Linus Torvalds to ‘start being more hardnosed’ about ‘pointless pull requests’ – some of which come from AIs

Linus Torvalds, the Linux kernel maintainer, is pushing back against trivial and AI-generated pull requests during the rc5 phase of the Linux 7.1 development cycle, arguing they disrupt stability efforts. He criticizes the influx of 'pointless' fixes and AI-driven code reviews, which he claims create unnecessary churn and complicate the merge process.