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 4E6993E3D87; Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:30:18 +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=1772731818; cv=none; b=BqQJnleh6XkjFWNjPtjw2ZNIopSv47DNlb1q6x7PN1ow1aiVZuiDbFPvYdigcdxjoULG4nKMRWmydKxij7gKszXFX3ZUWXeejClYWSeSdTeKJnzWiPqZoNm6rzEwzEQ8T9s9UwsPwNfADiqlRIZ8g1AzTDZM5UpU/N3qF8FtwDw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772731818; c=relaxed/simple; bh=9VAMGww3cPjNYjf+swpv5BLTEK9Wb70v7QtphgnjGJI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Pf8t26y/Y9mw3usFnc3Nqv+K8v0+X/xnELZ6bdUnJUl56UzLDNKhrhTQAaVkrEbGNeHdSHiCvmRihSHciMiauFtyutd5hLw1+0azU3aJqj+4jpfpXwyryhEVHS3wGQAIP6/MdFkehRWhQ3bpnSdbRPFkwtm5//sUxXT4HP9AcWk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=lbEF/unD; 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="lbEF/unD" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B7E15C116C6; Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:30:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772731818; bh=9VAMGww3cPjNYjf+swpv5BLTEK9Wb70v7QtphgnjGJI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=lbEF/unDQJUyG9zaIaRG4FKvu7YvgxKMnxLYBIk11ptoINSAlyppJ8hbcQYEwrq1g 1W2Jsfevl8LUgePldqoNZaONPa7hhXINWu84t1Os++EaN9RE5mmviH6UnjY81PcUVm geiXCevWRFEBirdEgAiKL/4DcE4tjGaOUL5Awoug2bOHX9o6qk8JV0cojZTjaej2Qi VwBxGJ2XOltvGD9d4WWm/6s4himJpeP126pjQw1J/+tMkIxkVFLP/KRVkkMAq7+2O3 3b2ETT1we2SlP5Kyi9zjNF/S3LI/dq6hQWZdggEI4G05h+GFQdkxtXOmgU3FSxDe1T XBya5afbfalqQ== Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 09:30:16 -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: <20260305093016.2e70e0bc@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20260305092348.1ef6a546@kernel.org> References: <20260305171004.322683-1-kuba@kernel.org> <20260305092348.1ef6a546@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 09:23:48 -0800 Jakub Kicinski wrote: > 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% I realized after hitting 'send' that I should probably de-duplicate the humans. Same tables but percentage based on distinct authors not commits: Commits Authors Date Avg Age Med Age <3mo <3mo% <6mo <6mo% <12mo <12m% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100 65 2024-09-04 8.5yr 6.9yr 10 15.4% 12 18.5% 14 21.5% 100 57 2024-10-01 7.3yr 5.5yr 4 7.0% 4 7.0% 7 12.3% 100 62 2024-10-13 9.1yr 9.5yr 8 12.9% 8 12.9% 10 16.1% 100 63 2024-10-24 7.1yr 5.6yr 5 7.9% 6 9.5% 11 17.5% 100 55 2024-11-06 6.2yr 5.0yr 12 21.8% 12 21.8% 15 27.3% 100 59 2024-11-22 7.3yr 6.2yr 7 11.9% 9 15.3% 9 15.3% 100 51 2024-12-08 9.5yr 9.7yr 4 7.8% 7 13.7% 7 13.7% 100 57 2024-12-20 6.2yr 2.5yr 8 14.0% 11 19.3% 16 28.1% 100 55 2025-01-10 