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

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Message-ID: <aGO4Trd5qBJCrMH7@J2N7QTR9R3>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 11:28:30 +0100
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: 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>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] entry: Split generic entry into generic exception and
 syscall entry

On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 07:56:22PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 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, much appreciated!

Mark.