From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 198453E3DA3; Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772731430; cv=none; b=WfCH4X+J43RfVQhDm9Ngpko6CIk0GRrTt/yYrEIKBNtp9Lg18xlmn1vhi3ATSlFSQsuTAkvsyVu/s219px9jFbEgfDbuo693OVzOOiY/X4T89sjuuUHdWRdNHQKhQCE5mJyWKkFTLarPQQ2pMhEBnUt9NQs29LQ2Ad/sprNwwes= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772731430; c=relaxed/simple; bh=a5zeyFC0/JYThC2/hr0J3ok/nQLgMN/Nv+EAY4o1+Go=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=hIBcMn0E1VsYxVpJReZNeBxxqIB3Jy3LIoHCczd7TjLjhVtZEhQL6J9GLyX55AtpxAOQyHpVajDdcAHAQ0QkmvEgub6+Q9nKldU+WhZKECPazwamC3FPtZko/Cmk4fM7obm6AuK4UhWXLnCrd7VQiJ2/+5GEj5x/wzoPbMaaJlM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=UBo6SF6m; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="UBo6SF6m" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ABAA0C19422; Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:23:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772731429; bh=a5zeyFC0/JYThC2/hr0J3ok/nQLgMN/Nv+EAY4o1+Go=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=UBo6SF6m+UokvUzowlLyTmp6ASYNOcOnSJ/eje2ceH0KeIsSs4f5/IJ1ZqVyMjYvH hfPwAmdGN4ClDtBlicsnryby0thEdEYT/xWjj/M23nVwxmzcFNwKkvtTf+8sl0Vltg ynT4X1wPqrAy0aOW7Ny0+yPrjp/LXb7XqkGHOx0osApUl5z0iueG/FS3iMsm+RSuk2 4XrDDBhn53byyuHWeoogIspSv9glTs9kTNcZYiC0Ro3R84nZtalWtpKrnzdTpuydi7 OXflZir5TMQo8yHzyrabB+eC0ZuvGFwPqWP9T9yig1plieIXSlQqFMskMbtN4Bfe65 F5MNQ/hvCue0A== Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 09:23:48 -0800 From: Jakub Kicinski To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Networking for v7.0-rc3 Message-ID: <20260305092348.1ef6a546@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20260305171004.322683-1-kuba@kernel.org> References: <20260305171004.322683-1-kuba@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 09:10:04 -0800 Jakub Kicinski wrote: > A few PRs here narrowly missed the previous rc, but I'm not sure > if that explains why this PR is almost 2x the usual size. > I had a feeling that AI tools are helping people investigate > and send fixes for issues which would previously be waved off > as one-off / not worth the time. But the data doesn't necessarily > bear that out. FWIW when I say data this is supposedly breakdown of how many people who contributed fixes to networking have only been known to git for 3, 6 or 12 months: Commits Date Avg Age Med Age <3mo <3mo% <6mo <6mo% <12mo <12m% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 100 2024-09-04 9.9yr 10.5yr 10 10.0% 13 13.0% 15 15.0% 100 2024-10-01 8.5yr 8.1yr 5 5.0% 5 5.0% 10 10.0% 100 2024-10-13 9.2yr 9.2yr 11 11.0% 11 11.0% 18 18.0% 100 2024-10-24 7.5yr 5.8yr 5 5.0% 6 6.0% 15 15.0% 100 2024-11-06 7.1yr 5.7yr 18 18.0% 18 18.0% 21 21.0% 100 2024-11-22 8.4yr 7.3yr 8 8.0% 10 10.0% 10 10.0% 100 2024-12-08 9.4yr 10.5yr 4 4.0% 9 9.0% 9 9.0% 100 2024-12-20 7.1yr 5.1yr 9 9.0% 12 12.0% 28 28.0% 100 2025-01-10 8.5yr 7.7yr 8 8.0% 8 8.0% 12 12.0% 100 2025-01-26 