metricMap[key] = ev
}

var (

	// EndpointNoPod tracks endpoints without an associated pod. This is an error condition, since
	// we can't figure out the labels. It may be a transient problem, if endpoint is processed before
	// pod.
	EndpointNoPod = monitoring.NewGauge(
		"endpoint_no_pod",
		"Endpoints without an associated pod.",
	)

	log.Debugf("Endpoint without pod %s %s.%s", ip, ep.Name, ep.Namespace)
	endpointsWithNoPods.Increment()
	if c.opts.Metrics != nil {
		c.opts.Metrics.AddMetric(model.EndpointNoPod, string(host), "", ip)
	}
	// Tell pod cache we want to queue the endpoint event when this pod arrives.
	c.pods.queueEndpointEventOnPodArrival(config.NamespacedName(ep), ip)
}