Linux 4.8 probably needs rc8

Linus Torvalds has decreed that Linux 4.8 probably needs an eighth release candidate.

Each new release of the Linux kernel usually involves seven release candidates, but Torvalds says “there was just more noise than I'd like” in rc7.

“Things did't calm down as much as I would have liked, there are still a few discussions going on, and it's just unlikely that I will feel like it's all good and ready for a final 4.8 next Sunday.”

Torvalds also writes that “it doesn't look like linux-next is all that big, so I don't get the feeling that there is any particular pressure to open the merge window.”

“Of course, maybe things go *so* swimmingly the upcoming week that I decide that 4.8 is ready, and there really isn't anything in particular that worries me, but seeing fixes for fixes happening the last week just makes me go 'Ehh, thing are still in flux'.” ®