From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F98C433E1 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 02:08:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51A6F6190A for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 02:08:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230224AbhC2CIW (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:08:22 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53012 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229763AbhC2CHt (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:07:49 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-x330.google.com (mail-ot1-x330.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::330]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3774C061762 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:07:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ot1-x330.google.com with SMTP id g8-20020a9d6c480000b02901b65ca2432cso10862905otq.3 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:07:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=33BUB9NPkhecwhiP+JMlpJbR0y9CgZ2Jmpq0oPOxIQk=; b=t5ekW7ea1m1zelWsFej4WsSte5tR40UOSY6GqCEnbLqjkvKS5p3sZ+fspzJPEfLw63 GHUvvwWVguMVf1YetY7O6/yUsNOYz5nHm//deRMFDbuC1Cq+QOxFfY8zQNBWQiNgIjiH BuSs2joLe9CQsfUWbCLJlpeQs7qa+z/Ee9hCaweIu0I/CdbbrpdukcJkhNw9oRwHqUfD hV9E2t81cRfBcd0dhaAcziz24vMxG3ykp85aSMqmyCeOzmSCZOPnb0o1Paa5YzxM5O0b HhJNvzatpGdBDSzm3+AxVNunN/z2Dzl1f/qY7ZIbCv9HOAP/Pwq6d7DEgZ1LYkJBHdZ2 1kMw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=33BUB9NPkhecwhiP+JMlpJbR0y9CgZ2Jmpq0oPOxIQk=; b=ewdAYy2PIobYO2XaxCe5FGjeutCZENDo54nfJwcPLUGa5bwOt7XpWut+xGdXP3c6kx hNXNF0J28yRIfecdQKk/niQxcrr1UUfmGvX+0ZeEk93qyEh8SqjHDW4bTDV/cD9dl191 MFNyn0DcunnxF+pjBmV1gllEO0Ga7a2VGppnf17TgcPbWegGQF29ksF1k7ztLo18cfMI zPCkv4m/Jsdln2FsCCPy2jDeW2ClMVe5PrvgVEC+52tf9gjNn6BZjI+SsDhR11k3Ophw KkO4cJVZcTUwqpdKJ6aqBABEt5EcDSbhdriYsy7bmZxI1hcOSkYSpHJPlTnMxLDMBKga zuoQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531/cOvGDHdlC2hDs5/1M2vO0R/XJNGCQPswAlUb8HoUV/cEfdkC W+SLc7t0SneYnwZ7D2mqCkaviUho+ps= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJynqhS1hSQVjVS0E2kwAS/y30NKm44zTPnN7oCrWGscRQOGLlHhdrfeF16OtQ1pxcRy5dIhbA== X-Received: by 2002:a9d:591:: with SMTP id 17mr20267864otd.115.1616983669134; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:07:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2600:1700:e321:62f0:329c:23ff:fee3:9d7c]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n13sm4038734otk.61.2021.03.28.19.07.47 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:07:48 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Guenter Roeck Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:07:46 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 5.12-rc5 Message-ID: <20210329020746.GA250550@roeck-us.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 04:05:54PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So if rc4 was perhaps a bit smaller than average, it looks like rc5 is > a bigger than average. We're not breaking any records, but it > certainly isn't tiny, and the rc's aren't shrinking. > > I'm not overly worried yet, but let's just say that the trend had > better not continue, or I'll start feeling like we will need to make > this one of those releases that need an rc8. > > Most of the changes are drivers (gpu and networking stand out, but > there's various other smaller driver updates elsewhere too) with core > networking (including bpf) fixes being another noticeable subsystem. > > Other than that, there's a smattering of noise all over: minor arch > fixes, some filesystem fixes (btrfs, cifs, squashfs), selinux, perf > tools, documentation. > > io_uring continues to have noise in it, this time mainly due to some > signal handling fixes. That removed a fair amount of problematic > special casing, but the timing certainly isn't great. > > So again, nothing really scary, just rather more than I would have > liked to have in an rc5. > > Shortlog appended for people who want to delve into the details, > Build results: total: 151 pass: 151 fail: 0 Qemu test results: total: 458 pass: 457 fail: 1 Failed tests: openrisc:or1ksim_defconfig This is not really a new problem. I enabled devicetree unit tests in the openrisc kernel and was rewarded with a crash. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210327224116.69309-1-linux@roeck-us.net/ has all the glorious details. Guenter