* Added block volume support to Cinder volume plugin. ([#64879](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64879), [@bertinatto](https://github.com/bertinatto))
* Provided API support for external CSI storage drivers to support block volumes. ([#64723](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64723), [@vladimirvivien](https://github.com/vladimirvivien))

* The Local Volume Plugin has been updated to support Block volumeMode PVs. With this change, it is now possible to create local volume PVs for raw block devices. ([#59303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59303), [@dhirajh](https://github.com/dhirajh))

### OpenStack

In this cycle, SIG OpenStack focused on configuration simplification through smarter defaults and the use of auto-detection wherever feasible (Block Storage API versions, Security Groups) as well as updating API support, including:

*   Block Storage (Cinder) V3 is now supported.
*   Load Balancer (Octavia) V2 is now supported, in addition to Neutron LBaaS V2.
*   Neutron LBaas V1 support has been removed.

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* Bugfix allowing use of IP-aliases with custom-mode network in GCE setup scripts. ([#62172](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62172), [@shyamjvs](https://github.com/shyamjvs))
* removed unsafe double RLock in cpumanager ([#62464](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62464), [@choury](https://github.com/choury))



# v1.8.12

- local: support local filesystem volume with block resource reconstruction ([#84218](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84218), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

- Enhanced the daemonset sync logic to avoid a problem where pods are thought to be unavailable when the controller's clock is slower than the node's clock. ([#77208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77208), [@DaiHao](https://github.com/DaiHao))

SIG Storage made a lot of progress in the 1.18 release.
In particular, the following storage features are moving to GA in Kubernetes 1.18:
- Raw Block Support: Allow volumes to be surfaced as block devices inside containers instead of just mounted filesystems.
- Volume Cloning: Duplicate a PersistentVolumeClaim and underlying storage volume using the Kubernetes API via CSI.

### Bug or Regression

- Allow deletion of pods that use raw block volumes on node reboot ([#122211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122211), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Node and Storage]

- github.com/Azure/go-autorest: [v14.2.0+incompatible](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tree/v14.2.0)
- github.com/a8m/tree: [10a5fd5](https://github.com/a8m/tree/tree/10a5fd5)
- github.com/benbjohnson/clock: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/benbjohnson/clock/tree/v1.1.0)
- github.com/danwinship/knftables: [v0.0.13](https://github.com/danwinship/knftables/tree/v0.0.13)
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