Re: Patch "arm64: Force the use of CNTVCT_EL0 in __delay()" has been added to the 6.19-stable tree

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:43:51 +0000,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> 
>     arm64: Force the use of CNTVCT_EL0 in __delay()
> 
> to the 6.19-stable tree which can be found at:
>     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> 
> The filename of the patch is:
>      arm64-force-the-use-of-cntvct_el0-in-__delay.patch
> and it can be found in the queue-6.19 subdirectory.
> 
> If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.

Please hold on with this one. It introduces a regression with
DEBUG_PREEMPT that makes it worse than the bug it is trying to
address.

There is a fix for the fix that has *just* hit Linus' tree, but I'd
like to make sure nobody screams before backporting both at the same
time.

Thanks,

	M.

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