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feat(operator): add an opt-in pprof endpoint (PPROF_PORT) - #795

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Description

Exposes controller-runtime's PprofBindAddress through a PPROF_PORT env option. Empty by default, so nothing changes for existing deployments. Set to 127.0.0.1:6060 the listener stays off the pod network and kubectl port-forward reaches it for go tool pprof.

Motivation: when the operator's memory grows on a large cluster, go_memstats_* says how much but not which allocations. This makes that one port-forward away.

closes #794

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  • go build ./..., go vet ./... and make unit-tests from operator/ at this commit: 143 of 143 specs pass.
  • Ran the built manager against an envtest API server with the operator CRDs: with PPROF_PORT=127.0.0.1:6062 the pprof server is logged and started, /debug/pprof/ answers 200 and /debug/pprof/heap returns a profile; with it unset no pprof listener is opened and the parsed option is empty. Controllers start cleanly in both cases.
  • Not run locally: make lint (toolchain mismatch on my machine); relying on CI's lint lane. No test added: the change passes an existing controller-runtime option through, with no logic of its own.
  • The helm-tests and migration lanes on k8s-1.37.0 fail in cluster creation on a Docker Hub anonymous pull-rate limit, before any test runs; the same lanes fail the same way on another open PR today.

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✅ Every non-bot commit on this pull request is now signed off and signed. Thanks!

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This PR does not have anything related to pprof in it.

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This PR does not have anything related to pprof in it.

Sorry about that! The commit is accurate now.

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The manager reads PPROF_PORT and passes its value to controller-runtime as PprofBindAddress. The variable defaults to empty in the manager configuration. The Helm chart can set it through pprofPort. The chart README and operations guide describe enabling pprof, accessing it through port-forwarding, and collecting heap and CPU profiles.

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The documented port-forward works for the default chart name, but not when either fullname override is used. Operators can use the rendered Deployment name, so this is a bounded documentation issue.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #794 requires an opt-in PPROF_PORT option that maps to controller-runtime PprofBindAddress and is empty by default. operator/cmd/manager/main.go defines PprofPort from PPROF_PORT with …
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The manager, Helm chart, deployment configuration, and documentation changes implement or explain the PPROF_PORT feature from issue #794. The added security and restart warnings support safe use of …
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Needs changes: 1 blocking (PPROF_PORT ships without its companions: no docs/ entry, ...).

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When the operator's memory grows on a large cluster, go_memstats says how
much is allocated and how often the GC runs, but nothing on the manager
says which allocations. controller-runtime already serves net/http/pprof
when PprofBindAddress is set; expose it through PPROF_PORT, empty by
default so existing deployments are unchanged. Set to 127.0.0.1:6060 the
listener stays off the pod network and kubectl port-forward reaches it.

The knob ships with its companions: a "Profiling the operator" section in
docs/operations/resources-at-scale.md (loopback-only binding, port-forward
and go tool pprof, the endpoint is unauthenticated, changing it restarts
the manager), controllerManager.manager.env.pprofPort in the chart (the
env var is only emitted when set, so rendered output is unchanged for
existing installs), and the PPROF_PORT mirror in operator/config.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Daugherty <tdaugherty@nvidia.com>
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Needs changes: 1 blocking (The documented port-forward deploy/nodewright-controller-...).

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Approving. The port-forward-to-leader doc fix from my last review is tracked as a follow-up in #840.

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@tdnvidia this PR now has merge conflicts with main. Please rebase to resolve them.

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