fixing the reject unknown fields in device-config.yml

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What type of PR is this?

/kind bug

What this PR does / why we need it:

This PR makes device configuration parsing strict.

Previously, an unknown or misspelled field in device-config.yaml could be ignored silently. The scheduler could then start with unintended default values.

This change uses strict YAML decoding so invalid configuration fails early with a clear error.

What is included:

• Reject unknown top-level configuration fields.
• Reject unknown nested device fields.
• Reject duplicate YAML fields.
• Reject invalid YAML value types.
• Add regression tests for valid and invalid device configurations.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes #2940

Special notes for your reviewer:

Valid existing device configurations keep their current behavior.

Configurations with invalid or previously ignored fields will now fail during scheduler startup instead of silently using defaults.

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?:

Yes. Invalid device-config.yaml files now fail early with a clear validation error.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Configuration loading now reports errors for unknown, duplicate, or incorrectly typed YAML fields instead of silently accepting invalid settings.
  • Valid configurations continue to load successfully.

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

LoadConfig now rejects unknown, duplicate, and invalidly typed YAML fields. New table-driven tests verify these errors and confirm that valid configurations still load successfully.

Changes

Scheduler configuration validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Strict YAML loading and validation tests pkg/scheduler/config/config.go, pkg/scheduler/config/config_test.go	LoadConfig now uses yaml.UnmarshalStrict. Tests cover valid configurations, unknown top-level and nested fields, duplicate fields, and invalid value types.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a38c4

Invalid device configuration will now fail during scheduler startup instead of being silently accepted, with no actionable merge-blocking risk remaining after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: lengrongfu

Poem

A rabbit checks each YAML line
Unknown keys now fall out of line
Duplicate keys cannot stay
Typed values must pass today
Valid configs still load fine

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR uses yaml.UnmarshalStrict and adds focused LoadConfig tests for unknown top-level fields, unknown nested fields, duplicate keys, invalid value types, and valid configurations. These changes sat…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are limited to scheduler configuration parsing and related regression tests. No unrelated code changes are identified.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title identifies the main change: rejecting unknown fields in device-config.yml. It is related and specific enough for the changeset.

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Explanation

The PR uses yaml.UnmarshalStrict and adds focused LoadConfig tests for unknown top-level fields, unknown nested fields, duplicate keys, invalid value types, and valid configurations. These changes satisfy the coding objectives in issue #2940.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

pkg/scheduler/config/config_test.go (1)

242-242: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use loadTestConfig() in the valid LoadConfig case.

LoadConfig uses yaml.UnmarshalStrict, but the existing multi-backend fixture uses non-strict decoding. This change must exercise that fixture through the strict path.

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In `@pkg/scheduler/config/config_test.go` at line 242, Update the valid LoadConfig
test case to obtain its fixture through loadTestConfig() instead of the current
direct configuration setup, ensuring the multi-backend fixture is decoded via
LoadConfig’s yaml.UnmarshalStrict path.

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In `@pkg/scheduler/config/config_test.go`:
- Line 242: Update the valid LoadConfig test case to obtain its fixture through
loadTestConfig() instead of the current direct configuration setup, ensuring the
multi-backend fixture is decoded via LoadConfig’s yaml.UnmarshalStrict path.

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