From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C613930E82B for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 10:32:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779877967; cv=none; b=j2OuBIkwBM0HJ77O7z0oW6E8gBSZGVq2H3yTm+tQda3pQvFXb8Ra5xtqub8POyyPglFrMMDbdOgpMaCVwWN/a7dbuyZf+Y9ox63OOZIg4w/hUXOyjVhLH94R73NkyglmTc5Secmr2dtetDeni33iefOiHgDtkboDzV8zkk9JtlE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779877967; c=relaxed/simple; bh=0st74ItZiJDJHY//YKi9k3j5LAz4Sxki0o7s6Hb9c5s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=UjRkAWxDziWi5tkerGG/N029vKT53iqCVe8fYnm1nbZkdimMpeCeW5d1S1YJx7oSym2QYr5PdNhpsLW17TChUdR9i/kwcEnH5kwg3y6PFliu5X4VnBTh+wBzKCvHekq+Dh3zgNt1Hc/cYUINCboiz6EZcfg/MIkxnWhRsxInDfA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=arm.com header.i=@arm.com header.b=JLiGXkxk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=arm.com header.i=@arm.com header.b="JLiGXkxk" Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B751595; Wed, 27 May 2026 03:32:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from J2N7QTR9R3 (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 98CEB3F7D8; Wed, 27 May 2026 03:32:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=arm.com; s=foss; t=1779877965; bh=0st74ItZiJDJHY//YKi9k3j5LAz4Sxki0o7s6Hb9c5s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=JLiGXkxk0Fgkp4N/V0D32PUPj34yCyi7teBulpO88R+mFWUqu6IeJUKwO8I6RMgg4 olOb0D10ygJCmOyRBDlt+6nGQU+prgNtRjpdkLDBhFs6V8bLFC9fCYZgLfnMB+9i9m 2NLTXZ/Cy1rh7UFF1i8yww+vOhjVDTJYgVz5b/kA= Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 11:32:37 +0100 From: Mark Rutland To: Marc Zyngier , will@kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, broonie@kernel.org, james.morse@arm.com, oupton@kernel.org, tabba@google.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] arm64+KVM: FPSIMD/SVE/SME cleanups Message-ID: References: <20260521132556.584676-1-mark.rutland@arm.com> <86se7duvgc.wl-maz@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86se7duvgc.wl-maz@kernel.org> On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 09:07:31AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 2026 14:25:38 +0100, > Mark Rutland wrote: > > This series cleans up low-level FPSIMD/SVE/SME state management code, > > making it easier to maintain and extend (e.g. adding SME support to > > KVM), and enabling better debugging (e.g. by making SVE/SME save/restore > > visible to KASAN and KCSAN). > > > > This is purely cleanup, there are NO bugs addressed by this series. > > I had a look throughout, and couldn't see anything untoward other than > the couple of nits that were already pointed out. Killing the horrible > asm macros definitely brings a bit of fresh air to this code base. > > Given the sensitivity of the change, I'd like this to simmer in -next > for a bit. How do you want this to be merged? I'm happy to take the > whole thing in kvmarm, and share the branch with arm64. That works for me. Catalin, Will, any preference? > I assume you'll post a v2 anyway? Yep; given the bits that need fixups, I'll send a v2 by the end of this week unless something explodes. Mark.