linux-kernel - Re: Linux 5.18-rc6

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Date:   Mon, 9 May 2022 16:06:36 -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 5.18-rc6

On Sun, May 08, 2022 at 02:09:27PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So 5.18 is looking like it's going to be one of the larger releases in
> numbers of commits (we'll see where it ends up - it's going to be
> neck-and-neck with 5.14 right now, but won't be as big as 5.13 was).
> But despite the merge window being big, the release candidates have
> generally been quite modest in size, and rc6 continues that trend. I
> keep expecting the other shoe to drop, but 5.18 just seems to be quite
> well-behaved.
> 
> Let's see if this jinxes it, but nothing looks particularly scary
> here. rc6 looks to be mostly some driver updates (network drivers and
> rdma stand out, small random fixes elsewhere), with the usual
> smattering of architecture updates (x86 kvm fixes, but also a
> long-standing x86 kernel FP use issue, and a smattering of parisc and
> powerpc fixes). And some wireguard selftest updates.
> 
> The rest is mostly some btrfs fixes, some core networking, and just
> random small one-offs elsewhere.
> 
> Please do go test it all out - because things may look good now, but
> continued testing is the only thing that will make sure.
> 

Build results:
	total: 151 pass: 151 fail: 0
Qemu test results:
	total: 489 pass: 489 fail: 0

... and even the parisc warning is gone now.

Guenter