linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 0/2] uapi: Add support for GENMASK

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Message-Id: <20240725140543.9601ffdb94b5a6103dfd906f@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:05:43 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>, Rasmus
 Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
 linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 0/2] uapi: Add support for GENMASK_U128()

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:18:06 +0530 Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com> wrote:

> This adds support for GENMASK_U128() and some corresponding tests as well.
> GENMASK_U128() generated 128 bit masks will be required later on the arm64
> platform for enabling FEAT_SYSREG128 and FEAT_D128 features.

If this will be required for ongoing ARM development prior to the 6.11
release then it would make sense for these changes to be carried in the
relevant ARM tree.