linux-kernel - Re: Issue With real-time patches on 5.15.y

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Date:   Fri, 6 May 2022 15:15:09 -0400
From:   Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@...onical.com>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Issue With real-time patches on 5.15.y



On 5/5/22 19:35, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 5/5/22 16:18, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
>> The real-time kernel build failure can be resolved by reverting commit
>> b50854eca0e0.  The failure seems to be due to the removal of an include
>> of xstate.h from pkru.h and caused spinlock_t to not be defined.  The
>> commit would only be reverted for the real-time kernel and not any other
>> kernels.  I wanted to see if reverting the commit is the proper
>> approach, or if cherry-picking additional commits might be a better
>> solution in preparation for additional changes that might be coming in
>> the future?
>>
>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> I thought you distro folks were the franenkernel experts. :)
>
> But, seriously...  This isn't rocket science.  Just look at the pkru.h
> in your tree and figure out what includes it needs.  If it needs FPU
> gunk, include the FPU header.  If you get a compile error for spinlock_t
> ...  well ...  find the code using spinlock_t and make sure it includes
> spinlock.h.
>
Thanks for the advice, Dave.

Your suggestion will probably be the easiest approach.  I was just 
trying to limit the amount of frankenkernel changes, since there are 
already so many  :-)  It's always best to stay as close to mainline as 
possible.