Re: [PATCH v15 00/37] arm64: Support for Arm CCA in KVM

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:20:49 +0100,
Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com> wrote:
> 
> On 16/07/2026 09:36, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:28:02 +0100,
> > Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> This series adds support for running protected VMs using KVM under the
> >> Arm Confidential Compute Architecture (CCA).
> >>
> >> It is the second part of the Arm CCA host support that was previously
> >> posted as a single 44-patch series. The generic firmware/RMM support has
> >> now been split into a separate 6-patch base series[0] so that it can also be
> >> used by other work (and hopefully make reviewing a little easier). This
> >> series applies on top of that base.
> > 
> > Splitting the series this way means that no Sashiko review can occur,
> > as nothing applies on its own:
> > 
> > https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260715142841.80544-1-steven.price%40arm.com
> > 
> > In the future, please post this with the relevant patches as an
> > integral prefix, so that we can make use of the tooling.
> 
> Ah, I wonder if there's a way to teach Sashiko to deal with dependencies
> like this? Anyway if you're happy with everything in one series and
> (hopefully) merging a prefix earlier then I'll go back to that - it's
> easier for me too.

Sashiko had plenty to say about the first series, and you've been Cc'd
on the reports. I'd expect responses to the reports explaining why
this isn't a problem, or how you are planning to address it.

Thanks,

	M.

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