Linus Torvalds loses patience with AI-generated code fixes bloating the Linux kernel

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

Torvalds will reject trivial pull requests late in the Linux 7.1 cycle — rc5 is abnormally large, partly driven by AI code-review tools. Upstream contributors: queue non-critical fixes for the merge window; only regressions pass the stabilization phase.