if diff < len(filteredPods) {
		podsWithRanks := getPodsRankedByRelatedPodsOnSameNode(filteredPods, relatedPods)
		sort.Sort(podsWithRanks)
		reportSortingDeletionAgeRatioMetric(filteredPods, diff)
	}
	return filteredPods[:diff]
}

func reportSortingDeletionAgeRatioMetric(filteredPods []*v1.Pod, diff int) {
	now := time.Now()
	youngestTime := time.Time{}