kubelet: enable qos-level memory request reservation

cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go

@@ -269,4 +269,6 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.StringVar(&s.SystemReservedCgroup, "system-reserved-cgroup", s.SystemReservedCgroup, "Absolute name of the top level cgroup that is used to manage non-kubernetes components for which compute resources were reserved via '--system-reserved' flag. Ex. '/system-reserved'. [default='']")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.KubeReservedCgroup, "kube-reserved-cgroup", s.KubeReservedCgroup, "Absolute name of the top level cgroup that is used to manage kubernetes components for which compute resources were reserved via '--kube-reserved' flag. Ex. '/kube-reserved'. [default='']")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.ExperimentalNodeAllocatableIgnoreEvictionThreshold, "experimental-allocatable-ignore-eviction", s.ExperimentalNodeAllocatableIgnoreEvictionThreshold, "When set to 'true', Hard Eviction Thresholds will be ignored while calculating Node Allocatable. See https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/node-allocatable.md for more details. [default=false]")
+
+	fs.Var(&s.ExperimentalQOSReserved, "experimental-qos-reserved", "A set of ResourceName=Percentage (e.g. memory=50%) pairs that describe how pod resource requests are reserved at the QoS level. Currently only memory is supported. [default=none]")
 }

cmd/kubelet/app/server.go

@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ func run(s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.KubeletDeps) (err error) {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
+		experimentalQOSReserved, err := cm.ParseQOSReserved(s.ExperimentalQOSReserved)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		kubeDeps.ContainerManager, err = cm.NewContainerManager(
 			kubeDeps.Mounter,
 			kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface,
@@ -546,6 +550,7 @@ func run(s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.KubeletDeps) (err error) {
 					SystemReserved:           systemReserved,
 					HardEvictionThresholds:   hardEvictionThresholds,
 				},
+				ExperimentalQOSReserved: *experimentalQOSReserved,
 			},
 			s.ExperimentalFailSwapOn,
 			kubeDeps.Recorder)

hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt

@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ experimental-keystone-url
 experimental-mounter-path
 experimental-nvidia-gpus
 experimental-prefix
+experimental-qos-reserved
 external-etcd-cafile
 external-etcd-certfile
 external-etcd-endpoints

pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go

@@ -440,6 +440,10 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// manage attachment/detachment of volumes scheduled to this node, and
 	// disables kubelet from executing any attach/detach operations
 	EnableControllerAttachDetach bool
+	// A set of ResourceName=Percentage (e.g. memory=50%) pairs that describe
+	// how pod resource requests are reserved at the QoS level.
+	// Currently only memory is supported. [default=none]"
+	ExperimentalQOSReserved ConfigurationMap
 	// Default behaviour for kernel tuning
 	ProtectKernelDefaults bool
 	// If true, Kubelet ensures a set of iptables rules are present on host.

pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go

@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *KubeletConfiguration) {
 	if obj.KubeReserved == nil {
 		obj.KubeReserved = make(map[string]string)
 	}
+	if obj.ExperimentalQOSReserved == nil {
+		obj.ExperimentalQOSReserved = make(map[string]string)
+	}
 	if obj.MakeIPTablesUtilChains == nil {
 		obj.MakeIPTablesUtilChains = boolVar(true)
 	}

pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go

@@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// manage attachment/detachment of volumes scheduled to this node, and
 	// disables kubelet from executing any attach/detach operations
 	EnableControllerAttachDetach *bool `json:"enableControllerAttachDetach"`
+	// A set of ResourceName=Percentage (e.g. memory=50%) pairs that describe
+	// how pod resource requests are reserved at the QoS level.
+	// Currently only memory is supported. [default=none]"
+	ExperimentalQOSReserved map[string]string `json:"experimentalQOSReserved"`
 	// Default behaviour for kernel tuning
 	ProtectKernelDefaults bool `json:"protectKernelDefaults"`
 	// If true, Kubelet ensures a set of iptables rules are present on host.

pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go

@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha1_KubeletConfiguration_To_componentconfig_KubeletConfigu
 	if err := v1.Convert_Pointer_bool_To_bool(&in.EnableControllerAttachDetach, &out.EnableControllerAttachDetach, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	out.ExperimentalQOSReserved = *(*componentconfig.ConfigurationMap)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.ExperimentalQOSReserved))
 	out.ProtectKernelDefaults = in.ProtectKernelDefaults
 	if err := v1.Convert_Pointer_bool_To_bool(&in.MakeIPTablesUtilChains, &out.MakeIPTablesUtilChains, s); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -572,6 +573,7 @@ func autoConvert_componentconfig_KubeletConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_KubeletConfigu
 	if err := v1.Convert_bool_To_Pointer_bool(&in.EnableControllerAttachDetach, &out.EnableControllerAttachDetach, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	out.ExperimentalQOSReserved = *(*map[string]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.ExperimentalQOSReserved))
 	out.ProtectKernelDefaults = in.ProtectKernelDefaults
 	if err := v1.Convert_bool_To_Pointer_bool(&in.MakeIPTablesUtilChains, &out.MakeIPTablesUtilChains, s); err != nil {
 		return err

pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go

@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ func DeepCopy_v1alpha1_KubeletConfiguration(in interface{}, out interface{}, c *
 			*out = new(bool)
 			**out = **in
 		}
+		if in.ExperimentalQOSReserved != nil {
+			in, out := &in.ExperimentalQOSReserved, &out.ExperimentalQOSReserved
+			*out = make(map[string]string)
+			for key, val := range *in {
+				(*out)[key] = val
+			}
+		}
 		if in.MakeIPTablesUtilChains != nil {
 			in, out := &in.MakeIPTablesUtilChains, &out.MakeIPTablesUtilChains
 			*out = new(bool)

pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go

@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ func DeepCopy_componentconfig_KubeletConfiguration(in interface{}, out interface
 				(*out)[key] = val
 			}
 		}
+		if in.ExperimentalQOSReserved != nil {
+			in, out := &in.ExperimentalQOSReserved, &out.ExperimentalQOSReserved
+			*out = make(ConfigurationMap)
+			for key, val := range *in {
+				(*out)[key] = val
+			}
+		}
 		if in.AllowedUnsafeSysctls != nil {
 			in, out := &in.AllowedUnsafeSysctls, &out.AllowedUnsafeSysctls
 			*out = make([]string, len(*in))

pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go

@@ -13838,6 +13838,20 @@ func GetOpenAPIDefinitions(ref openapi.ReferenceCallback) map[string]openapi.Ope
 								Format:      "",
 							},
 						},
+						"experimentalQOSReserved": {
+							SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+								Description: "A set of ResourceName=Percentage (e.g. memory=50%) pairs that describe how pod resource requests are reserved at the QoS level. Currently only memory is supported. [default=none]\"",
+								Type:        []string{"object"},
+								AdditionalProperties: &spec.SchemaOrBool{
+									Schema: &spec.Schema{
+										SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+											Type:   []string{"string"},
+											Format: "",
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
 						"protectKernelDefaults": {
 							SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 								Description: "Default behaviour for kernel tuning",
@@ -13979,7 +13993,7 @@ func GetOpenAPIDefinitions(ref openapi.ReferenceCallback) map[string]openapi.Ope
 							},
 						},
 					},
-					Required: []string{"podManifestPath", "syncFrequency", "fileCheckFrequency", "httpCheckFrequency", "manifestURL", "manifestURLHeader", "enableServer", "address", "port", "readOnlyPort", "tlsCertFile", "tlsPrivateKeyFile", "certDirectory", "authentication", "authorization", "hostnameOverride", "podInfraContainerImage", "dockerEndpoint", "rootDirectory", "seccompProfileRoot", "allowPrivileged", "hostNetworkSources", "hostPIDSources", "hostIPCSources", "registryPullQPS", "registryBurst", "eventRecordQPS", "eventBurst", "enableDebuggingHandlers", "minimumGCAge", "maxPerPodContainerCount", "maxContainerCount", "cAdvisorPort", "healthzPort", "healthzBindAddress", "oomScoreAdj", "registerNode", "clusterDomain", "masterServiceNamespace", "clusterDNS", "streamingConnectionIdleTimeout", "nodeStatusUpdateFrequency", "imageMinimumGCAge", "imageGCHighThresholdPercent", "imageGCLowThresholdPercent", "lowDiskSpaceThresholdMB", "volumeStatsAggPeriod", "networkPluginName", "networkPluginDir", "cniConfDir", "cniBinDir", "networkPluginMTU", "volumePluginDir", "cloudProvider", "cloudConfigFile", "kubeletCgroups", "runtimeCgroups", "systemCgroups", "cgroupRoot", "containerRuntime", "remoteRuntimeEndpoint", "remoteImageEndpoint", "runtimeRequestTimeout", "rktPath", "rktAPIEndpoint", "rktStage1Image", "lockFilePath", "exitOnLockContention", "hairpinMode", "babysitDaemons", "maxPods", "dockerExecHandlerName", "podCIDR", "resolvConf", "cpuCFSQuota", "containerized", "maxOpenFiles", "registerSchedulable", "registerWithTaints", "contentType", "kubeAPIQPS", "kubeAPIBurst", "serializeImagePulls", "outOfDiskTransitionFrequency", "nodeIP", "nodeLabels", "nonMasqueradeCIDR", "enableCustomMetrics", "evictionHard", "evictionSoft", "evictionSoftGracePeriod", "evictionPressureTransitionPeriod", "evictionMaxPodGracePeriod", "evictionMinimumReclaim", "experimentalKernelMemcgNotification", "podsPerCore", "enableControllerAttachDetach", "protectKernelDefaults", "makeIPTablesUtilChains", "iptablesMasqueradeBit", "iptablesDropBit", "systemReserved", "kubeReserved"},
+					Required: []string{"podManifestPath", "syncFrequency", "fileCheckFrequency", "httpCheckFrequency", "manifestURL", "manifestURLHeader", "enableServer", "address", "port", "readOnlyPort", "tlsCertFile", "tlsPrivateKeyFile", "certDirectory", "authentication", "authorization", "hostnameOverride", "podInfraContainerImage", "dockerEndpoint", "rootDirectory", "seccompProfileRoot", "allowPrivileged", "hostNetworkSources", "hostPIDSources", "hostIPCSources", "registryPullQPS", "registryBurst", "eventRecordQPS", "eventBurst", "enableDebuggingHandlers", "minimumGCAge", "maxPerPodContainerCount", "maxContainerCount", "cAdvisorPort", "healthzPort", "healthzBindAddress", "oomScoreAdj", "registerNode", "clusterDomain", "masterServiceNamespace", "clusterDNS", "streamingConnectionIdleTimeout", "nodeStatusUpdateFrequency", "imageMinimumGCAge", "imageGCHighThresholdPercent", "imageGCLowThresholdPercent", "lowDiskSpaceThresholdMB", "volumeStatsAggPeriod", "networkPluginName", "networkPluginDir", "cniConfDir", "cniBinDir", "networkPluginMTU", "volumePluginDir", "cloudProvider", "cloudConfigFile", "kubeletCgroups", "runtimeCgroups", "systemCgroups", "cgroupRoot", "containerRuntime", "remoteRuntimeEndpoint", "remoteImageEndpoint", "runtimeRequestTimeout", "rktPath", "rktAPIEndpoint", "rktStage1Image", "lockFilePath", "exitOnLockContention", "hairpinMode", "babysitDaemons", "maxPods", "dockerExecHandlerName", "podCIDR", "resolvConf", "cpuCFSQuota", "containerized", "maxOpenFiles", "registerSchedulable", "registerWithTaints", "contentType", "kubeAPIQPS", "kubeAPIBurst", "serializeImagePulls", "outOfDiskTransitionFrequency", "nodeIP", "nodeLabels", "nonMasqueradeCIDR", "enableCustomMetrics", "evictionHard", "evictionSoft", "evictionSoftGracePeriod", "evictionPressureTransitionPeriod", "evictionMaxPodGracePeriod", "evictionMinimumReclaim", "experimentalKernelMemcgNotification", "podsPerCore", "enableControllerAttachDetach", "experimentalQOSReserved", "protectKernelDefaults", "makeIPTablesUtilChains", "iptablesMasqueradeBit", "iptablesDropBit", "systemReserved", "kubeReserved"},
 				},
 			},
 			Dependencies: []string{

pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ go_library(
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/apis/componentconfig:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/cadvisor:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/cm/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/events:go_default_library",
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ go_test(
     name = "go_default_test",
     srcs = [
         "cgroup_manager_linux_test.go",
+        "cgroup_manager_test.go",
         "container_manager_linux_test.go",
         "helpers_linux_test.go",
         "node_container_manager_test.go",
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ go_test(
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/apis/componentconfig:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/eviction/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/mount:go_default_library",
         "//vendor:github.com/stretchr/testify/assert",

pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go

@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ type subsystem interface {
 	Name() string
 	// Set the cgroup represented by cgroup.
 	Set(path string, cgroup *libcontainerconfigs.Cgroup) error
+	// GetStats returns the statistics associated with the cgroup
+	GetStats(path string, stats *libcontainercgroups.Stats) error
 }
 
 // Cgroup subsystems we currently support
@@ -465,3 +467,34 @@ func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) ReduceCPULimits(cgroupName CgroupName) error {
 	}
 	return m.Update(containerConfig)
 }
+
+func getStatsSupportedSubsytems(cgroupPaths map[string]string) (*libcontainercgroups.Stats, error) {
+	stats := libcontainercgroups.NewStats()
+	for _, sys := range supportedSubsystems {
+		if _, ok := cgroupPaths[sys.Name()]; !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to find subsytem mount for subsytem: %v", sys.Name())
+		}
+		if err := sys.GetStats(cgroupPaths[sys.Name()], stats); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to get stats for supported subsystems : %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return stats, nil
+}
+
+func toResourceStats(stats *libcontainercgroups.Stats) *ResourceStats {
+	return &ResourceStats{
+		MemoryStats: &MemoryStats{
+			Usage: int64(stats.MemoryStats.Usage.Usage),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// Get sets the ResourceParameters of the specified cgroup as read from the cgroup fs
+func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) GetResourceStats(name CgroupName) (*ResourceStats, error) {
+	cgroupPaths := m.buildCgroupPaths(name)
+	stats, err := getStatsSupportedSubsytems(cgroupPaths)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get stats supported cgroup subsystems for cgroup %v: %v", name, err)
+	}
+	return toResourceStats(stats), nil
+}

pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_test.go

+// +build linux
+
+/*
+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 cm
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
+)
+
+func Test(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected *map[v1.ResourceName]int64
+	}{
+		{
+			input:    "memory",
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "memory=a",
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "memory=a%",
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "memory=200%",
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			input: "memory=0%",
+			expected: &map[v1.ResourceName]int64{
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 0,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			input: "memory=100%",
+			expected: &map[v1.ResourceName]int64{
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 100,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// need to change this when CPU is added as a supported resource
+			input:    "memory=100%,cpu=50%",
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		m := componentconfig.ConfigurationMap{}
+		m.Set(test.input)
+		actual, err := ParseQOSReserved(m)
+		if actual != nil && test.expected == nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected success, input: %v, expected: %v, actual: %v, err: %v", test.input, test.expected, actual, err)
+		}
+		if actual == nil && test.expected != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected failure, input: %v, expected: %v, actual: %v, err: %v", test.input, test.expected, actual, err)
+		}
+		if (actual == nil && test.expected == nil) || reflect.DeepEqual(*actual, *test.expected) {
+			continue
+		}
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected result, input: %v, expected: %v, actual: %v, err: %v", test.input, test.expected, actual, err)
+	}
+}

pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_unsupported.go

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ func (m *unsupportedCgroupManager) Create(_ *CgroupConfig) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("Cgroup Manager is not supported in this build")
 }
 
