* </ul>
   *
   * <p>A "coerced" IPv4 address is equivalent to itself.
   *
   * <p>NOTE: This method is failsafe for security purposes: ALL IPv6 addresses (except localhost
   * (::1)) are hashed to avoid the security risk associated with extracting an embedded IPv4
   * address that might permit elevated privileges.
   *
   * @param ip {@link InetAddress} to "coerce"

- client-go and kubectl no longer write cached discovery files with world-accessible file permissions. ([#77874](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77874), [@yuchengwu](https://github.com/yuchengwu))

    /**
     * Mask for attributes that can be set on the server
     */
    protected static final int ATTR_SET_MASK = 0x30A7;
    /**
     * Default expiration period for cached attributes in milliseconds
     */
    protected static final int DEFAULT_ATTR_EXPIRATION_PERIOD = 5000;

    /**
     * Hash code for the "." directory entry
     */

    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> descendingMap() {
    // TODO(kevinb): The descendingMap is never actually cached at all. Either:
    //
    // - Cache it, and annotate the field with @LazyInit.
    // - Simplify the code below, and consider eliminating the field (b/287198172), which is also
    //   set by one of the constructors.

* apiserver: fixes handling and logging of panics in REST handlers to prevent crashes ([#71076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71076), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

   * ordering information is updated. This is used to avoid lock contention by recording a memento
   * of reads and delaying a lock acquisition until the threshold is crossed or a mutation occurs.
   *
   * <p>This must be a (2^n)-1 as it is used as a mask.
   */
  static final int DRAIN_THRESHOLD = 0x3F;

  /**

- Avoid caching the Azure VMSS instances whose network profile is nil ([#100948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100948), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Azure: avoid setting cached Sku when updating VMSS and VMSS instances ([#102005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102005), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Kubelet no longer crashes when a DRA driver returns a nil as part of the Node(Un)PrepareResources response instead of an empty struct (did not affect drivers written in Go, first showed up with a driver written in Rust). ([#124091](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124091),...

- Fix a race in the timeout handler that could lead to kube-apiserver crashes ([#108455](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108455), [@Argh4k](https://github.com/Argh4k))

- Avoid caching the Azure VMSS instances whose network profile is nil ([#100948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100948), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Azure: Avoid setting cached Sku when updating VMSS and VMSS instances. ([#102005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102005), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))