feat: support custom scheduler config for in-tree schedulr plugins (without extenders)

Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: rename `--scheduler-config` -> `--scheduler-config-file` to avoid confusion
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

fix: `goto` causing infinite loop
- abstract out running extenders in a separate function
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: remove code around extenders
- we decided not to use scheduler extenders for checking if a pod would fit on a node
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: move scheduler config to a `utils/scheduler` package`
- use default config as a fallback
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

test: fix static_autoscaler test
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: `GetSchedulerConfiguration` fn
- remove falling back
- add mechanism to detect if the scheduler config file flag was set
-
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

test: wip add tests for `GetSchedulerConfig`
- tests are failing now
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

test: add tests for `GetSchedulerConfig`
- abstract error messages so that we can use them in the tests
- set api version explicitly (this is what upstream does as well)
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: do a round of cleanup to make PR ready for review
- make import names consistent
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

fix: use `pflag` to check if the `--scheduler-config-file` flag was set
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

docs: add comments for exported error constants
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: don't export error messages
- exporting is not needed
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

fix: add underscore in test file name
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

test: fix test failing because of no comment on exported `SchedulerConfigFileFlag`
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refacotr: change name of flag variable `schedulerConfig` -> `schedulerConfigFile`
- avoids confusion
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

test: add extra test cases for predicate checker
- where the predicate checker uses custom scheduler config
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: remove `setFlags` variable
- not needed anymore
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: abstract custom scheduler configs into `conifg` package
- make them constants
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

test: fix linting error
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: introduce a new custom test predicate checker
- instead of adding a param to the current one
- this is so that we don't have to pass `nil` to the existing test predicate checker in many places
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: rename `NewCustomPredicateChecker` -> `NewTestPredicateCheckerWithCustomConfig`
- latter narrows down meaning of the function better than former
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

refactor: rename `GetSchedulerConfig` -> `ConfigFromPath`
- `scheduler.ConfigFromPath` is shorter and feels less vague than `scheduler.GetSchedulerConfig`
- move test config to a new package `test` under `config` package
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

docs: add `TODO` for replacing code to parse scheduler config
- with upstream function
Signed-off-by: vadasambar <surajrbanakar@gmail.com>

cluster-autoscaler/config/autoscaling_options.go

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"time"
+
+	scheduler_config "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
 )
 
 // GpuLimits define lower and upper bound on GPU instances of given type in cluster
@@ -166,6 +168,9 @@ type AutoscalingOptions struct {
 	// ScaleDownSimulationTimeout defines the maximum time that can be
 	// spent on scale down simulation.
 	ScaleDownSimulationTimeout time.Duration
+	// SchedulerConfig allows changing configuration of in-tree
+	// scheduler plugins acting on PreFilter and Filter extension points
+	SchedulerConfig *scheduler_config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration
 	// NodeDeletionDelayTimeout is maximum time CA waits for removing delay-deletion.cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/ annotations before deleting the node.
 	NodeDeletionDelayTimeout time.Duration
 	// WriteStatusConfigMap tells if the status information should be written to a ConfigMap

cluster-autoscaler/config/const.go

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ package config
 import "time"
 
 const (
+	// SchedulerConfigFileFlag is the name of the flag
+	// for passing in custom scheduler config for in-tree scheduelr plugins
+	SchedulerConfigFileFlag = "scheduler-config-file"
+
 	// DefaultMaxClusterCores is the default maximum number of cores in the cluster.
 	DefaultMaxClusterCores = 5000 * 64
 	// DefaultMaxClusterMemory is the default maximum number of gigabytes of memory in cluster.

cluster-autoscaler/config/test/config.go

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 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 test
+
+const (
+	// Custom scheduler configs for testing
+
+	// SchedulerConfigNodeResourcesFitDisabled is scheduler config
+	// with `NodeResourcesFit` plugin disabled
+	SchedulerConfigNodeResourcesFitDisabled = `
+apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1
+kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration
+profiles:
+- pluginConfig:
+  plugins:
+    multiPoint:
+      disabled:
+      - name: NodeResourcesFit
+        weight: 1
+  schedulerName: custom-scheduler`
+
+	// SchedulerConfigTaintTolerationDisabled is scheduler config
+	// with `TaintToleration` plugin disabled
+	SchedulerConfigTaintTolerationDisabled = `
+apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1
+kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration
+profiles:
+- pluginConfig:
+  plugins:
+    multiPoint:
+      disabled:
+      - name: TaintToleration
+        weight: 1
+  schedulerName: custom-scheduler`
+
+	// SchedulerConfigMinimalCorrect is the minimal
+	// correct scheduler config
+	SchedulerConfigMinimalCorrect = `
+apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1
+kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration`
+
+	// SchedulerConfigDecodeErr is the scheduler config
+	// which throws decoding error when we try to load it
+	SchedulerConfigDecodeErr = `
+kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration`
+
+	// SchedulerConfigInvalid is invalid scheduler config
+	// because we specify percentageOfNodesToScore > 100
+	SchedulerConfigInvalid = `
+apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1
+kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration
+# percentageOfNodesToScore has to be between 0 and 100
+percentageOfNodesToScore: 130`
+)

cluster-autoscaler/main.go

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/simulator/clustersnapshot"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/errors"
 	kube_util "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/kubernetes"
+	scheduler_util "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/scheduler"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/units"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/version"
 	kube_client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/component-base/config/options"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	scheduler_config "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
 )
 
 // MultiStringFlag is a flag for passing multiple parameters using same flag
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ var (
 			"for scale down when some candidates from previous iteration are no longer valid."+
 			"When calculating the pool size for additional candidates we take"+
 			"max(#nodes * scale-down-candidates-pool-ratio, scale-down-candidates-pool-min-count).")
+	schedulerConfigFile         = flag.String(config.SchedulerConfigFileFlag, "", "scheduler-config allows changing configuration of in-tree scheduler plugins acting on PreFilter and Filter extension points")
 	nodeDeletionDelayTimeout    = flag.Duration("node-deletion-delay-timeout", 2*time.Minute, "Maximum time CA waits for removing delay-deletion.cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/ annotations before deleting the node.")
 	nodeDeletionBatcherInterval = flag.Duration("node-deletion-batcher-interval", 0*time.Second, "How long CA ScaleDown gather nodes to delete them in batch.")
 	scanInterval                = flag.Duration("scan-interval", 10*time.Second, "How often cluster is reevaluated for scale up or down")
@@ -274,6 +277,15 @@ func createAutoscalingOptions() config.AutoscalingOptions {
 		*maxEmptyBulkDeleteFlag = *maxScaleDownParallelismFlag
 	}
 
+	var parsedSchedConfig *scheduler_config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration
+	// if scheduler config flag was set by the user
+	if pflag.CommandLine.Changed(config.SchedulerConfigFileFlag) {
+		parsedSchedConfig, err = scheduler_util.ConfigFromPath(*schedulerConfigFile)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Fatalf("Failed to get scheduler config: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	return config.AutoscalingOptions{
 		NodeGroupDefaults: config.NodeGroupAutoscalingOptions{
 			ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold:    *scaleDownUtilizationThreshold,
@@ -316,6 +328,7 @@ func createAutoscalingOptions() config.AutoscalingOptions {
 		ScaleDownNonEmptyCandidatesCount: *scaleDownNonEmptyCandidatesCount,
 		ScaleDownCandidatesPoolRatio:     *scaleDownCandidatesPoolRatio,
 		ScaleDownCandidatesPoolMinCount:  *scaleDownCandidatesPoolMinCount,
+		SchedulerConfig:                  parsedSchedConfig,
 		WriteStatusConfigMap:             *writeStatusConfigMapFlag,
 		StatusConfigMapName:              *statusConfigMapName,
 		BalanceSimilarNodeGroups:         *balanceSimilarNodeGroupsFlag,
@@ -422,7 +435,8 @@ func buildAutoscaler(debuggingSnapshotter debuggingsnapshot.DebuggingSnapshotter
 
 	eventsKubeClient := createKubeClient(getKubeConfig())
 
