linux-kernel - Re: Linux 6.11-rc1

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg5ebLqtgR84OpkWCxUfVMA2OLtMfdW7G3kzkzeex1uEQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:47:37 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, 
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, 
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 6.11-rc1

On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 at 14:35, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
> I suspect we can fix the alpha issue with the trivial
> change below (haven't tested yet), but the way we are
> inconsistent about these will likely keep biting us
> unless we come up with a better way to handle them
> across architectures.

Well, looking around, the other functions (ie things like
iowrite64be_lo_hi() etc) do end up being handled by lib/iomap.c, and
parisc does seem to implement its own versions.

So this may in fact be the only such case.

Knock wood.

Your suggested patch looks ObviouslyCorrect(tm) to me. I assume I'll
get it through the normal channels after testing?

          Linus