// so that if we receive a register event during Register Plugin, we can process it as a Register call.
		actualStateOfWorldUpdater.RemovePlugin(pluginInfo.SocketPath)

		pluginInfo.Handler.DeRegisterPlugin(pluginInfo.Name)

		klog.V(4).InfoS("DeRegisterPlugin called", "pluginName", pluginInfo.Name, "pluginHandler", pluginInfo.Handler)
		return nil
	}

// signaling it is no longer available.
func (h *RegistrationHandler) DeRegisterPlugin(pluginName string) {
	klog.InfoS("DeRegister DRA plugin", "name", pluginName)
	deregisterPlugin(pluginName)
	h.controller.removePlugin(pluginName)
}

// ValidatePlugin is called by kubelet's plugin watcher upon detection
// of a new registration socket opened by DRA plugin.