Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/533] 6.1.165-rc2 review

[Sasha Levin]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 11:28:18PM +0530, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote:
> Hi Sasha,
>
> > > Also I see something unusual -->
> > >
> > > 6.1.165-rc1 --> 232 patches.
> > >
> > > 6.1.165-rc2 --> 533 patches.
> > >
> > > Can you please check ?
> >
> > That's the reason for -rc2 :) See:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/aaWWE5uQqz_eG69i@laps/
>
> Thanks, but shouldn't the 533 - 232 = 301 patches be sent to stable 
> mailing list ?
>
> Also not speaking about 6.1.y, but when rc1 passes tests, I don't 
> trigger tests for rc2. Should I always retrigger tests for 6.12.X-rc2 
> ?
>
> Usually rc1 --> rc2 --> its mostly 2-5 patches in general.

Yup, this one ended up being a bit bigger :)

I didn't send out the whole batch of mails, but it's indeed a larger update.

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Thanks,
Sasha