[$] The first half of the 6.10 merge window

The merge window for the 6.10 kernel release opened on May12; betweenthen and the time of this writing, 6,819 non-merge commits were pulled intothe mainline kernel for that release. Your editor has taken some time outfrom LSFMM+BPF in an attempt to keepup with the commit flood. Read on for an overview of the most significantchanges that were pulled in the early part of the 6.10 merge window.