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TL;DR

Gates NVCA's NVLink ComputeDomain and IMEX channel claim allocation on
the dra.nvcf.nvidia.io/required-nvlink-domain-index annotation's
presence, instead of attaching a claim to every GPU-requesting Pod, and
creates one ComputeDomain per distinct annotation value instead of one
shared domain for the whole function.

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  • Pods that never set required-nvlink-domain-index were never
    depending on ComputeDomain-backed placement guarantees, but were still
    claiming their node's single DRA channel device, capping bin-packing
    at one GPU Pod per node cluster-wide on any NVLink-optimized cluster.
  • The admission webhook (pkg/webhook/miniservice_mutating_webhook.go)
    now only attaches a channel claim when the annotation is present, and
    looks up which ComputeDomain to reference from a raw-value-to-ComputeDomain
    mapping computed once by the MiniService reconciler
    (internal/miniservice/reconcile.go) and passed through the existing
    nvcf-miniservice-metadata ConfigMap.
  • pkg/dra/dra.go adds ComputeDomainsForWorkload, which scans a
    function's rendered workload objects once, groups Pods by distinct
    required-domain-index value, and returns one ComputeDomain per
    group. It also fixes an annotation-location inconsistency: the
    existing domain-index grouping logic was reading annotations off the
    top-level controller object (Deployment/StatefulSet/etc.) rather than
    its Pod template, which is the only location Kubernetes actually
    copies onto the Pods the webhook admits.
  • Also updates docs/user/helm-functions.md and
    docs/user/cluster-management/topology-aware-scheduling.md: the
    required-nvlink-domain-index annotation was previously documented as
    optional/legacy scheduling guidance; it is now also the required
    signal for ComputeDomain allocation, so the docs are corrected
    accordingly.

For the Reviewer

Closest look please at pkg/dra/dra.go (ComputeDomainsForWorkload,
podTemplateAnnotation) and the webhook/reconciler wiring that passes
the resulting map through MiniserviceMetadata.

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Ran go test ./pkg/dra/... ./pkg/types/... ./pkg/webhook/... ./internal/miniservice/...
(including envtest-backed controller tests) for the nvca module; all
pass. New/updated test coverage: pkg/dra/dra_test.go
(ComputeDomainsForWorkload, updated TransformNVLinkOptimizedDRAObjects
cases), pkg/webhook/miniservice_mutating_webhook_test.go
(TestMiniserviceMutatingWebhook_MutateNVLinkDRA), and
internal/miniservice/reconcile_test.go
(TestReconcile_Function_NVLinkOptimized now asserts on the actual
ComputeDomain objects created).

Issues

Closes #1572
Closes #1573

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  • New or existing tests cover these changes.
  • The documentation is up to date with these changes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for workload-specific NVLink compute domains based on required NVLink domain index annotations.
    • Distinct domain indices now receive separate ComputeDomain and IMEX channel allocations.
    • Annotated workloads receive matching GPU resource claims and required NVLink placement.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Corrected annotation handling to read pod templates and individual Pods.
    • Unannotated workloads now retain preferred same-clique placement without ComputeDomain claims.
    • Clarified that required annotations remain necessary when placement is managed by KAI or Grove.
  • Documentation

    • Updated Helm and topology-aware scheduling guidance with current annotation requirements and allocation behavior.

…ation

NVCA's mutating webhook attached an IMEX ComputeDomain channel resource
claim to every GPU-requesting Pod on an NVLink-optimized cluster,
regardless of whether the Pod actually needed cross-node NVLink memory
sharing. Since each node exposes only one DRA channel device, this made
any claiming Pod the exclusive GPU tenant of its node, capping
bin-packing at one GPU Pod per node cluster-wide.

Gate ComputeDomain and channel claim attachment on the existing
dra.nvcf.nvidia.io/required-nvlink-domain-index annotation's presence:
a Pod that never set it was never depending on ComputeDomain-backed
placement guarantees, so removing its claim is not a breaking change.