+func (m *unsupportedCgroupManager) GetResourceStats(name CgroupName) (*ResourceStats, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cgroup Manager is not supported in this build")
+}
+
 func (m *unsupportedCgroupManager) Pids(_ CgroupName) []int {
 	return nil
 }

pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go

@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	// TODO: Migrate kubelet to either use its own internal objects or client library.
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
 	evictionapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction/api"
+
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type ActivePodsFunc func() []*v1.Pod
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ type NodeConfig struct {
 	ProtectKernelDefaults bool
 	EnableCRI             bool
 	NodeAllocatableConfig
+	ExperimentalQOSReserved map[v1.ResourceName]int64
 }
 
 type NodeAllocatableConfig struct {
@@ -93,3 +99,41 @@ const (
 	SystemReservedEnforcementKey  = "system-reserved"
 	KubeReservedEnforcementKey    = "kube-reserved"
 )
+
+// containerManager for the kubelet is currently an injected dependency.
+// We need to parse the --qos-reserve-requests option in
+// cmd/kubelet/app/server.go and there isn't really a good place to put
+// the code.  If/When the kubelet dependency injection gets worked out,
+// maybe there will be a better place for it.
+func parsePercentage(v string) (int64, error) {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(v, "%") {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("percentage expected, got '%s'", v)
+	}
+	percentage, err := strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimRight(v, "%"), 10, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid number in percentage '%s'", v)
+	}
+	if percentage < 0 || percentage > 100 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("percentage must be between 0 and 100")
+	}
+	return percentage, nil
+}
+
+// ParseQOSReserved parses the --qos-reserve-requests option
+func ParseQOSReserved(m componentconfig.ConfigurationMap) (*map[v1.ResourceName]int64, error) {
+	reservations := make(map[v1.ResourceName]int64)
+	for k, v := range m {
+		switch v1.ResourceName(k) {
+		// Only memory resources are supported.
+		case v1.ResourceMemory:
+			q, err := parsePercentage(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			reservations[v1.ResourceName(k)] = q
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot reserve %q resource", k)
+		}
+	}
+	return &reservations, nil
+}

pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go

@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) NewPodContainerManager() PodContainerManager {
 	if cm.NodeConfig.CgroupsPerQOS {
 		return &podContainerManagerImpl{
 			qosContainersInfo: cm.GetQOSContainersInfo(),
-			nodeInfo:          cm.nodeInfo,
 			subsystems:        cm.subsystems,
 			cgroupManager:     cm.cgroupManager,
 		}
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) setupNode(activePods ActivePodsFunc) error {
 		if err := cm.createNodeAllocatableCgroups(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		err = cm.qosContainerManager.Start(cm.nodeInfo, activePods)
+		err = cm.qosContainerManager.Start(cm.getNodeAllocatableAbsolute, activePods)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialise top level QOS containers: %v", err)
 		}

pkg/kubelet/cm/pod_container_manager_linux.go

@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ const (
 // It is the general implementation which allows pod level container
 // management if qos Cgroup is enabled.
 type podContainerManagerImpl struct {
-	// nodeInfo stores information about the node resource capacity
-	nodeInfo *v1.Node
 	// qosContainersInfo hold absolute paths of the top level qos containers
 	qosContainersInfo QOSContainersInfo
 	// Stores the mounted cgroup subsystems

pkg/kubelet/cm/qos_container_manager_linux.go

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 )
@@ -37,19 +36,21 @@ const (
 )
 
 type QOSContainerManager interface {
-	Start(*v1.Node, ActivePodsFunc) error
+	Start(func() v1.ResourceList, ActivePodsFunc) error
 	GetQOSContainersInfo() QOSContainersInfo
 	UpdateCgroups() error
 }
 
 type qosContainerManagerImpl struct {
 	sync.Mutex
-	nodeInfo          *v1.Node
-	qosContainersInfo QOSContainersInfo
-	subsystems        *CgroupSubsystems
-	cgroupManager     CgroupManager
-	activePods        ActivePodsFunc
-	cgroupRoot        string
+	nodeInfo           *v1.Node
+	qosContainersInfo  QOSContainersInfo
+	subsystems         *CgroupSubsystems
+	cgroupManager      CgroupManager
+	activePods         ActivePodsFunc
+	getNodeAllocatable func() v1.ResourceList
+	cgroupRoot         string
+	qosReserved        map[v1.ResourceName]int64
 }
 
