On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 02:44:42PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote: > > From what I have seen, subsystems such as netdev, the block layer, and RDMA > > continue > > to accept code that is ready for merging, especially when it has been > > thoroughly > > reviewed by multiple maintainers across different subsystems. > > He said it multiple times, but here's one of such examples: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+55aFwdd30eBsnMLB=ncExY0-P=easxkn_o6ir10juyvsy...@mail.gmail.com/
Woah, nobody is saying to skip linux-next. It is Wednesday, if it lands in the public tree today it will be in linux next probably for a week before a PR is sent. This is a fairly normal thing for many trees in Linux. Linus is specifically complaining about people *entirely* skipping linux-next. > So, yeah, we can make exceptions. But you should ask and justify for > one, instead of expecting us to pick up a patch submission that was > already late. I think Leon is only pointing out that a hard cut off two weeks before the merge window even opens is a DRMism, not a kernel wide convention. Jason