10.9yr 12.9yr 5 5.0% 7 7.0% 9 9.0% 100 2025-02-07 9.7yr 9.6yr 7 7.0% 9 9.0% 10 10.0% 100 2025-02-24 8.1yr 7.4yr 7 7.0% 12 12.0% 13 13.0% 100 2025-03-07 8.2yr 6.9yr 6 6.0% 7 7.0% 10 10.0% 100 2025-03-24 10.4yr 13.1yr 7 7.0% 8 8.0% 8 8.0% 100 2025-04-07 8.1yr 6.9yr 10 10.0% 13 13.0% 15 15.0% 100 2025-04-18 7.3yr 6.1yr 14 14.0% 19 19.0% 22 22.0% 100 2025-04-30 9.3yr 10.1yr 6 6.0% 9 9.0% 12 12.0% 100 2025-05-14 7.7yr 6.5yr 8 8.0% 10 10.0% 14 14.0% 100 2025-06-02 9.3yr 9.8yr 5 5.0% 6 6.0% 9 9.0% 100 2025-06-11 9.8yr 6.8yr 8 8.0% 8 8.0% 10 10.0% 100 2025-06-24 9.0yr 6.9yr 9 9.0% 10 10.0% 13 13.0% 100 2025-06-12 8.8yr 7.1yr 11 11.0% 13 13.0% 15 15.0% 100 2025-07-17 10.3yr 11.4yr 7 7.0% 8 8.0% 19 19.0% 100 2025-08-06 8.3yr 7.8yr 5 5.0% 6 6.0% 8 8.0% 100 2025-08-19 7.6yr 6.4yr 10 10.0% 12 12.0% 20 20.0% 100 2025-08-18 10.2yr 10.1yr 2 2.0% 3 3.0% 6 6.0% 100 2025-09-08 9.7yr 9.9yr 7 7.0% 9 9.0% 13 13.0% 100 2025-08-13 8.1yr 7.4yr 17 17.0% 19 19.0% 22 22.0% 100 2025-10-09 9.1yr 9.3yr 12 12.0% 16 16.0% 17 17.0% 100 2025-11-05 7.5yr 5.9yr 12 12.0% 16 16.0% 19 19.0% 100 2025-11-18 8.7yr 10.2yr 12 12.0% 18 18.0% 19 19.0% 100 2025-12-09 9.2yr 8.4yr 12 12.0% 13 13.0% 18 18.0% 100 2025-12-21 8.5yr 7.6yr 20 20.0% 21 21.0% 26 26.0% 100 2026-01-09 9.8yr 8.3yr 8 8.0% 9 9.0% 13 13.0% 100 2026-01-12 6.9yr 5.7yr 14 14.0% 17 17.0% 24 24.0% 95 2026-02-27 10.0yr 10.4yr 11 11.6% 11 11.6% 11 11.6% We have a sequence of high percentages since ~Nov but not in a crazy way. The numbers looking at just "core parts" (net/core net/ipv4 net/ipv6 net/sched) would support the theory a little more but again not very strongly and the numbers are small in absolute terms: Commits Date Avg Age Med Age <3mo <3mo% <6mo <6mo% <12mo <12m% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 2024-09-11 13.7yr 14.7yr 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 24 2024-10-15 9.4yr 9.1yr 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 24 2024-11-28 9.4yr 9.2yr 4 16.7% 4 16.7% 4 16.7% 24 2024-12-19 11.5yr 12.9yr 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 2 8.3% 24 2025-01-27 16.0yr 19.6yr 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 24 2025-02-07 10.7yr 13.0yr 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 2 8.3% 24 2025-02-25 7.8yr 5.3yr 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 24 2025-03-28 10.8yr 13.1yr 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 24 2025-04-03 10.3yr 13.1yr 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 24 2025-04-26 9.6yr 11.2yr 2 8.3% 2 8.3% 3 12.5% 24 2025-06-04 11.8yr 13.3yr 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 3 12.5% 24 2025-07-09 10.7yr 12.4yr 3 12.5% 3 12.5% 5 20.8% 24 2025-08-08 9.4yr 11.4yr 2 8.3% 3 12.5% 3 12.5% 24 2025-09-10 11.1yr 13.6yr 2 8.3% 4 16.7% 5 20.8% 24 2025-10-28 10.9yr 13.8yr 3 12.5% 5 20.8% 5 20.8% 24 2026-01-05 14.5yr 20.5yr 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 8.3% 20 2026-02-23 9.1yr 7.2yr 4 20.0% 4 20.0% 4 20.0%