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This PR centralizes the NVML initialization and shutdown lifecycle across HAMi components (rm, cdi, plugin, util). Previously, each module independently called nvml.Init() and nvml.Shutdown(), causing unnecessary initialization overhead and premature session shutdowns.

With NVMLSession, initialization is reference-counted and managed once per plugin process lifecycle.

Changes

  • Add NVMLSession ref-counted manager in pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_session.go.
  • Replace isolated nvml.Init() / defer nvml.Shutdown() calls with session.Init() / defer session.Shutdown().
  • Add unit tests verifying single initialization and reference-counted shutdown.

Fixes #2832.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved NVIDIA device discovery and MIG management reliability by coordinating NVML initialization and shutdown across operations.
    • Reduced initialization conflicts when multiple device-management tasks access NVML concurrently.
    • Improved error reporting when NVML cannot be initialized.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for shared NVML session lifecycle and reference-counted resource management.

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NVML initialization and shutdown now use a shared, mutex-protected, reference-counted session. Resource-manager and plugin functions use the session helper and defer shutdown. Lifecycle tests verify reference counting, ownership, and initialization failures.

Changes

NVML session lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reference-counted NVML session
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_session.go, pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_session_test.go
Adds synchronized session management, shared initialization, reference-counted shutdown, ownership handling, interface access, and lifecycle tests.
Resource-manager session integration
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_manager.go
Routes resource-manager initialization and shutdown through the shared NVML session.
Plugin NVML call-site migration
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/mig_startup.go, pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go
Updates MIG startup and utility functions to use managed sessions, deferred shutdown, wrapped initialization errors, and removes GetIndexAndTypeFromUUID.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d4812

The PR improves lifecycle handling for migrated callers, but several production paths still manage NVML independently, allowing one path to shut down NVML while another is using it and disrupting GPU discovery, health monitoring, CDI generation, or MIG management. Shutdown failures can also leave the process without a reliable cleanup retry, so the lifecycle ownership should be unified or explicitly accepted before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Plugin
  participant NVMLSession
  participant NVML
  Plugin->>NVMLSession: GetNVMLSession() and Init()
  NVMLSession->>NVML: Init() on first reference
  Plugin->>NVML: Query GPU or MIG data
  Plugin->>NVMLSession: Shutdown()
  NVMLSession->>NVML: Shutdown() when references reach zero
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Poem

A rabbit shares one session call,
NVML starts once for all.
Counts protect the shutdown door,
Tests check each lifecycle score.
MIG queries follow the plan.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 38.46% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 13 functions across 5 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Linked Issues check ❓ Inconclusive The changes add a reference-counted NVML session and migrate the resource manager, plugin, and utility code away from direct NVML lifecycle calls. The provided changes do not show updates to the CDI c… Provide evidence that CDI no longer performs independent NVML initialization or shutdown, or update CDI to use the shared NVML session manager. Confirm component-lifetime ownership and startup-failure handling across all affected modules.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the primary change: centralizing NVML initialization and shutdown in the resource manager. It is concise and related to issue #2832.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed files implement NVML session management, migrate existing callers, and add lifecycle tests. These changes directly support the linked issue and do not show unrelated code changes.
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The changes add a reference-counted NVML session and migrate the resource manager, plugin, and utility code away from direct NVML lifecycle calls. The provided changes do not show updates to the CDI component, so full compliance across all modules cannot be verified.

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In `@pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_manager.go`:
- Around line 57-61: Retain the NVML session for the owning component or manager
lifetime instead of deferring Shutdown in each helper. Update
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_manager.go lines 57-61 to
attach session ownership to the returned resource manager and release it only
during that manager’s shutdown; update both sites in
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/mig_startup.go lines 118-122
and 136-140, plus all three sites in
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go lines 148-153, 175-180,
and 192-197, to reuse the component-owned session rather than acquiring and
releasing helper-scoped sessions.
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Comment on lines +57 to +61
session := GetNVMLSession(nvmllib)
if err := session.Init(); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize NVML session: %w", err)
}
defer func() {
ret := nvmllib.Shutdown()
if ret != nvml.SUCCESS {
klog.Infof("Error shutting down NVML: %v", ret)
}
}()
defer session.Shutdown()

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Keep the NVML session for the component lifetime.

Each defer session.Shutdown() runs when its function returns. Line 61 releases the session before returned resource managers run. The utility helpers also return the reference count to zero after each sequential query. This retains repeated NVML initialization and shutdown instead of the required component- or MIG-manager-scoped lifecycle.

Store the session on the owning component or manager. Release it only from that owner’s shutdown path.

  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_manager.go#L57-L61: retain the acquired session with the returned resource-manager lifecycle.
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/mig_startup.go#L118-L122: use the component-owned session instead of helper-scoped ownership.
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/mig_startup.go#L136-L140: use the component-owned session instead of helper-scoped ownership.
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go#L148-L153: use the component-owned session instead of utility-scoped ownership.
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go#L175-L180: use the component-owned session instead of utility-scoped ownership.
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go#L192-L197: use the component-owned session instead of utility-scoped ownership.
📍 Affects 3 files
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_manager.go#L57-L61 (this comment)
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/mig_startup.go#L118-L122
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/mig_startup.go#L136-L140
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go#L148-L153
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go#L175-L180
  • pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go#L192-L197
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In `@pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_manager.go` around lines 57
- 61, Retain the NVML session for the owning component or manager lifetime
instead of deferring Shutdown in each helper. Update
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/nvml_manager.go lines 57-61 to
attach session ownership to the returned resource manager and release it only
during that manager’s shutdown; update both sites in
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/mig_startup.go lines 118-122
and 136-140, plus all three sites in
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/util.go lines 148-153, 175-180,
and 192-197, to reuse the component-owned session rather than acquiring and
releasing helper-scoped sessions.

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AnmolM-777 force-pushed the feature/issue-2832-nvml-lifecycle branch from c3bac83 to cfe64e2 Compare August 31, 2026 17:52
…ct-HAMi#2832)

Centralize NVML session initialization and shutdown using reference-counted
NVMLSession to eliminate redundant NVML init and shutdown calls across
components (rm, cdi, plugin, util). Track ownership to avoid premature
deinitialization when NVML was already initialized externally.

Signed-off-by: AnmolM-777 <b24cs1009@iitj.ac.in>
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AnmolM-777 force-pushed the feature/issue-2832-nvml-lifecycle branch from cfe64e2 to d4812ba Compare August 31, 2026 18:13
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