-	predicateChecker, err := predicatechecker.NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(kubeClient, make(chan struct{}))
+	predicateChecker, err := predicatechecker.NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(kubeClient,
+		autoscalingOptions.SchedulerConfig, make(chan struct{}))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

cluster-autoscaler/simulator/predicatechecker/schedulerbased.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	kube_client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	v1listers "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
 	klog "k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
 	scheduler_config "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/latest"
 	schedulerframework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
 	scheduler_plugins "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins"
@@ -44,21 +45,26 @@ type SchedulerBasedPredicateChecker struct {
 }
 
 // NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker builds scheduler based PredicateChecker.
-func NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(kubeClient kube_client.Interface, stop <-chan struct{}) (*SchedulerBasedPredicateChecker, error) {
+func NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(kubeClient kube_client.Interface, schedConfig *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, stop <-chan struct{}) (*SchedulerBasedPredicateChecker, error) {
 	informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(kubeClient, 0)
-	config, err := scheduler_config.Default()
+
+	if schedConfig == nil {
+		var err error
+		schedConfig, err = scheduler_config.Default()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't create scheduler config: %v", err)
 		}
-	if len(config.Profiles) != 1 || config.Profiles[0].SchedulerName != apiv1.DefaultSchedulerName {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected scheduler config: expected default scheduler profile only (found %d profiles)", len(config.Profiles))
+	}
+
+	if len(schedConfig.Profiles) != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected scheduler config: expected one scheduler profile only (found %d profiles)", len(schedConfig.Profiles))
 	}
 	sharedLister := NewDelegatingSchedulerSharedLister()
 
 	framework, err := schedulerframeworkruntime.NewFramework(
 		context.TODO(),
 		scheduler_plugins.NewInTreeRegistry(),
-		&config.Profiles[0],
+		&schedConfig.Profiles[0],
 		schedulerframeworkruntime.WithInformerFactory(informerFactory),
 		schedulerframeworkruntime.WithSnapshotSharedLister(sharedLister),
 	)
@@ -181,6 +187,7 @@ func (p *SchedulerBasedPredicateChecker) CheckPredicates(clusterSnapshot cluster
 			filterReasons,
 			p.buildDebugInfo(filterName, nodeInfo))
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

