linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 0/4] KVM: arm64: Allow the VM to select DEVICE_* and NORMAL

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:42:53 +0000
From: Ankit Agrawal <ankita@...dia.com>
To: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/4] KVM: arm64: Allow the VM to select DEVICE_* and
 NORMAL_NC for IO memory

>> >
>> > High time to get this cooking in -next. Looks like there aren't any
>> > conflicts w/ VFIO, but if that changes I've pushed a topic branch to:
>> >
>> >  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/oupton/linux.git/log/?h=kvm-arm64/vfio-normal-nc
>> >
>> > Applied to kvmarm/next, thanks!
>>
>> Thanks Oliver for your efforts. Pardon my naivety, but what would the
>> sequence of steps that this series go through next before landing in an
>> rc branch? Also, what is the earliest branch this is supposed to land
>> assuming all goes well?
>
> We should see this showing up in linux-next imminently. Assuming there
> are no issues there, your changes will be sent out as part of the kvmarm
> pull request for 6.9.
>
> At least in kvmarm, /next is used for patches that'll land in the next
> merge window and /fixes is for bugfixes that need to go in the current
> release cycle.

Got it, thanks for the information!