 func NewQOSContainerManager(subsystems *CgroupSubsystems, cgroupRoot string, nodeConfig NodeConfig) (QOSContainerManager, error) {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ func NewQOSContainerManager(subsystems *CgroupSubsystems, cgroupRoot string, nod
 		subsystems:    subsystems,
 		cgroupManager: NewCgroupManager(subsystems, nodeConfig.CgroupDriver),
 		cgroupRoot:    cgroupRoot,
+		qosReserved:   nodeConfig.ExperimentalQOSReserved,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) GetQOSContainersInfo() QOSContainersInfo {
 	return m.qosContainersInfo
 }
 
-func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) Start(nodeInfo *v1.Node, activePods ActivePodsFunc) error {
+func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) Start(getNodeAllocatable func() v1.ResourceList, activePods ActivePodsFunc) error {
 	cm := m.cgroupManager
 	rootContainer := m.cgroupRoot
 	if !cm.Exists(CgroupName(rootContainer)) {
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) Start(nodeInfo *v1.Node, activePods ActivePods
 		Burstable:  path.Join(rootContainer, string(v1.PodQOSBurstable)),
 		BestEffort: path.Join(rootContainer, string(v1.PodQOSBestEffort)),
 	}
-	m.nodeInfo = nodeInfo
+	m.getNodeAllocatable = getNodeAllocatable
 	m.activePods = activePods
 
 	// update qos cgroup tiers on startup and in periodic intervals
@@ -162,6 +164,85 @@ func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) setCPUCgroupConfig(configs map[v1.PodQOSClass]
 	return nil
 }
 
