately before
+	// calling Start on the runnalbes that needed leader election.
+	HookPrestartType HookType = iota
+)
+
 // BaseContextFunc is a function used to provide a base Context to Runnables
 // managed by a Manager.
 type BaseContextFunc func() context.Context
@@ -482,6 +498,7 @@ func New(config *rest.Config, options Options) (Manager, error) {
 		readinessEndpointName:         options.ReadinessEndpointName,
 		livenessEndpointName:          options.LivenessEndpointName,
 		gracefulShutdownTimeout:       *options.GracefulShutdownTimeout,
+		hookTimeout:                   *options.HookTimeout,
 		internalProceduresStop:        make(chan struct{}),
 		leaderElectionStopped:         make(chan struct{}),
 		leaderElectionReleaseOnCancel: options.LeaderElectionReleaseOnCancel,
@@ -691,6 +708,11 @@ func setOptionsDefaults(options Options) Options {
 		options.GracefulShutdownTimeout = &gracefulShutdownTimeout
 	}
 
+	if options.HookTimeout == nil {
+		hookTimeout := defaultHookPeriod
+		options.HookTimeout = &hookTimeout
+	}
+
 	if options.Logger.GetSink() == nil {
 		options.Logger = log.Log
 	}

pkg/manager/manager_test.go

@@ -1134,6 +1134,86 @@ var _ = Describe("manger.Manager", func() {
 				Expect(time.Since(beforeDone)).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1500*time.Millisecond))
 			})
 
+			It("should run prestart hooks before calling Start on leader election runnables", func() {
+				m, err := New(cfg, options)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				for _, cb := range callbacks {
+					cb(m)
+				}
+
+				runnableRan := make(chan struct{})
+
+				Expect(m.Add(RunnableFunc(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+					close(runnableRan)
+					return nil
+				})))
+
+				Expect(m.AddHook(HookPrestartType, RunnableFunc(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+					Expect(m.Elected()).ShouldNot(BeClosed())
+					Consistently(runnableRan).ShouldNot(BeClosed())
+					return nil
+				})))
+
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+				defer cancel()
+				go func() {
+					defer GinkgoRecover()
+					Expect(m.Elected()).ShouldNot(BeClosed())
+					Expect(m.Start(ctx)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				}()
+
+				<-m.Elected()
+			})
+
+			It("should run prestart hooks with timeout", func() {
+				m, err := New(cfg, options)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				for _, cb := range callbacks {
+					cb(m)
+				}
+				m.(*controllerManager).hookTimeout = 1 * time.Nanosecond
+
+				Expect(m.AddHook(HookPrestartType, RunnableFunc(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+					select {
+					case <-ctx.Done():
+						return ctx.Err()
+					case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+						return errors.New("prestart hook timeout exceeded expected")
+					}
+				})))
+
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+				defer cancel()
+
+				Expect(m.Start(ctx)).Should(MatchError(context.DeadlineExceeded))
+			})
+
+			It("should not run leader election runnables if prestart hooks fail", func() {
+				m, err := New(cfg, options)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				for _, cb := range callbacks {
+					cb(m)
+				}
+
+				runnableRan := make(chan struct{})
+
+				Expect(m.Add(RunnableFunc(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+					close(runnableRan)
+					return nil
+				})))
+
+				Expect(m.AddHook(HookPrestartType, RunnableFunc(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+					Expect(m.Elected()).ShouldNot(BeClosed())
+					Consistently(runnableRan).ShouldNot(BeClosed())
+					return errors.New("prestart hook failed")
+				})))
+
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+				defer cancel()
+
+				Expect(m.Elected()).ShouldNot(BeClosed())
+				Expect(m.Start(ctx)).Should(MatchError(ContainSubstring("prestart hook failed")))
+			})
 		}
 
 		Context("with defaults", func() {