Re: Linux 5.15-rc7

[Guenter Roeck]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:51:43AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So the normal Sunday release was spoiled by me spending more time in
> airplanes without wifi, and I didn't feel like doing an evening
> release while tired, so here we are, midday Monday, and with tc7 a day
> later than usual.
> 
> But the delay isn't because of any kernel trouble. In fact, the worry
> I had last week about a big rc6 turned out to be just a false alarm
> due to timing of pulls, and rc7 looks nice and small, right in the
> range of normal. Both the number of commits and the diffstat looks
> fine. It's all pretty small and flat (meaning mostly small trivial
> changes) with just a couple of  peaks for some x86 kvm code, and some
> ksmbd changes.
> 
> Nothing particularly interesting or scary stands out, and it's a
> fairly eclectic mix with networking, kvm, selftests, and some core mm
> stuff. With all the usual random small fixes. The appended shortlog
> isn't too long to scan to get a feel for the details, but I think the
> take-way here is that it all looks pretty normal, and if nothing
> special happens this week, this is likely the last rc before final
> 5.15.
> 
> But please do give it a good testing to make sure we've shaken out any
> issues. I have yet more travel coming up next week, so it would be
> very convenient for me to delay the merge window if I get the excuse
> to do so, but right now that looks unlikely.
> 

Build results:
	total: 154 pass: 154 fail: 0
Qemu test results:
	total: 480 pass: 480 fail: 0

Guenter