startTime := time.Now()
	g.graph.DeletePod(pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
	klog.V(5).Infof("deletePod %s/%s for node %s completed in %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, pod.Spec.NodeName, time.Since(startTime))
}

func (g *graphPopulator) addPV(obj interface{}) {
	g.updatePV(nil, obj)
}

func (g *graphPopulator) updatePV(oldObj, obj interface{}) {

		return err
	}

	return retry.OnError(retry.DefaultBackoff, Retriable, patchFn)
}

// DeletePod deletes the given <pod> from API server
func DeletePod(ctx context.Context, cs kubernetes.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) error {
	return cs.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Delete(ctx, pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
}

	if !volumeExists {
		t.Fatalf(
			"VolumeExists(%q) failed. Expected: <true> Actual: <%v>",
			expectedVolumeName,
			volumeExists)
	}

	//delete the pod and volume manually
	dswp.desiredStateOfWorld.DeletePod(podName, expectedVolumeName, k8stypes.NodeName(pod.Spec.NodeName))

	//check if the given volume referenced by the pod still exists in dsw