var expectedImageList []v1.ContainerImage
	for _, kubeImage := range imageList {
		apiImage := v1.ContainerImage{
			Names:     kubeImage.RepoTags[0:nodestatus.MaxNamesPerImageInNodeStatus],
			SizeBytes: kubeImage.Size,
		}

		expectedImageList = append(expectedImageList, apiImage)
	}
	// 3. only returns the top maxImages images in expectedImageList
	if maxImages == -1 { // -1 means no limit