linux-kernel - Re: Linux 5.12-rc6

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Message-ID: <20210405171011.GA72391@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Mon, 5 Apr 2021 10:10:11 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.12-rc6

On Sun, Apr 04, 2021 at 02:30:58PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Well, if rc5 was bigger than usual, and I worried about what that
> meant for this release, rc6 is positively tiny.
> 
> So I think it was just due to the usual random timing fluctuations,
> probably mainly networking updates (which were in rc5, but not in
> rc6). Which means that unless things change in the next two weeks, the
> schedule for this release is going to be the usual one.
> 
> Most of the changes here are drivers (gpu and usb stand out, that's
> not because of any huge changes, it's mainly because everything else
> is even smaller) and some arch updates (mainly x86 kvm, but some
> arm64, powerpc, s390, xtensa and RISC-V too).
> 
> The rest is random other stuff (with io_uring showing up again, but
> much smaller this time).
> 
> The shortlog is appended - small and easy to scan if you care about the details.
> 
> So hey, in between all those extra helpings of memma - it is Easter,
> after all - go ahead and do some more testing as we approach the final
> weeks of the release,
> 

No change in test results since last week, except that I added a number
of network interface sanity tests which all pass.

Build results:
	total: 151 pass: 151 fail: 0
Qemu test results:
	total: 460 pass: 459 fail: 1
Failed tests:
	openrisc:or1ksim_defconfig

Guenter