Linux 6.1 RC4
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Linux 6.1-rc4
So as hoped for (and expected), things seem to be starting to calm down, and rc4 is a pretty normal size for this stage in the process.
The diffstat looks fairly normal too - mostly nice and flat (so small changes spread out), with a spike for a FW update for drm/amdkfd. The other thing that stands out is some stricter xfs refcount checking and related fixes (. And some new clx tests. But even those aren't huge, they just do show up in the stats.
The shortlog (appended) doesn't look scary either. It's all the usual stuff - drivers, filesystems, architecture updates, some networking, and random small things elsewhere.
So hey, please jump right in, the water is fine. But more testing always appreciated,
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Kernel prepatch 6.1-rc4 [LWN.net]
The 6.1-rc4 kernel prepatch is out for testing. "So as hoped for (and expected), things seem to be starting to calm down, and rc4 is a pretty normal size for this stage in the process".