Merging upstream version 4.3+20240723.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>

.github/tools/.checkpatch.conf

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+--no-tree
+--show-types
+--exclude .github
+--exclude clustermd_tests
+--exclude documentation
+--exclude misc
+--exclude systemd
+--exclude tests
+--ignore FILE_PATH_CHANGES
+--ignore EMAIL_SUBJECT

.github/tools/install_ubuntu_packages.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+VERSION_CODENAME=$(grep -oP '(?<=^VERSION_CODENAME=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
+echo "Detected VERSION_CODENAME: $VERSION_CODENAME"
+
+# Add ubuntu repository
+sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb [arch=amd64] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $VERSION_CODENAME \
+        main universe"
+# Install gcc
+sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y install gcc-$1
+# Install dependencies
+sudo apt-get -y install make gcc libudev-dev devscripts