[tariq1890]

This change introduces numerous improvements in go code which makes use of the latest features and improvements added to the more recent versions of go. It also adds the "modernize" linter to ensure future changes in the Go code base also incorporate the Go code modernizations.

To learn more, please refer to this page.

Modernize linter found more things to fix.

[tariq1890]

  Error: pkg/runtime-tools/generate/helpers_linux.go:51:22: stringsseq: Ranging over SplitSeq is more efficient (modernize)
  	for _, opt := range strings.Split(mnt.Optional, " ") {
  	                    ^
  Error: pkg/runtime-tools/generate/helpers_linux.go:69:2: slicescontains: Loop can be simplified using slices.Contains (modernize)
  	for _, p := range accepted {
  	^
  2 issues:

Weird, my local golangci-lint run ./... did not catch those. I will fix them

[tariq1890]

Oh of course, I am on a MBP :). I needed to set GOOS=linux