linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] clocksource/arm_arch

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Message-ID: <87v91to35b.wl-maz@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:00:16 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>,
        Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...gle.com>,
        Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@...gle.com>,
        Oliver Upton <oupton@...gle.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Add basic ARMv8.6 support

On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:51:19 +0100,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> wrote:
> 
> On 17/10/2021 11:57, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > Hi Daniel,
> > 
> > On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:59:33 +0100,
> > Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Marc,
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/10/2021 15:39, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> >>
> >> [ ... ]
> >>
> >>> Thanks for that. All addressed now. I'll repost the series once we've
> >>> addressed the question below.
> >>>
> >>>> How do you want to merge this series? It would be nice to have the arch
> >>>> bits in the arm64 tree, if possible, as we'll be tripping over the cpucaps
> >>>> stuff otherwise.
> >>>
> >>> I think we should keep the series together, as asm/arch_timer.h gets a
> >>> beating all over the place, and there is no chance the arm64 bits at
> >>> the end can apply (let alone work) on their own.
> >>>
> >>> So either Daniel would ack the series for it to go via arm64, or
> >>> create a stable branch with the first 13 patches that would go in both
> >>> the clocksource and arm64 trees.
> >>>
> >>> Daniel, any preference?
> >>
> >> yes, I prefer a stable branch for this series.
> >>
> >> https://git.linaro.org/people/daniel.lezcano/linux.git/log/?h=timers/drivers/armv8.6_arch_timer
> >>
> > 
> > OK, this branch is now slightly outdated, since I have reworked it at
> > Will's request. -rc5 is also too recent a base for arm64, which is
> > usually based on -rc3.
> > 
> > I'll repost a new series today or tomorrow and provide tags for both
> > you and Will to pull from.
> 
> Ok, thanks. I've updated the branch accordingly.
> 
> Let me know if everything is fine, so I can prepare a PR for the 'tip' tree.

Looks OK to me, although you seem to carry two distinct versions of
the patches (v3 and v4) in -next.

Thanks,

	M.

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