linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.6-rc2

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Message-ID: <20160403154818.GA20575@node.shutemov.name>
Date:	Sun, 3 Apr 2016 18:48:18 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 4.6-rc2

On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 09:26:03AM -0500, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> You all know the drill by now - another week, another rc. I'd say that
> things look fairly normal at this point: it's not a big rc2, but
> that's been true lately (rc3 tends to be a bit bigger - probably just
> because it takes time for people to start noticing issues).
> 
> The patch statistics look fairly normal too: about half is drivers,
> almost a quarter is architecture fixups, and the rest is mostly
> networking and some documentation updates, but there's some core
> kernel/mm/fs fixes in there too.
> 
> The shortlog is appended and gives a good flavor of the kinds of
> changes we have.
> 
> Go out and test, nothing looks all that scary there.

Have you decided not to take mine PAGE_CACHE_* removal patchset[1] or just
missed it?

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1459513789-146254-1-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov