Linus Torvalds has released Linux 7.1-rc5 but expressed frustration with the size of the prepatch, noting that most changes are trivial driver fixes that don't belong this late in the release cycle. He warned that he will push back on non-critical pull requests going forward, emphasizing that rc5 should focus on regressions. Notably, he called out that several of the unnecessary patch series were triggered by AI code review tools.
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