ensure /lib/modules is available for driver container on SUSE products

This will ensure driver container built by SUSE has access to
host kernel modules

Signed-off-by: Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@suse.com>

Author: fcrozat

controllers/object_controls.go

@@ -3581,6 +3581,28 @@ func transformDriverContainer(obj *appsv1.DaemonSet, config *gpuv1.ClusterPolicy
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Mount /lib/modules for SLES/SL-Micro
+	if release["ID"] == "sles" || release["ID"] == "sl-micro" {
+		n.logger.Info("Mounting /lib/modules into the driver container", "OS", release["ID"])
+		libModulesVolMount := corev1.VolumeMount{
+			Name:      "lib-modules",
+			MountPath: "/run/host/lib/modules",
+			ReadOnly:  true,
+		}
+		driverContainer.VolumeMounts = append(driverContainer.VolumeMounts, libModulesVolMount)
+
+		libModulesVol := corev1.Volume{
+			Name: "lib-modules",
+			VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
+				HostPath: &corev1.HostPathVolumeSource{
+					Path: "/lib/modules",
+					Type: ptr.To(corev1.HostPathDirectory),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		podSpec.Volumes = append(podSpec.Volumes, libModulesVol)
+	}
+
 	// apply proxy and env settings if this is an OpenShift cluster
 	if _, ok := release["OPENSHIFT_VERSION"]; ok {
 		setContainerEnv(driverContainer, "OPENSHIFT_VERSION", release["OPENSHIFT_VERSION"])

controllers/object_controls_test.go

@@ -1461,3 +1461,53 @@ func TestParseOSReleaseFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 		require.True(t, os.IsNotExist(err))
 	})
 }
+
+// TestDriverSLES tests that the GPU Operator correctly handles SLES-specific configurations
+func TestDriverSLES(t *testing.T) {
+	// Backup original parseOSRelease
+	originalParseOSRelease := parseOSRelease
+	defer func() { parseOSRelease = originalParseOSRelease }()
+
+	// Mock SLES environment
+	parseOSRelease = mockOSRelease("sles", "15.7")
+
+	cp := getDriverTestInput("default")
+	output := getDriverTestOutput("default")
+
+	ds, err := testDaemonsetCommon(t, cp, "Driver", output["numDaemonsets"].(int))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error in testDaemonsetCommon(): %v", err)
+	}
+	require.NotNil(t, ds)
+
+	// Check for /lib/modules volume and mount
+	foundVolume := false
+	for _, vol := range ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes {
+		if vol.Name == "lib-modules" {
+			foundVolume = true
+			require.NotNil(t, vol.HostPath)
+			require.Equal(t, "/lib/modules", vol.HostPath.Path)
+		}
+	}
+	require.True(t, foundVolume, "lib-modules volume not found for SLES")
+
+	foundMount := false
+	driverContainer := findContainerByName(ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers, "nvidia-driver-ctr")
+	require.NotNil(t, driverContainer)
+
+	for _, mount := range driverContainer.VolumeMounts {
+		if mount.Name == "lib-modules" {
+			foundMount = true
+			require.Equal(t, "/run/host/lib/modules", mount.MountPath)
+			require.True(t, mount.ReadOnly)
+		}
+	}
+	require.True(t, foundMount, "lib-modules volume mount not found for SLES")
+
+	// Cleanup
+	err = removeState(&clusterPolicyController, clusterPolicyController.idx-1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error removing state %v:", err)
+	}
+	clusterPolicyController.idx--
+}

internal/state/driver_volumes.go

@@ -203,6 +203,28 @@ func (s *stateDriver) getDriverAdditionalConfigs(ctx context.Context, cr *v1alph
 				additionalCfgs.Volumes = append(additionalCfgs.Volumes, subscriptionVol)
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Mount /lib/modules for SLES/SL-Micro
+		if pool.osRelease == "sles" || pool.osRelease == "sl-micro" {
+			logger.Info("Mounting /lib/modules into the driver container", "OS", pool.osRelease)
+			libModulesVolMount := corev1.VolumeMount{
+				Name:      "lib-modules",
+				MountPath: "/run/host/lib/modules",
+				ReadOnly:  true,
+			}
+			additionalCfgs.VolumeMounts = append(additionalCfgs.VolumeMounts, libModulesVolMount)
+
+			libModulesVol := corev1.Volume{
+				Name: "lib-modules",
+				VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
+					HostPath: &corev1.HostPathVolumeSource{
+						Path: "/lib/modules",
+						Type: ptr.To(corev1.HostPathDirectory),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			additionalCfgs.Volumes = append(additionalCfgs.Volumes, libModulesVol)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// mount any custom kernel module configuration parameters at /drivers