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<del> /* Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ package storage import ( "context" "fmt" "os/exec" v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1" metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1" "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid" "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework" e2eoutput "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod/output" e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper" "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils" admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api" "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2" ) var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("GKE local SSD [Feature:GKELocalSSD]", func() { f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("localssd") f.NamespacePodSecurityEnforceLevel = admissionapi.LevelPrivileged ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() { e2eskipper.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gke") }) ginkgo.It("should write and read from node local SSD [Feature:GKELocalSSD]", func(ctx context.Context) { framework.Logf("Start local SSD test") createNodePoolWithLocalSsds("np-ssd") doTestWriteAndReadToLocalSsd(ctx, f) }) }) func createNodePoolWithLocalSsds(nodePoolName string) { framework.Logf("Create node pool: %s with local SSDs in cluster: %s ", nodePoolName, framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.Cluster) out, err := exec.Command("gcloud", "alpha", "container", "node-pools", "create", nodePoolName, fmt.Sprintf("--cluster=%s", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.Cluster), "--local-ssd-count=1").CombinedOutput() if err != nil { framework.Failf("Failed to create node pool %s: Err: %vn%v", nodePoolName, err, string(out)) } framework.Logf("Successfully created node pool %s:n%v", nodePoolName, string(out)) } func doTestWriteAndReadToLocalSsd(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) { var pod = testPodWithSsd("echo 'hello world' > /mnt/disks/ssd0/data  && sleep 1 && cat /mnt/disks/ssd0/data") var msg string var out = []string{"hello world"} e2eoutput.TestContainerOutput(ctx, f, msg, pod, 0, out) } func testPodWithSsd(command string) *v1.Pod { containerName := "test-container" volumeName := "test-ssd-volume" path := "/mnt/disks/ssd0" podName := "pod-" + string(uuid.NewUUID()) image := "ubuntu:14.04" return &v1.Pod{ TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{ Kind:       "Pod", APIVersion: "v1", }, ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{ Name: podName, }, Spec: v1.PodSpec{ Containers: []v1.Container{ { Name:    containerName, Image:   image, Command: []string{"/bin/sh"}, Args:    []string{"-c", command}, VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{ { Name:      volumeName, MountPath: path, }, }, }, }, RestartPolicy: v1.RestartPolicyNever, Volumes: []v1.Volume{ { Name: volumeName, VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{ HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{ Path: path, }, }, }, }, NodeSelector: map[string]string{"cloud.google.com/gke-local-ssd": "true"}, }, } } </del>

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text: Following up on , evaluate if the test for local SSD on GKE clusters is still necessary (it is also tested internally in Google). /assign
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This test should be removed as it's using a GKE feature that, while not deprecated, is discouraged in favor of newer APIs. Those APIs are well-tested internally in google, and I don't see value in additional toil upstream to maintain them.