Adjust unit tests to clarify existing device usage

Most of the unit tests run with check_mount=False, so if a device is
chosen by a test that was not created ahead of time, the test will still
work, since the "tmp" directory creation in DiskFile.create() using
mkdirs(), thereby creating the a directory for the device (perhaps that
should be fixed).

This change refactors the test code to use the exiting device
explicitly.

Change-Id: Ib4fbf069596672bb0b98f41573f312eabde38f98
Make test_close_error run much faster

Change-Id: Iddeab82eed2f781837ab41c9e99e8450bb14a974
release notes and authors update for 1.12

Change-Id: I76c13957a7758287fd40dd2e9fb85277d9288977
Merge "Make test_close_error run much faster"
Merge "Adjust unit tests to clarify existing device usage"
Merge "release notes and authors update for 1.12"