The number of pods on a given node is determined by the --max-pods=k
directive. When the address space is exhausted, no more pods can be
scheduled even if from the --max-pods-perspective, the node still has
capacity.
The special case that a pod is scheduled and uses the node IP in the
host network namespace is too "soft" to derive a guarantee.
Comparing kubelet_max_pods with kube_network_node_prefix when given
allows to assert that pod limits match the CIDR address space.