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  specific point in time, rather than a document that may change over time.
  
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		c0 := sep[0]
		c1 := sep[1]
		i := 0
		t := len(s) - n + 1
		fails := 0
		for i < t {
			if s[i] != c0 {
				// IndexByte is faster than bytealg.Index, so use it as long as
				// we're not getting lots of false positives.
				o := IndexByte(s[i+1:t], c0)
				if o < 0 {
					return -1
				}
				i += o + 1
			}
			if s[i+1] == c1 && Equal(s[i:i+n], sep) {
				return i
			}

* Fix scheduler crashes when Prioritize Map function returns error. ([#69135](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69135), [@DylanBLE](https://github.com/DylanBLE))
* Add fallbacks to ARM API when getting empty node IP from Azure IMDS ([#69077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69077), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

### Other notable changes

* Add fallbacks to ARM API when getting empty node IP from Azure IMDS ([#69077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69077), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

    *   Add 5D support to `SLICE` op.
    *   TFLite Supports SingatureDef:
        *   TFLiteConverter exports models with SignatureDef
        *   Interpreter supports getting a list of signatures and getting
            callable function for a given signaturedef.
    *   Add int8 support for `ReshapeV2`.
    *   Add experimental support for optimization with sparsity.

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* Enforce Disk based pod eviction with GCI base image in Kubelet ([#33520](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33520), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))
* Fix nil pointer issue when getting metrics from volume mounter ([#34251](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34251), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

// Temp files created in default Tmp dir
var globalTestTmpDir = os.TempDir()

// reseed - returns a new seed every time the function is called.
func reseed() uint32 {
	return uint32(time.Now().UnixNano() + int64(os.Getpid()))
}

// nextSuffix - provides a new unique suffix every time the function is called.
func nextSuffix() string {
	randmu.Lock()
	r := randN
	// Initial seed required, generate one.
	if r == 0 {

- Kubelet: Fix kubelet from panic after getting the wrong signal ([#98200](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98200), [@wzshiming](https://github.com/wzshiming)) [SIG Node]
- Kubelet: Fix repeatedly acquiring the inhibit lock ([#98088](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98088), [@wzshiming](https://github.com/wzshiming)) [SIG Node]