Merge pull request #38272 from xingzhou/kube-38143

cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (s *ServerRunOptions) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		"Currently only applies to long-running requests.")
 
 	fs.IntVar(&s.MasterCount, "apiserver-count", s.MasterCount,
-		"The number of apiservers running in the cluster.")
+		"The number of apiservers running in the cluster, must be a positive number.")
 
 	// See #14282 for details on how to test/try this option out.
 	// TODO: remove this comment once this option is tested in CI.

cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/validation.go

@@ -63,5 +63,8 @@ func (options *ServerRunOptions) Validate() []error {
 	if errs := options.InsecureServing.Validate("insecure-port"); len(errs) > 0 {
 		errors = append(errors, errs...)
 	}
+	if options.MasterCount <= 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf("--apiserver-count should be a positive number, but value '%d' provided", options.MasterCount))
+	}
 	return errors
 }