linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 04/13] arm64: smccc: Include alternative-macros.h

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Date:   Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:22:20 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@...cinc.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@...cinc.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Murali Nalajala <quic_mnalajal@...cinc.com>,
        Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@...cinc.com>,
        Srivatsa Vaddagiri <quic_svaddagi@...cinc.com>,
        Carl van Schaik <quic_cvanscha@...cinc.com>,
        Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <quic_pheragu@...cinc.com>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>,
        Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>,
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        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 04/13] arm64: smccc: Include alternative-macros.h

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 05:08:31PM -0700, Elliot Berman wrote:
> Fix build error when CONFIG_ARM64_SVE is selected and
> asm/alternative-macros.h wasn't implicitly included by another header.
> 
> Fixes: cfa7ff959a78 ("arm64: smccc: Support SMCCC v1.3 SVE register saving hint")
> Signed-off-by: Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@...cinc.com>

Shouldn't this be independant of this whole series and get merged now
and backported to stable kernels if it really is causing a build problem
today?

thanks,

greg k-h