linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] KVM changes for Linux 6.9 merge window

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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:36:37 +0000
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM changes for Linux 6.9 merge window

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 16:01:47 +0000,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 at 01:48, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Linus, were you compiling with allyesconfig so that you got
> > CONFIG_KVM_ARM64_RES_BITS_PARANOIA on?
> 
> Regular allmodconfig.
> 
> > You can also make CONFIG_KVM_ARM64_RES_BITS_PARANOIA depend on !COMPILE_TEST.
> 
> No.
> 
> WTF is wrong with you?
> 
> You're saying "let's turn off this compile-time sanity check when
> we're doing compile testing".
> 
> That's insane.
> 
> The sanity check was WRONG. People hadn't tested it. Stephen points
> out that it was reported to you almost a month ago in
> 
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-next/20240222220349.1889c728@canb.auug.org.au/
> 
> and you're still trying to just *HIDE* this garbage?
> 
> Stop it.

Well, if you really need to shout at someone, it should be me, as I
was the one who didn't get Stephen's hint last time.

I'll try to resurrect it as a selftest, or maybe just keep it out of
tree for my own use.

	M.

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