[$] The first half of the 6.11 merge window

The merge window for the 6.11 kernel release opened on July 14; as of
this writing, 4,072 non-merge changesets have been pulled into the mainline
repository since then. This merge window, in other words, is just now
beginning. Still, there has been enough time for a number of interesting
changes to land for the next kernel release; read on for a summary of what
has been merged so far.