KEY POINTS
- Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.4 rc2 and said there are early signs the wave of AI-prompted patches may be turning.
- Alexei Starovoitov reported that in the eBPF area fixes now come in faster than new reports.
- Torvalds cautioned that most other kernel areas have not reached that point yet.
Linus Torvalds, who leads Linux kernel development, said the flood of patches triggered by AI-assisted bug hunting may be starting to ease. According to The Register, he made the remark in his weekly kernel update post, which accompanied the release of Linux 7.4 rc2, the second rough cut of the next kernel.
