# Linux 7.4 Could End Up Seeing Kernel Builds ~36% Faster, Incremental Builds ~70% Faster

DevFeed: [Linux 7.4 Could End Up Seeing Kernel Builds ~36% Faster, Incremental Builds ~70% Faster](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/linux-7-4-could-end-up-seeing-kernel-builds-36-faster-incremental-builds-70-faster-17442.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-Kernel-Builds-AI-v2>)

Author: Michael Larabel

Published: 2026-09-14T10:31:16Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Phoronix](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/phoronix.md>)

Topics: [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [build performance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-performance.md>), [build times](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-times.md>), [Arm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arm.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

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## AI overview

A second revision of Linux kernel patches could make full allmodconfig builds about 36% faster and incremental builds about 70% faster. The work, led by Lorenzo Stoakes of Arm, addresses single-threaded bottlenecks and includes fixes, an upstream rebase, and an optional parallel Rust compiler front end. The patches are being considered for inclusion in Linux 7.4.

## Source excerpt

Earlier this month I wrote about a patch series posted to the Linux kernel mailing list that addressed a lot of "hideous code" to make Linux kernel builds faster. A number of single-threaded bottlenecks were tracked down and fixed within the Linux kernel thanks to the assistance of AI. A second revision of those patches hit the mailing list this morning and there is hope they could be upstreamed for Linux 7.4...