On Tue, May 23 2023, Yong-Xuan Wang <yongxuan.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 3:39 PM Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 05 2023, Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 5 May 2023 11:39:36 +0000 >> > Yong-Xuan Wang <yongxuan.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >> Update the linux headers to get the latest KVM RISC-V headers with AIA support >> >> by the scripts/update-linux-headers.sh. >> >> The linux headers is comes from the riscv_aia_v1 branch available at >> >> https://github.com/avpatel/linux.git. It hasn't merged into the mainline kernel. >> > >> > Updating linux-headers outside of code accepted to mainline gets a down >> > vote from me. This sets a poor precedent and can potentially lead to >> > complicated compatibility issues. Thanks, >> > >> > Alex >> >> Indeed, this needs to be clearly marked as a placeholder patch, and >> replaced with a proper header sync after the changes hit the mainline >> kernel. >> > > Hi Alex and Cornelia, > > We found that the changes are from 2 different patchsets. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230404153452.2405681-1-apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > [2] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg4791872.html > > Patchset 1 is already merged into mainline kernel in v6.4-rc1 and > patchset 2 is not. > Maybe we can split them into two placeholder patches? Please just keep this as a single placeholder patch; once you rebase on top of a tree that includes a proper rebase to 6.4-rcX, the placeholder patch will simply shrink to the bits in patchset 2. The important part is that nobody tries to merge it by accident.
