- Fixed some invalid and unimportant log calls. ([#121249](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121249), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Testing]
- Fixed stale SMB mount issue when SMB file share is deleted and then unmounted. ([#121851](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121851), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* Add name validation for dynamic client methods in client-go ([#75072](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75072), [@lblackstone](https://github.com/lblackstone))
* fix smb unmount issue on Windows ([#75087](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75087), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

specific type of Active Directory account that provides automatic password management, simplified service principal name (SPN) management, and the ability to delegate the management to other administrators across multiple servers.

- Fixed smb remount and unmount issues on Windows ([#73661](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73661), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx), [#75087](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75087), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))...

* fix race condition issue for smb mount on windows ([#75371](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75371), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* fix smb unmount issue on Windows ([#75087](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75087), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

## Changelog since v1.11.7

### Other notable changes

* fix smb remount issue on Windows ([#73661](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73661), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fix: Mount point may become local without calling NodePublishVolume after node rebooting. ([#119923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119923), [@cvvz](https://github.com/cvvz)) [SIG Node and Storage]
- Fix: statle smb mount issue when smb file share is deleted and then unmount ([#121851](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121851), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Storage]

- Fix smb mount PermissionDenied issue on Windows ([#99550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Storage and Windows]

- Fix NPE in ephemeral storage eviction ([#98261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98261), [@wzshiming](https://github.com/wzshiming)) [SIG Node]
- Fix PermissionDenied issue on SMB mount for Windows ([#99550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fix: set "host is down" as corrupted mount. When SMB server is down, there is no way to terminate pod which is using SMB mount, would get an error. ([#101398](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101398), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

### Bug or Regression

- Fix panic if there are more terminating pods than active pods ([#122267](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122267), [@kannon92](https://github.com/kannon92)) [SIG Apps]
- Fix: statle smb mount issue when smb file share is deleted and then unmount ([#121851](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121851), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Storage]