Add retry for patch node requests and replace deprecated poll function

pkg/exporters/k8sexporter/k8s_exporter.go

@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ func (ke *k8sExporter) startHTTPReporting(npdo *options.NodeProblemDetectorOptio
 }
 
 func waitForAPIServerReadyWithTimeout(ctx context.Context, c problemclient.Client, npdo *options.NodeProblemDetectorOptions) error {
-	return wait.PollImmediate(npdo.APIServerWaitInterval, npdo.APIServerWaitTimeout, func() (done bool, err error) {
+	return wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, npdo.APIServerWaitInterval, npdo.APIServerWaitTimeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
 		// If NPD can get the node object from kube-apiserver, the server is
 		// ready and the RBAC permission is set correctly.
 		if _, err := c.GetNode(ctx); err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Can't get node object: %v", err)
-			return false, nil
+			return false, err
 		}
 		return true, nil
 	})

pkg/exporters/k8sexporter/problemclient/problem_client.go

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	typedcorev1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 
@@ -107,7 +108,15 @@ func (c *nodeProblemClient) SetConditions(ctx context.Context, newConditions []v
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return c.client.RESTClient().Patch(types.StrategicMergePatchType).Resource("nodes").Name(c.nodeName).SubResource("status").Body(patch).Do(ctx).Error()
+	return retry.OnError(retry.DefaultRetry,
+		func(error) bool {
+			return true
+		},
+		func() error {
+			_, err := c.client.Nodes().PatchStatus(ctx, c.nodeName, patch)
+			return err
+		},
+	)
 }
 
 func (c *nodeProblemClient) Eventf(eventType, source, reason, messageFmt string, args ...interface{}) {

vendor/modules.txt

@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ k8s.io/client-go/util/connrotation
 k8s.io/client-go/util/flowcontrol
 k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir
 k8s.io/client-go/util/keyutil
+k8s.io/client-go/util/retry
 k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue
 # k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 ## explicit; go 1.13