Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] kvm: fix latent guest entry/exit bugs

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Tue Feb 01 2022 - 12:48:08 EST


On Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:10:35 +0000,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2/1/22 17:22, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 04:59:47PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> >> On 2/1/22 14:29, Mark Rutland wrote:
> >>> I've pushed the series (based on v5.17-rc2) to my kvm/entry-rework branch:
> >>>
> >>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mark/linux.git/log/?h=kvm/entry-rework
> >>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mark/linux.git kvm/entry-rework
> >>
> >> Thanks! I cherry-picked the basic, x86 and mips patches to kvm.git's master
> >> branch (I did not use your branch in order to leave arm64 and riscv to the
> >> respective maintainers).
> >
> > Since everything's dependent upon that core patch, IIUC that's going to make it
> > a pain for them to queue things.
> >
> > How are you expecting the arm64 and riscv maintainers to queue things? Queue
> > their own copies of that core patch?
>
> The kvm.git master branch has a stable commit id, so the KVM/ARM and
> KVM/RISCV maintainers can just base their pull request to me on
> it. Alternatively, if they prefer it that way, I can get it quickly to
> Linus.

In which case, please add the arm64 patch to the mix. I'm not rebasing
my current queue.

M.

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