Merge pull request #8649 from k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-8622-to-vpa-release-1.4

[vpa-release-1.4] bug: cache InPlaceOrRecreate feature flag to avoid repeated checks

Author: k8s-ci-robot

vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/logic/updater.go

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ func (u *updater) RunOnce(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	vpas := make([]*vpa_api_util.VpaWithSelector, 0)
 
+	inPlaceFeatureEnable := features.Enabled(features.InPlaceOrRecreate)
+
 	for _, vpa := range vpaList {
 		if slices.Contains(u.ignoredNamespaces, vpa.Namespace) {
 			klog.V(3).InfoS("Skipping VPA object in ignored namespace", "vpa", klog.KObj(vpa), "namespace", vpa.Namespace)
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ func (u *updater) RunOnce(ctx context.Context) {
 		podsForEviction := make([]*apiv1.Pod, 0)
 		updateMode := vpa_api_util.GetUpdateMode(vpa)
 
-		if updateMode == vpa_types.UpdateModeInPlaceOrRecreate && features.Enabled(features.InPlaceOrRecreate) {
+		if updateMode == vpa_types.UpdateModeInPlaceOrRecreate && inPlaceFeatureEnable {
 			podsForInPlace = u.getPodsUpdateOrder(filterNonInPlaceUpdatablePods(livePods, inPlaceLimiter), vpa)
 			inPlaceUpdatablePodsCounter.Add(vpaSize, len(podsForInPlace))
 		} else {