Also fix a corollary issue: NVCA created a single shared ComputeDomain
for a whole function regardless of how many distinct domain-index
values were present, when a ComputeDomain represents one IMEX domain
and each distinct index is meant to be an independent NVLink domain.
pkg/dra now creates one ComputeDomain per distinct index and the
reconciler passes the resulting raw-value-to-ComputeDomain mapping to
the webhook through the existing miniservice metadata ConfigMap, since
index normalization must happen once, across the whole set of a
function's rendered objects.

While wiring this up, also fix an annotation-location bug in the
existing domain-index grouping logic: it read annotations off the
top-level controller object (Deployment/StatefulSet/etc.) instead of
its Pod template, which is the only location Kubernetes copies onto
the Pods the webhook admits.

Update docs/user/helm-functions.md and
docs/user/cluster-management/topology-aware-scheduling.md: the
required-nvlink-domain-index annotation was documented as optional
legacy scheduling guidance; it is now also the required signal for
ComputeDomain allocation.

Signed-off-by: Eric Stroczynski <estroczynski@nvidia.com>
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

NVCA now derives one ComputeDomain per distinct required NVLink domain index in workload pod templates. It stores references in miniservice metadata and injects matching claims only into annotated Pods. Documentation and tests reflect the new behavior.

Changes

NVLink ComputeDomain allocation

Layer / File(s) Summary
DRA domain discovery and transformation
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/dra/dra.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/dra/dra_test.go
DRA reads required domain indices from pod templates, creates one indexed ComputeDomain per distinct normalized value, and assigns claims only to annotated workloads. Tests cover missing, repeated, and distinct indices.
Reconciliation metadata and pod mutation
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/*, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/types/miniservice_types.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/webhook/*
Reconciliation provisions workload-derived domains and serializes their references. The webhook resolves matching references for annotated Pods and omits claims for unannotated or unmatched Pods.
Annotation and allocation documentation
docs/user/cluster-management/topology-aware-scheduling.md, docs/user/helm-functions.md, examples/function-samples/helmchart-samples/multi-node-helm-function-test/multi-node-test/templates/statefulset.yaml
Documentation describes required pod-template annotations, per-index ComputeDomain allocation, and preferred placement without claims for unannotated Pods.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9f84d

Removing an NVLink domain annotation can leave its ComputeDomain and IMEX infrastructure active, so update lifecycle handling should be fixed before merge. Smaller diagnostics and documentation gaps should also be addressed.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Workload
  participant NVCAReconcile
  participant MiniserviceMetadata
  participant MutatingWebhook
  Workload->>NVCAReconcile: provide rendered pod-template annotations
  NVCAReconcile->>MiniserviceMetadata: store ComputeDomain references by index
  MiniserviceMetadata->>MutatingWebhook: provide domain mapping
  MutatingWebhook->>Workload: inject matching claim or preferred affinity
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Title check ✅ Passed The title uses the required Conventional Commits format, includes the required scope for the fix type, and accurately describes the primary NVLink ComputeDomain allocation change.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issues #1572 and #1573. Claims are gated by the required NVLink domain-index annotation, unannotated Pods do not receive claims, distinct annotation values create distinct ComputeD…
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In `@docs/user/helm-functions.md`:
- Around line 149-150: Update the ComputeDomain guarantee in the documentation
to apply only to annotated Pods, using the wording “For annotated Pods, NVCA
will create a ComputeDomain.” Explicitly state that the
dra.nvcf.nvidia.io/required-nvlink-domain-index annotation is required.

In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile.go`:
- Around line 849-856: Update doUpdateWorkload to reconcile the desired
ComputeDomain set returned by ComputeDomainsForWorkload, deleting obsolete
ComputeDomain objects belonging to this MiniService when workload values remove
required NVLink domain indexes; ensure associated nvcf-cd-channel-* IMEX
infrastructure is also removed, while preserving existing creation and update
behavior for retained domains.

In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/dra/dra.go`:
- Around line 115-118: Update the parse-error handling in
ComputeDomainsForWorkload to wrap the strconv.ParseInt error with the annotation
name and value plus the offending workload object’s identity, including the
original error via %w. Preserve the existing terminal error propagation while
making the workload distinguishable.

