[$] The first half of the 6.8 merge window

The 6.8 merge window has gotten off to a relatively slow start; reasons for
that include a significant scheduler performance regression that Linus
Torvalds <a href="https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CAHk-=wgWcYX2oXKtgvNN2LLDXP7kXkbo-xTfumEjmPbjSer2RQ@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow">stumbled
into</a> and has spent time tracking down.  Even so, 4,282 non-merge
changesets have found their way into the mainline repository for the 6.8
release as of this writing.  These commits have brought a number of
significant changes and new features.

https://lwn.net/Articles/957188/