7.7yr 6.5yr 7 12.7% 7 12.7% 11 20.0% 100 42 2025-01-26 8.1yr 8.4yr 4 9.5% 6 14.3% 7 16.7% 100 55 2025-02-07 8.2yr 6.3yr 7 12.7% 9 16.4% 10 18.2% 100 61 2025-02-24 7.0yr 5.2yr 6 9.8% 10 16.4% 11 18.0% 100 68 2025-03-07 7.9yr 6.9yr 6 8.8% 7 10.3% 10 14.7% 100 50 2025-03-24 8.0yr 7.7yr 7 14.0% 8 16.0% 8 16.0% 100 41 2025-04-07 8.3yr 7.5yr 3 7.3% 4 9.8% 5 12.2% 100 65 2025-04-18 6.9yr 4.8yr 11 16.9% 15 23.1% 18 27.7% 100 56 2025-04-30 8.2yr 7.0yr 6 10.7% 7 12.5% 8 14.3% 100 74 2025-05-14 7.9yr 6.6yr 6 8.1% 8 10.8% 11 14.9% 100 50 2025-06-02 7.0yr 5.3yr 5 10.0% 6 12.0% 9 18.0% 100 49 2025-06-11 8.9yr 6.8yr 7 14.3% 7 14.3% 9 18.4% 100 52 2025-06-24 7.5yr 6.3yr 7 13.5% 8 15.4% 11 21.2% 100 58 2025-06-12 7.6yr 5.6yr 10 17.2% 11 19.0% 13 22.4% 100 62 2025-07-17 8.6yr 7.8yr 6 9.7% 7 11.3% 14 22.6% 100 60 2025-08-06 7.5yr 4.9yr 5 8.3% 6 10.0% 8 13.3% 100 60 2025-08-19 7.4yr 6.0yr 9 15.0% 11 18.3% 14 23.3% 100 56 2025-08-18 8.3yr 7.1yr 2 3.6% 3 5.4% 6 10.7% 100 52 2025-09-08 9.0yr 9.7yr 7 13.5% 9 17.3% 12 23.1% 100 55 2025-08-13 7.8yr 6.5yr 10 18.2% 12 21.8% 14 25.5% 100 58 2025-10-09 8.3yr 6.6yr 9 15.5% 13 22.4% 14 24.1% 100 52 2025-11-05 7.1yr 5.5yr 9 17.3% 12 23.1% 13 25.0% 100 71 2025-11-18 8.3yr 7.1yr 8 11.3% 12 16.9% 13 18.3% 100 71 2025-12-09 8.1yr 6.7yr 12 16.9% 13 18.3% 18 25.4% 100 63 2025-12-21 6.5yr 4.9yr 15 23.8% 16 25.4% 20 31.7% 100 62 2026-01-09 8.6yr 7.0yr 5 8.1% 6 9.7% 8 12.9% 100 65 2026-01-12 7.3yr 6.3yr 9 13.8% 12 18.5% 18 27.7% 95 44 2026-02-27 9.3yr 8.1yr 7 15.9% 7 15.9% 7 15.9% in the core: Commits Authors Date Avg Age Med Age <3mo <3mo% <6mo <6mo% <12mo <12m% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 14 2024-09-11 12.0yr 12.9yr 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 24 16 2024-10-15 8.4yr 9.1yr 1 6.2% 1 6.2% 1 6.2% 24 14 2024-11-28 7.6yr 6.6yr 3 21.4% 3 21.4% 3 21.4% 24 17 2024-12-19 9.3yr 8.3yr 1 5.9% 1 5.9% 2 11.8% 24 9 2025-01-27 11.7yr 12.9yr 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 24 14 2025-02-07 8.3yr 9.4yr 1 7.1% 1 7.1% 2 14.3% 24 15 2025-02-25 9.3yr 10.1yr 1 6.7% 1 6.7% 1 6.7% 24 12 2025-03-28 10.3yr 11.0yr 1 8.3% 1 8.3% 1 8.3% 24 10 2025-04-03 9.8yr 11.1yr 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 24 18 2025-04-26 9.0yr 10.3yr 2 11.1% 2 11.1% 3 16.7% 24 14 2025-06-04 7.6yr 5.5yr 1 7.1% 1 7.1% 3 21.4% 24 15 2025-07-09 8.8yr 6.9yr 2 13.3% 2 13.3% 4 26.7% 24 19 2025-08-08 9.2yr 9.1yr 2 10.5% 3 15.8% 3 15.8% 24 16 2025-09-10 9.4yr 10.1yr 2 12.5% 3 18.8% 4 25.0% 24 17 2025-10-28 7.7yr 5.4yr 3 17.6% 5 29.4% 5 29.4% 24 10 2026-01-05 9.0yr 7.7yr 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 20.0% 20 14 2026-02-23 7.9yr 6.2yr 3 21.4% 3 21.4% 3 21.4%