cluster-autoscaler/simulator/predicatechecker/schedulerbased_test.go

@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 package predicatechecker
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	testconfig "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/config/test"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/simulator/clustersnapshot"
+	scheduler "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/scheduler"
 	. "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/test"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -36,52 +40,114 @@ func TestCheckPredicate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	n1000 := BuildTestNode("n1000", 1000, 2000000)
 	SetNodeReadyState(n1000, true, time.Time{})
+	n1000Unschedulable := BuildTestNode("n1000", 1000, 2000000)
+	SetNodeReadyState(n1000Unschedulable, true, time.Time{})
+
+	defaultPredicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateChecker()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// temp dir
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "scheduler-configs")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	customConfigFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "custom_config.yaml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(customConfigFile,
+		[]byte(testconfig.SchedulerConfigNodeResourcesFitDisabled),
+		os.FileMode(0600)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	customConfig, err := scheduler.ConfigFromPath(customConfigFile)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	customPredicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateCheckerWithCustomConfig(customConfig)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string
 		node             *apiv1.Node
 		scheduledPods    []*apiv1.Pod
 		testPod          *apiv1.Pod
+		predicateChecker PredicateChecker
 		expectError      bool
 	}{
+		// default predicate checker test cases
 		{
-			name:          "other pod - insuficient cpu",
+			name:             "default - other pod - insuficient cpu",
 			node:             n1000,
 			scheduledPods:    []*apiv1.Pod{p450},
 			testPod:          p600,
 			expectError:      true,
+			predicateChecker: defaultPredicateChecker,
 		},
 		{
-			name:          "other pod - ok",
+			name:             "default - other pod - ok",
 			node:             n1000,
 			scheduledPods:    []*apiv1.Pod{p450},
 			testPod:          p500,
 			expectError:      false,
+			predicateChecker: defaultPredicateChecker,
 		},
 		{
-			name:          "empty - insuficient cpu",
+			name:             "default - empty - insuficient cpu",
 			node:             n1000,
 			scheduledPods:    []*apiv1.Pod{},
 			testPod:          p8000,
 			expectError:      true,
+			predicateChecker: defaultPredicateChecker,
 		},
 		{
-			name:          "empty - ok",
+			name:             "default - empty - ok",
 			node:             n1000,
 			scheduledPods:    []*apiv1.Pod{},
 			testPod:          p600,
 			expectError:      false,
+			predicateChecker: defaultPredicateChecker,
+		},
+		// custom predicate checker test cases
+		{
+			name:             "custom - other pod - ok",
+			node:             n1000,
+			scheduledPods:    []*apiv1.Pod{p450},
+			testPod:          p600,
+			expectError:      false,
+			predicateChecker: customPredicateChecker,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "custom -other pod - ok",
+			node:             n1000,
+			scheduledPods:    []*apiv1.Pod{p450},
+			testPod:          p500,
+			expectError:      false,
+			predicateChecker: customPredicateChecker,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "custom -empty - ok",
+			node:             n1000,
+			scheduledPods:    []*apiv1.Pod{},
+			testPod:          p8000,
+			expectError:      false,
+			predicateChecker: customPredicateChecker,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "custom -empty - ok",
+			node:             n1000,
+			scheduledPods:    []*apiv1.Pod{},
+			testPod:          p600,
+			expectError:      false,
+			predicateChecker: customPredicateChecker,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var err error
-			predicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateChecker()
 			clusterSnapshot := clustersnapshot.NewBasicClusterSnapshot()
 			err = clusterSnapshot.AddNodeWithPods(tt.node, tt.scheduledPods)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-			predicateError := predicateChecker.CheckPredicates(clusterSnapshot, tt.testPod, tt.node.Name)
+			predicateError := tt.predicateChecker.CheckPredicates(clusterSnapshot, tt.testPod, tt.node.Name)
 			if tt.expectError {
 				assert.NotNil(t, predicateError)
 				assert.Equal(t, NotSchedulablePredicateError, predicateError.ErrorType())
@@ -102,7 +168,80 @@ func TestFitsAnyNode(t *testing.T) {
 	n1000 := BuildTestNode("n1000", 1000, 2000000)
 	n2000 := BuildTestNode("n2000", 2000, 2000000)
 
-	var err error
+	defaultPredicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateChecker()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// temp dir
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "scheduler-configs")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	customConfigFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "custom_config.yaml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(customConfigFile,
+		[]byte(testconfig.SchedulerConfigNodeResourcesFitDisabled),
+		os.FileMode(0600)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	customConfig, err := scheduler.ConfigFromPath(customConfigFile)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	customPredicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateCheckerWithCustomConfig(customConfig)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name             string
+		predicateChecker PredicateChecker
+		pod              *apiv1.Pod
+		expectedNodes    []string
+		expectError      bool
+	}{
+		// default predicate checker test cases
+		{
+			name:             "default - small pod - no error",
+			predicateChecker: defaultPredicateChecker,
+			pod:              p900,
+			expectedNodes:    []string{"n1000", "n2000"},
+			expectError:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "default - medium pod - no error",
+			predicateChecker: defaultPredicateChecker,
+			pod:              p1900,
+			expectedNodes:    []string{"n2000"},
+			expectError:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "default - large pod - insufficient cpu",
+			predicateChecker: defaultPredicateChecker,
+			pod:              p2100,
+			expectError:      true,
+		},
+
+		// custom predicate checker test cases
+		{
+			name:             "custom - small pod - no error",
+			predicateChecker: customPredicateChecker,
+			pod:              p900,
+			expectedNodes:    []string{"n1000", "n2000"},
+			expectError:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "custom - medium pod - no error",
+			predicateChecker: customPredicateChecker,
+			pod:              p1900,
+			expectedNodes:    []string{"n1000", "n2000"},
+			expectError:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "custom - large pod - insufficient cpu",
+			predicateChecker: customPredicateChecker,
+			pod:              p2100,
+			expectedNodes:    []string{"n1000", "n2000"},
+			expectError:      false,
+		},
+	}
 
