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Fix volume size allocation in gcd_pd
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
GCE PDs are allocated in chunks of GBs not GiB but CreateVolume function incorrectly creates volume in chunks of GiB.
1 GiB = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 Bytes
1 GB = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 Bytes
**Which issue(s) this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged)*:
Fixes#56081
**Special notes for your reviewer**:
**Release note**:
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Fixed dynamic provisioning of GCE PDs to round to the next GB instead of GiB
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running (renamed to GetAllCurrentZones). Added E2E test to confirm this
behavior.
Added node informer to cloud-provider controller to keep track of zones
with k8s nodes in them.
Automatic merge from submit-queue
Bump external provisioner image to smaller version
The image is roughly half as big so this should improve speed/flakiness maybe
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Automatic merge from submit-queue (batch tested with PRs 40055, 42085, 44509, 44568, 43956)
improve error handling in e2e helpers
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
Changes most of the volume related helper funcs to return error rather than calling `Expect`. This is a better programming practice, is consistent with Go and Kubernetes, and allows helper funcs that create multiple resources to perform cleanup.
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