* table is internally partitioned to try to permit the indicated number of concurrent updates
   * without contention. Because assignment of entries to these partitions is not necessarily
   * uniform, the actual concurrency observed may vary. Ideally, you should choose a value to
   * accommodate as many threads as will ever concurrently modify the table. Using a significantly

- Kube-controller-manager: The daemonset controller now defers syncing a DaemonSet object when the controller has not yet observed daemonset or pod writes from the last time the object was synced. This prevents spurious creation of duplicate pods for nodes when the controller's cache is stale. When a sync is deferred for this reason, a `daemonset_controller_stale_sync_skips_total`...

  /**
   * Creates a {@code HashMap} instance, with a high enough "initial capacity" that it <i>should</i>
   * hold {@code expectedSize} elements without growth. This behavior cannot be broadly guaranteed,
   * but it is observed to be true for OpenJDK 1.7. It also can't be guaranteed that the method
   * isn't inadvertently <i>oversizing</i> the returned map.
   *
   * @param expectedSize the number of entries you expect to add to the returned map

  /**
   * Creates a {@code HashMap} instance, with a high enough "initial capacity" that it <i>should</i>
   * hold {@code expectedSize} elements without growth. This behavior cannot be broadly guaranteed,
   * but it is observed to be true for OpenJDK 1.7. It also can't be guaranteed that the method
   * isn't inadvertently <i>oversizing</i> the returned map.
   *
   * @param expectedSize the number of entries you expect to add to the returned map

          return true;
        }
      }

      return false;
    }

    /**
     * Performs routine cleanup following a read. Normally cleanup happens during writes. If cleanup
     * is not observed after a sufficient number of reads, try cleaning up from the read thread.
     */
    void postReadCleanup() {
      if ((readCount.incrementAndGet() & DRAIN_THRESHOLD) == 0) {
        cleanUp();
      }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code LinkedHashSet} instance, with a high enough "initial capacity" that it
   * <i>should</i> hold {@code expectedSize} elements without growth. This behavior cannot be
   * broadly guaranteed, but it is observed to be true for OpenJDK 1.7. It also can't be guaranteed
   * that the method isn't inadvertently <i>oversizing</i> the returned set.
   *
   * @param expectedSize the number of elements you expect to add to the returned set

          return true;
        }
      }

      return false;
    }

    /**
     * Performs routine cleanup following a read. Normally cleanup happens during writes. If cleanup
     * is not observed after a sufficient number of reads, try cleaning up from the read thread.
     */
    void postReadCleanup() {
      if ((readCount.incrementAndGet() & DRAIN_THRESHOLD) == 0) {
        cleanUp();
      }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code LinkedHashSet} instance, with a high enough "initial capacity" that it
   * <i>should</i> hold {@code expectedSize} elements without growth. This behavior cannot be
   * broadly guaranteed, but it is observed to be true for OpenJDK 1.7. It also can't be guaranteed
   * that the method isn't inadvertently <i>oversizing</i> the returned set.
   *
   * @param expectedSize the number of elements you expect to add to the returned set

* Make addon-manager cross-platform and use it with hyperkube ([#25631](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25631), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))
* kubelet: Optionally, have kubelet exit if lock file contention is observed, using --exit-on-lock-contention flag ([#25596](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25596), [@derekparker](https://github.com/derekparker))

  - [Changelog since v1.18.17](#changelog-since-v11817)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [CVE-2021-25735: Validating Admission Webhook does not observe some previous fields](#cve-2021-25735-validating-admission-webhook-does-not-observe-some-previous-fields)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-2)
    - [API Change](#api-change-1)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-2)