 	clusterSnapshot := clustersnapshot.NewBasicClusterSnapshot()
 	err = clusterSnapshot.AddNode(n1000)
@@ -110,19 +249,18 @@ func TestFitsAnyNode(t *testing.T) {
 	err = clusterSnapshot.AddNode(n2000)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	predicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateChecker()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	nodeName, err := predicateChecker.FitsAnyNode(clusterSnapshot, p900)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, nodeName == "n1000" || nodeName == "n2000")
-
-	nodeName, err = predicateChecker.FitsAnyNode(clusterSnapshot, p1900)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "n2000", nodeName)
-
-	nodeName, err = predicateChecker.FitsAnyNode(clusterSnapshot, p2100)
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			nodeName, err := tc.predicateChecker.FitsAnyNode(clusterSnapshot, tc.pod)
+			if tc.expectError {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, tc.expectedNodes, nodeName)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
 }
 
 func TestDebugInfo(t *testing.T) {
@@ -142,16 +280,39 @@ func TestDebugInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	SetNodeReadyState(node1, true, time.Time{})
 
-	predicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateChecker()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 	clusterSnapshot := clustersnapshot.NewBasicClusterSnapshot()
 
-	err = clusterSnapshot.AddNode(node1)
+	err := clusterSnapshot.AddNode(node1)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	predicateErr := predicateChecker.CheckPredicates(clusterSnapshot, p1, "n1")
+	// with default predicate checker
+	defaultPredicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateChecker()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	predicateErr := defaultPredicateChecker.CheckPredicates(clusterSnapshot, p1, "n1")
 	assert.NotNil(t, predicateErr)
 	assert.Equal(t, "node(s) had untolerated taint {SomeTaint: WhyNot?}", predicateErr.Message())
 	assert.Contains(t, predicateErr.VerboseMessage(), "RandomTaint")
+
+	// with custom predicate checker
+
+	// temp dir
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "scheduler-configs")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	customConfigFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "custom_config.yaml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(customConfigFile,
+		[]byte(testconfig.SchedulerConfigTaintTolerationDisabled),
+		os.FileMode(0600)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	customConfig, err := scheduler.ConfigFromPath(customConfigFile)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	customPredicateChecker, err := NewTestPredicateCheckerWithCustomConfig(customConfig)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	predicateErr = customPredicateChecker.CheckPredicates(clusterSnapshot, p1, "n1")
+	assert.Nil(t, predicateErr)
 }

cluster-autoscaler/simulator/predicatechecker/testchecker.go

@@ -18,10 +18,27 @@ package predicatechecker
 
 import (
 	clientsetfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
+	scheduler_config_latest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/latest"
 )
 
 // NewTestPredicateChecker builds test version of PredicateChecker.
 func NewTestPredicateChecker() (PredicateChecker, error) {
+	schedConfig, err := scheduler_config_latest.Default()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// just call out to NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker but use fake kubeClient
-	return NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(clientsetfake.NewSimpleClientset(), make(chan struct{}))
+	return NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(clientsetfake.NewSimpleClientset(), schedConfig, make(chan struct{}))
+}
+
+// NewTestPredicateCheckerWithCustomConfig builds test version of PredicateChecker with custom scheduler config.
+func NewTestPredicateCheckerWithCustomConfig(schedConfig *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration) (PredicateChecker, error) {
+	if schedConfig != nil {
+		// just call out to NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker but use fake kubeClient
+		return NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(clientsetfake.NewSimpleClientset(), schedConfig, make(chan struct{}))
+	}
+
+	return NewTestPredicateChecker()
 }

cluster-autoscaler/utils/scheduler/scheduler.go

@@ -18,14 +18,25 @@ package scheduler
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	scheduler_config "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
+	scheduler_scheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/scheme"
+	scheduler_validation "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation"
 	schedulerframework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
 )
 
