[MESOS-5550] Remove Nvidia GPU Isolator's link-time dependence on `libnvidia-ml`

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Labels: gpu mesosphere
• Epic Link: GPU
• Sprint: Mesosphere Sprint 36, Mesosphere Sprint 37, Mesosphere Sprint 38
• Story Points: 2
• Assignee: Kevin Klues
• Reporter: Kevin Klues
• Shepherd: Benjamin Mahler
• Created: 07/Jun/16 20:47
• Updated: 28/Jun/16 01:24
• Resolved: 28/Jun/16 01:24

Description

The current Nvidia GPU isolator has a dependence on `libnvidia-ml`, and as such, pulls a hard dependence on this library into `libmesos`. The consequence of this is that any process that relies on `libmesos` has to have `libnvidia-ml` available as well, even on machines where no GPUs are available. Since this library is not easily installable through standard package managers, having such a hard dependence can be burdensome.

This ticket proposes to pull in `libnvidia-ml` as a run-time dependence instead of a link-time dependence. As such, only machines that actually have GPUs installed and would like to rely on this library need to have it installed.

Issue Links

• blocks: MESOS-5552 Bundle NVML headers for Nvidia GPU support.
• supercedes: MESOS-5258 Turn the Nvidia GPU isolator into a module