linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm64 tree with the origin tree

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Message-ID: <86ikcobcxw.wl-maz@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:39:39 +0000
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oliver Upton <oupton@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm64 tree with the origin tree

On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:11:27 +0000,
Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>]
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the arm64 tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   86364832ba6f2 ("KVM: arm64: Don't blindly set set PSTATE.PAN on guest exit")
> 
> from the origin tree and commit:
> 
>   018a231b0260e ("arm64: Unconditionally enable PAN support")
> 
> from the arm64 tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary. This
> is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial
> conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree
> is submitted for merging.  You may also want to consider cooperating
> with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly
> complex conflicts.
> 
> [Took the version from Linus' tree.]

I can't see the latest next yet, but this doesn't sound right.

The correct resolution for this is in the kvmarm/next branch,
effectively reverting most of 86364832ba6f2 ("KVM: arm64: Don't
blindly set set PSTATE.PAN on guest exit").

Keeping the version from Linus' tree doesn't work, as
kvm_pan_patch_el2_entry() references CONFIG_ARM64_PAN, which is
removed by 018a231b0260e ("arm64: Unconditionally enable PAN
support").

So the arm64 version should be the correct one.

Thanks,

	M.

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