+const (
+	schedulerConfigDecodeErr   = "couldn't decode scheduler config"
+	schedulerConfigLoadErr     = "couldn't load scheduler config"
+	schedulerConfigTypeCastErr = "couldn't assert type as KubeSchedulerConfiguration"
+	schedulerConfigInvalidErr  = "invalid KubeSchedulerConfiguration"
+)
+
 // CreateNodeNameToInfoMap obtains a list of pods and pivots that list into a map where the keys are node names
 // and the values are the aggregated information for that node. Pods waiting lower priority pods preemption
 // (pod.Status.NominatedNodeName is set) are also added to list of pods for a node.
@@ -106,3 +117,33 @@ func ResourceToResourceList(r *schedulerframework.Resource) apiv1.ResourceList {
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+// ConfigFromPath loads scheduler config from a path.
+// TODO(vadasambar): replace code to parse scheduler config with upstream function
+// once https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119057 is merged
+func ConfigFromPath(path string) (*scheduler_config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, error) {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", schedulerConfigLoadErr, err)
+	}
+
+	obj, gvk, err := scheduler_scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder().Decode(data, nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", schedulerConfigDecodeErr, err)
+	}
+
+	cfgObj, ok := obj.(*scheduler_config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s, gvk: %s", schedulerConfigTypeCastErr, gvk)
+	}
+
+	// this needs to be set explicitly because config's api version is empty after decoding
+	// check kubernetes/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go for more info
+	cfgObj.TypeMeta.APIVersion = gvk.GroupVersion().String()
+
+	if err := scheduler_validation.ValidateKubeSchedulerConfiguration(cfgObj); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", schedulerConfigInvalidErr, err)
+	}
+
+	return cfgObj, nil
+}

cluster-autoscaler/utils/scheduler/scheduler_test.go

@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ package scheduler
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	testconfig "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/config/test"
 	. "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/test"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
 	schedulerframework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
 
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -102,3 +106,86 @@ func TestResourceList(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConfigFromPath(t *testing.T) {
+	// temp dir
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "scheduler-configs")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	// Note that even if we are passing minimal config like below
+	// `ConfigFromPath` will set the rest of the default fields
+	// on its own (including default profile and default plugins)
+	correctConfigFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "correct_config.yaml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(correctConfigFile,
+		[]byte(testconfig.SchedulerConfigMinimalCorrect),
+		os.FileMode(0600)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	decodeErrConfigFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "decode_err_no_version_config.yaml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(decodeErrConfigFile,
+		[]byte(testconfig.SchedulerConfigDecodeErr),
+		os.FileMode(0600)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	validationErrConfigFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "invalid_percent_node_score_config.yaml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(validationErrConfigFile,
+		[]byte(testconfig.SchedulerConfigInvalid),
+		os.FileMode(0600)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		path           string
+		expectedErr    error
+		expectedConfig *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration
+	}{
+		{
+			name:           "Empty scheduler config file path",
+			path:           "",
+			expectedErr:    fmt.Errorf(schedulerConfigLoadErr),
+			expectedConfig: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Correct scheduler config",
+			path:           correctConfigFile,
+			expectedErr:    nil,
+			expectedConfig: &config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Scheduler config with decode error",
+			path:           decodeErrConfigFile,
+			expectedErr:    fmt.Errorf(schedulerConfigDecodeErr),
+			expectedConfig: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Invalid scheduler config",
+			path:           validationErrConfigFile,
+			expectedErr:    fmt.Errorf(schedulerConfigInvalidErr),
+			expectedConfig: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case_%d: %s", i, test.name), func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfg, err := ConfigFromPath(test.path)
+			if test.expectedConfig == nil {
+				assert.Nil(t, cfg)
+			} else {
+				assert.NotNil(t, cfg)
+			}
+
+			if test.expectedErr == nil {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			} else {
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, test.expectedErr.Error())
+			}
+		})
+
+	}
+}