return new MergingIterator<>(iterators, comparator);
  }

  /**
   * An iterator that performs a lazy N-way merge, calculating the next value each time the iterator
   * is polled. This amortizes the sorting cost over the iteration and requires less memory than
   * sorting all elements at once.
   *
   * <p>Retrieving a single element takes approximately O(log(M)) time, where M is the number of

		}
	}
	if !readData {
		for i := range v2bufs {
			metaDataPoolPut(v2bufs[i])
		}
	}

	// Return all the metadata.
	return metaFileInfos, errs
}

// Checking if an object is dangling costs some IOPS; hence implementing this function
// which decides which condition it is useful to check if an object is dangling
//
//	  errs: errors from reading xl.meta in all disks
//	   err: reduced errs

This final piece completes the work needed to comply with Level 1 of the [SLSA security framework](https://slsa.dev/) (Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts).

### IPv4/IPv6 Dual-stack Networking graduates to GA

- Added CEL runtime cost calculation into CustomerResource validation. CustomerResource validation will fail if runtime cost exceeds the budget. ([#108482](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108482), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37))

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified map entry. The {@link Entry#setValue} operation
   * throws an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}. This also has the side effect of redefining
   * {@code equals} to comply with the Entry contract, to avoid a possible nefarious implementation
   * of equals.
   *
   * @param entry the entry for which to return an unmodifiable view
   * @return an unmodifiable view of the entry
   */

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified map entry. The {@link Entry#setValue} operation
   * throws an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}. This also has the side effect of redefining
   * {@code equals} to comply with the Entry contract, to avoid a possible nefarious implementation
   * of equals.
   *
   * @param entry the entry for which to return an unmodifiable view
   * @return an unmodifiable view of the entry
   */

   * are guarded by a lock and operations are applied in batches to avoid lock contention. The
   * penalty of applying the batches is spread across threads so that the amortized cost is slightly
   * higher than performing just the operation without enforcing the capacity constraint.
   *
   * This implementation uses a per-segment queue to record a memento of the additions, removals,

## Changelog since v1.26.8

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Fixed a bug where CEL expressions in CRD validation rules would incorrectly compute a high estimated cost for functions that return strings, lists or maps.

- Fixed a bug where CEL expressions in CRD validation rules would incorrectly compute a high estimated cost for functions that return strings, lists or maps.

    * This more closely aligns rest client as a generic RESTful client, while preserving the special Kube API extended error handling for the `Get` and `Into` methods (which most Kube clients use).