The "Saturate" phase of StatefulSet e2e tests verifies orderly startup
by controlling when each Pod is allowed to report Ready.
If a Pod unexepectedly goes down during the test, the replacement Pod
created by the controller will forget if it was already allowed to
report Ready.
After this change, the signal that allows each Pod to report Ready is
persisted in the Pod's PVC. Thus, the replacement Pod will remember that
it was already told to proceed to a Ready state.
Automatic merge from submit-queue
Migrate to controller references helpers in meta/v1
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
This is a follow up for #48319 that migrates all method usages to new methods in meta/v1.
**Special notes for your reviewer**:
Looking at each commit individually might be easier.
**Release note**:
```release-note
NONE
```
/sig api-machinery
/kind cleanup
