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Kernel prepatch 4.9-rc4
The 4.9-rc4 kernel prepatch is out for
testing. Linus says: "So I'm not going to lie: this is not a small
rc, and I'd have been happier if it was. But it's not unreasonably large
for this (big) release either, so it's not like I'd start worrying. I'm
currently still assuming that we'll end up with the usual seven release
candidates, assuming things start calming down. We'll see how that goes as
we get closer to a release."