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ScaleIO - Ability to specify Secret's name and namespace
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
This PR is to decouple the ScaleIO secret from the same namespace as that of the StorageClass/PVC/PV that uses it (#53619). Currently, authorized non-admin k8s user, who creates volumes, may end up having unauthorized access to ScaleIO secret information. This PR introduces secret parameter that allows specification of secret's namespace.
**Which issue this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close that issue when PR gets merged)*: fixes#53619
**Release note**:
```release-note
ScaleIO persistent volumes now support referencing a secret in a namespace other than the bound persistent volume claim's namespace; this is controlled during provisioning with the `secretNamespace` storage class parameter; StoragePool and ProtectionDomain attributes no longer defaults to the value `default`
```
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Fix typo in comment.
**Release note**:
```release-note
NONE
```
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