In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/webhook/miniservice_mutating_webhook.go`:
- Line 332: Add structured telemetry to the AttrNVLinkOptimized branch for new
Pods before or around the mutateNVLinkDRA call, including request, function,
cluster, and organization context. Reuse the existing logging or tracing
facilities and context fields used by InstrumentedHook or nearby webhook code,
while preserving the existing DRA mutation behavior.

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Comment on lines +149 to +150
NVCA uses this annotation's presence, not just its value, as the signal for
whether a Pod needs a `ComputeDomain` and IMEX channel resource claim at all:

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Qualify the ComputeDomain guarantee for annotated Pods. Lines 93–95 state that NVCA creates a ComputeDomain for every multi-node function, but unannotated Pods do not receive one. Change the sentence to “For annotated Pods, NVCA will create a ComputeDomain” and state that the dra.nvcf.nvidia.io/required-nvlink-domain-index annotation is required.

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In `@docs/user/helm-functions.md` around lines 149 - 150, Update the ComputeDomain
guarantee in the documentation to apply only to annotated Pods, using the
wording “For annotated Pods, NVCA will create a ComputeDomain.” Explicitly state
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Comment on lines +849 to +856
cds, refs, err := nvcfdra.ComputeDomainsForWorkload(workloadObjs...)
if err != nil {
return reconcile.Result{}, reconcile.TerminalError(fmt.Errorf("compute NVLink ComputeDomains: %w", err))
}
for _, cd := range cds {
infraObjs = append(infraObjs, cd)
}
metaInput.NVLinkComputeDomains = refs

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Prune obsolete ComputeDomains during workload updates. When a Helm-values update removes dra.nvcf.nvidia.io/required-nvlink-domain-index, doUpdateWorkload only applies workload objects and does not reconcile or delete ComputeDomain objects. The previous ComputeDomain and its nvcf-cd-channel-* IMEX infrastructure can remain active. Reconcile the desired ComputeDomain set during updates and delete obsolete objects for this MiniService.

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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile.go` around
lines 849 - 856, Update doUpdateWorkload to reconcile the desired ComputeDomain
set returned by ComputeDomainsForWorkload, deleting obsolete ComputeDomain
objects belonging to this MiniService when workload values remove required
NVLink domain indexes; ensure associated nvcf-cd-channel-* IMEX infrastructure
is also removed, while preserving existing creation and update behavior for
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i, err := strconv.ParseInt(idx, 10, 32)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Include the offending workload identity in the wrapped annotation error.

ComputeDomainsForWorkload scans all workloadObjs, and the caller converts a parse failure into a terminal compute NVLink ComputeDomains error. Include the annotation name, value, and offending object identity in the %w wrapper. The annotation name and value alone do not identify which workload requires correction.

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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/dra/dra.go` around lines 115 - 118,
Update the parse-error handling in ComputeDomainsForWorkload to wrap the
strconv.ParseInt error with the annotation name and value plus the offending
workload object’s identity, including the original error via %w. Preserve the
existing terminal error propagation while making the workload distinguishable.

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// NVLink DRA mutations for claims/scheduling.
if w.fff.IsAttributeEnabled(featureflag.AttrNVLinkOptimized) {
w.mutateNVLinkDRA(obj.GetNamespace(), t)
w.mutateNVLinkDRA(obj.GetNamespace(), meta, t)

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add structured telemetry to the NVLink DRA allocation path. When AttrNVLinkOptimized is enabled for a new Pod, mutateNVLinkDRA can add a ComputeDomain claim, but this branch has no log or trace with request, function, cluster, and organization context. The enclosing InstrumentedHook provides only webhook-level RED metrics.

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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/webhook/miniservice_mutating_webhook.go`
at line 332, Add structured telemetry to the AttrNVLinkOptimized branch for new
Pods before or around the mutateNVLinkDRA call, including request, function,
cluster, and organization context. Reuse the existing logging or tracing
facilities and context fields used by InstrumentedHook or nearby webhook code,
while preserving the existing DRA mutation behavior.

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