Change:
if csiMounter.volumeLifecycleMode != test.volumeLifecycleMode { t.Error("unexpected driver mode:", csiMounter.volumeLifecycleMode) } <del> // ensure data file is created dataDir := filepath.Dir(mounter.GetPath()) dataFile := filepath.Join(dataDir, volDataFileName) if _, err := os.Stat(dataFile); err != nil { if os.IsNotExist(err) { t.Errorf("data file not created %s", dataFile) } else { t.Fatal(err) } } data, err := loadVolumeData(dataDir, volDataFileName) if err != nil { t.Fatal(err) } if data[volDataKey.specVolID] != csiMounter.spec.Name() { t.Error("volume data file unexpected specVolID:", data[volDataKey.specVolID]) } if data[volDataKey.volHandle] != csiMounter.volumeID { t.Error("volume data file unexpected volHandle:", data[volDataKey.volHandle]) } if data[volDataKey.driverName] != string(csiMounter.driverName) { t.Error("volume data file unexpected driverName:", data[volDataKey.driverName]) } if data[volDataKey.nodeName] != string(csiMounter.plugin.host.GetNodeName()) { t.Error("volume data file unexpected nodeName:", data[volDataKey.nodeName]) } if data[volDataKey.volumeLifecycleMode] != string(test.volumeLifecycleMode) { t.Error("volume data file unexpected volumeLifecycleMode:", data[volDataKey.volumeLifecycleMode]) } </del> }) } }

Discussion:
Instantiating the interface causes the creation of pod local volume directory and json data file and not - This causes a problem where is failed (and as a result never gets called) then those pod local volume directories will never be cleaned up. /sig storage cc
Looks like is the PR that introduced this change and moved data file creation calls to .
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