linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] entry: Split generic entry into generic exception and syscall entry

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Message-ID: <87o6u5m7uh.ffs@tglx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:56:22 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Peter Zijlstra
 <peterz@...radead.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar
 <mingo@...hat.com>, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, Vincent Guittot
 <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel
 Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>, Jinjie
 Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Linus
 Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] entry: Split generic entry into generic exception and
 syscall entry

On Tue, Jun 24 2025 at 20:35, Linus Walleij wrote:
> From: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
>
> Currently CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY enables both the generic exception
> entry logic and the generic syscall entry logic, which are otherwise
> loosely coupled.
>
> Introduce separate config options for these so that architectures can
> select the two independently. This will make it easier for
> architectures to migrate to generic entry code.
>
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250213130007.1418890-2-ruanjinjie@huawei.com
> [Linus Walleij: rebase onto v6.16-rc1]
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

I merged this into tip based of v6.16-rc1 and tagged it so the commit
can be pulled into arm[64] trees if needed.

 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git entry-split-for-arm

Thanks,

        tglx