+// setMemoryReserve sums the memory limits of all pods in a QOS class,
+// calculates QOS class memory limits, and set those limits in the
+// CgroupConfig for each QOS class.
+func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) setMemoryReserve(configs map[v1.PodQOSClass]*CgroupConfig, percentReserve int64) {
+	qosMemoryRequests := map[v1.PodQOSClass]int64{
+		v1.PodQOSGuaranteed: 0,
+		v1.PodQOSBurstable:  0,
+	}
+
+	// Sum the pod limits for pods in each QOS class
+	pods := m.activePods()
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		podMemoryRequest := int64(0)
+		qosClass := qos.GetPodQOS(pod)
+		if qosClass == v1.PodQOSBestEffort {
+			// limits are not set for Best Effort pods
+			continue
+		}
+		req, _, err := v1.PodRequestsAndLimits(pod)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.V(2).Infof("[Container Manager] Pod resource requests/limits could not be determined.  Not setting QOS memory limts.")
+			return
+		}
+		if request, found := req[v1.ResourceMemory]; found {
+			podMemoryRequest += request.Value()
+		}
+		qosMemoryRequests[qosClass] += podMemoryRequest
+	}
+
+	resources := m.getNodeAllocatable()
+	allocatableResource, ok := resources[v1.ResourceMemory]
+	if !ok {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("[Container Manager] Allocatable memory value could not be determined.  Not setting QOS memory limts.")
+		return
+	}
+	allocatable := allocatableResource.Value()
+	if allocatable == 0 {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("[Container Manager] Memory allocatable reported as 0, might be in standalone mode.  Not setting QOS memory limts.")
+		return
+	}
+
+	for qos, limits := range qosMemoryRequests {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("[Container Manager] %s pod requests total %d bytes (reserve %d%%)", qos, limits, percentReserve)
+	}
+
+	// Calculate QOS memory limits
+	burstableLimit := allocatable - (qosMemoryRequests[v1.PodQOSGuaranteed] * percentReserve / 100)
+	bestEffortLimit := burstableLimit - (qosMemoryRequests[v1.PodQOSBurstable] * percentReserve / 100)
+	configs[v1.PodQOSBurstable].ResourceParameters.Memory = &burstableLimit
+	configs[v1.PodQOSBestEffort].ResourceParameters.Memory = &bestEffortLimit
+}
+
+// retrySetMemoryReserve checks for any QoS cgroups over the limit
+// that was attempted to be set in the first Update() and adjusts
+// their memory limit to the usage to prevent further growth.
+func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) retrySetMemoryReserve(configs map[v1.PodQOSClass]*CgroupConfig, percentReserve int64) {
+	// Unreclaimable memory usage may already exceeded the desired limit
+	// Attempt to set the limit near the current usage to put pressure
+	// on the cgroup and prevent further growth.
+	for qos, config := range configs {
+		stats, err := m.cgroupManager.GetResourceStats(config.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.V(2).Infof("[Container Manager] %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		usage := stats.MemoryStats.Usage
+
+		// Because there is no good way to determine of the original Update()
+		// on the memory resource was successful, we determine failure of the
+		// first attempt by checking if the usage is above the limit we attempt
+		// to set.  If it is, we assume the first attempt to set the limit failed
+		// and try again setting the limit to the usage.  Otherwise we leave
+		// the CgroupConfig as is.
+		if configs[qos].ResourceParameters.Memory != nil && usage > *configs[qos].ResourceParameters.Memory {
+			configs[qos].ResourceParameters.Memory = &usage
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) UpdateCgroups() error {
 	m.Lock()
 	defer m.Unlock()
@@ -182,6 +263,34 @@ func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) UpdateCgroups() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	for resource, percentReserve := range m.qosReserved {
+		switch resource {
+		case v1.ResourceMemory:
+			m.setMemoryReserve(qosConfigs, percentReserve)
+		}
+	}
+	updateSuccess := true
+	for _, config := range qosConfigs {
+		err := m.cgroupManager.Update(config)
+		if err != nil {
+			updateSuccess = false
+		}
+	}
+	if updateSuccess {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("[ContainerManager]: Updated QoS cgroup configuration")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// If the resource can adjust the ResourceConfig to increase likelihood of
+	// success, call the adjustment function here.  Otherwise, the Update() will
+	// be called again with the same values.
+	for resource, percentReserve := range m.qosReserved {
+		switch resource {
+		case v1.ResourceMemory:
+			m.retrySetMemoryReserve(qosConfigs, percentReserve)
+		}
+	}
+
 	for _, config := range qosConfigs {
 		err := m.cgroupManager.Update(config)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -189,8 +298,8 @@ func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) UpdateCgroups() error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	glog.V(2).Infof("[ContainerManager]: Updated QoS cgroup configuration")
 
+	glog.V(2).Infof("[ContainerManager]: Updated QoS cgroup configuration on retry")
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -204,7 +313,7 @@ func (m *qosContainerManagerNoop) GetQOSContainersInfo() QOSContainersInfo {
 	return QOSContainersInfo{}
 }
 
-func (m *qosContainerManagerNoop) Start(_ *v1.Node, _ ActivePodsFunc) error {
+func (m *qosContainerManagerNoop) Start(_ func() v1.ResourceList, _ ActivePodsFunc) error {
 	return nil
 }
 

pkg/kubelet/cm/types.go

@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ type CgroupConfig struct {
 	ResourceParameters *ResourceConfig
 }
 
+// MemoryStats holds the on-demand stastistics from the memory cgroup
+type MemoryStats struct {
+	// Memory usage (in bytes).
+	Usage int64
+}
+
+// ResourceStats holds on-demand stastistics from various cgroup subsystems
+type ResourceStats struct {
+	// Memory statistics.
+	MemoryStats *MemoryStats
+}
+
 // CgroupManager allows for cgroup management.
 // Supports Cgroup Creation ,Deletion and Updates.
 type CgroupManager interface {
@@ -72,6 +84,8 @@ type CgroupManager interface {
 	Pids(name CgroupName) []int
 	// ReduceCPULimits reduces the CPU CFS values to the minimum amount of shares.
 	ReduceCPULimits(cgroupName CgroupName) error
+	// GetResourceStats returns statistics of the specified cgroup as read from the cgroup fs.
+	GetResourceStats(name CgroupName) (*ResourceStats, error)
 }
 
 // QOSContainersInfo stores the names of containers per qos