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Optimize init pool: Reduce VM/Pod API calls #577

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@RamLavi RamLavi commented Nov 16, 2025

What this PR does / why we need it:
Currently during Pod/VM pool map init, only managed namespaces are called, but for each we do an API call, which can be slow in clusters with large number of namespaces.
Replace per-namespace VM/Pod listing with cluster-wide listing and in-memory filtering, while slightly raising the pagination to 500 per call, to avoid over using the memory.
This dramatically reduces API calls during initialization.

This PR also has a small side quest: adds pagination to getManagedNamespaces, in order to control the memory usage in clusters with many namespaces.

The Trade-off is fetching VMs/Pods from unmanaged namespaces then filters
them out, but the network overhead is negligible compared to the latency
savings from fewer API round trips.

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Release note:

Optimize init pool: Reduce VM/Pod API calls 

…y usage

Introduce pagination with 500 namespaces per page when gathering
managed namespaces during initialization.
This prevents loading all namespaces into memory at once in clusters
with thousands of namespaces.

Signed-off-by: Ram Lavi <ralavi@redhat.com>
Change getManagedNamespaces to return map[string]struct{} instead of
[]string, making it more idiomatic Go.
This set will be used in future commits to easily check whether a ns is
managed or not.

Signed-off-by: Ram Lavi <ralavi@redhat.com>
Currently during VM pool map init, only managed namespaces are called,
but for each we do an API call, which can be slow in clusters with
large number of namespaces.
Replace per-namespace VM listing with cluster-wide listing and in-memory
filtering, while keeping the pagination to avoid over using the memory.
This dramatically reduces API calls during initialization.

The Trade-off is fetching VMs from unmanaged namespaces then filters
them out, but the network overhead is negligible compared to the latency
savings from fewer round trips.

Signed-off-by: Ram Lavi <ralavi@redhat.com>
Increase the pagination limit from 100 to 500 when fetching VMs during
initialization.
This further reduces API calls by fetching larger batches.

Signed-off-by: Ram Lavi <ralavi@redhat.com>
Currently during Pod pool map init, only managed namespaces are called,
but for each we do an API call, which can be slow in clusters with
large number of namespaces.
Replace per-namespace Pod listing with cluster-wide listing and
in-memory filtering, while keeping the pagination to avoid over using
the memory.
This dramatically reduces API calls during initialization.

The Trade-off is fetching Pods from unmanaged namespaces then filters
them out, but the network overhead is negligible compared to the latency
savings from fewer round trips.

Signed-off-by: Ram Lavi <ralavi@redhat.com>
Increase the pagination limit from 100 to 500 when fetching Pods during
initialization.
This further reduces API calls by fetching larger batches.

Signed-off-by: Ram Lavi <ralavi@redhat.com>
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RamLavi commented Nov 16, 2025

/cherry-pick release-0.49

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RamLavi commented Nov 17, 2025

Checked on CNV2.eng cluster:

{"level":"info","ts":"2025-11-17T07:19:40Z","logger":"PoolManager","msg":"computed managed namespaces","webhookName":"mutatepods.kubemacpool.io","count":0}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-11-17T07:19:40Z","logger":"PoolManager","msg":"no managed namespaces found, skipping pod initialization"}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-11-17T07:19:40Z","logger":"PoolManager","msg":"computed managed namespaces","webhookName":"mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io","co
unt":535}
...
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-11-17T07:19:40Z","logger":"PoolManager","msg":"Pool Manager is ready"}

This shows that initMap is now more optimal.
FYI @qinqon

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/lgtm
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