* value} is greater than {@code max}, {@code max} is returned.
   *
   * @param value the {@code short} value to constrain
   * @param min the lower bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @param max the upper bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code min > max}
   * @since 21.0
   */

   * constraining a {@code long} input to an {@code int} range.
   *
   * @param value the {@code int} value to constrain
   * @param min the lower bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @param max the upper bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code min > max}
   * @since 21.0
   */

   * value} is greater than {@code max}, {@code max} is returned.
   *
   * @param value the {@code char} value to constrain
   * @param min the lower bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @param max the upper bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code min > max}
   * @since 21.0
   */

   *
   * <p><b>Java 21+ users:</b> Use {@code Math.clamp} instead.
   *
   * @param value the {@code float} value to constrain
   * @param min the lower bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @param max the upper bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code min > max}
   * @since 21.0
   */

   *
   * <p><b>Java 21+ users:</b> Use {@code Math.clamp} instead.
   *
   * @param value the {@code double} value to constrain
   * @param min the lower bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @param max the upper bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code min > max}
   * @since 21.0
   */

using vSphere. ([#59328](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59328), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))

* Emit number of bound and unbound persistent volumes as Metrics. This PR adds four kinds of Volume Metrics for kube-controller-manager: bound PVC numbers, unbound PVC numbers, bound PV numbers and unbound PV numbers. The PVC metrics use namespace as dimension and the PV metrics use StorageClassName as its dimension. With these metrics we can better monitor the...

   * constraining a {@code long} input to an {@code int} range.
   *
   * @param value the {@code long} value to constrain
   * @param min the lower bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @param max the upper bound (inclusive) of the range to constrain {@code value} to
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code min > max}
   * @since 21.0
   */

 - `kubeadm`: a separate "super-admin.conf" file is now deployed. The User in `admin.conf` is now bound to a new RBAC Group `kubeadm:cluster-admins` that has `cluster-admin` `ClusterRole` access. The User in `super-admin.conf` is now bound to the `system:masters` built-in super-powers / break-glass Group that can bypass RBAC. Before this change, the default `admin.conf` was bound to `system:masters` Group, which was undesired. Executing `kubeadm init phase kubeconfig all` or just `kubeadm...

 * either of these extremes, {@code Striped} allows the user to trade between required concurrency
 * and memory footprint. For example, if a set of tasks are CPU-bound, one could easily create a
 * very compact {@code Striped<Lock>} of {@code availableProcessors() * 4} stripes, instead of
 * possibly thousands of locks which could be created in a {@code Map<K, Lock>} structure.
 *

   * methods as implementations of normal converters do?
   *
   * But no matter what we do, it's worth remembering that the resulting code is going to be unsound
   * in the presence of LegacyConverter, at least in the case of users who view the converter as a
   * Function<A, B> or who call convertAll (and for any checkers that apply @PolyNull-like semantics