updatedPVC, err := PatchPVCStatus(pvc /*oldPVC*/, newPVC, kubeClient)
	return updatedPVC, err
}

// MarkNodeExpansionFailed marks a PVC for node expansion as failed. Kubelet should not retry expansion
// of volumes which are in failed state.
func MarkNodeExpansionFailed(pvc *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, kubeClient clientset.Interface) (*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, error) {
	newPVC := pvc.DeepCopy()

	}
	_, resizeErr := ne.volumePlugin.NodeExpand(ne.pluginResizeOpts)
	if resizeErr != nil {
		if volumetypes.IsOperationFinishedError(resizeErr) {
			var markFailedError error
			ne.pvc, markFailedError = util.MarkNodeExpansionFailed(ne.pvc, ne.kubeClient)
			if markFailedError != nil {
				klog.Errorf(ne.vmt.GenerateErrorDetailed("MountMount.NodeExpandVolume failed to mark node expansion as failed: %v", err).Error())
			}
		}