From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 20D77109022A for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:55:00 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=xfGTlbSotR1YenoLXwlR/qjzLr1Jf2iZ4bAtIfxPloA=; b=OM8E3B7SwBIQEsXXmvqaxTNMY2 xTF2zSESkqVu+PexXAOpsauJ+0OUCg8SGoUBgDV2QTnVyVndLvF8kI54IyIGT+/THaAw11TO6pY8v a08O/tNhRwHW6xFD6bOBxAXAsb5SDhd4wV5zatPOrdrom6UuR87xp5mcp1PnvhYr3K/ga+TPpu32L /LR2FTu964nLcTe7G8fjOzxOFpkNzF9FtxEqUU+q3gLg4u6NnIgSKmtT0K/Tmz7sPr2YviYhlSSK8 qx6xdqGMtfPzIDJellqIBCsJgDwDsk6JZeiXcdKJN0lr4WS5uAWyCZSlNZ4QdGzWevgwDCI2/IomL /i+qesbA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1w3Dpw-0000000Aihg-10rC; Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:54:56 +0000 Received: from tor.source.kernel.org ([172.105.4.254]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1w3Dpt-0000000AihH-3x5V for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:54:54 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by tor.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF3F600AD; Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A8B35C2BCB0; Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:54:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1773928492; bh=6lTDuDTet2Kh2hHL2W19L/RTuSwbVdiJ3pKzj7JqvFI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=IIsUezRhwWh1BsXMNOJ67yiJdcGBaUlTKxxOylNOTzzVPX5If51Fyl1Q45iNKlID+ IRhJzrCjbQdEi7iEc6pUVS7I3hMBr6lVPqk92iS65c4xksOiAHuQ2IX8pXJIsAsVEQ SchRwP5nXQB6bLzrS3p0vJvDDcY0y+u92y0FhVOc= Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:54:48 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Ryan Roberts Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jack Aboutboul , Sharath George John , Noah Meyerhans , Jim Perrin Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 0/3] arm64: Speed up boot with faster linear map creation Message-ID: <2026031906-mulled-bully-10f6@gregkh> References: <20260217133527.2881603-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com> <2026021717-stellar-skylight-7824@gregkh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2026021717-stellar-skylight-7824@gregkh> X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 02:50:28PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 01:35:21PM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > This series is a backport that applies to stable kernel 6.1 (base v6.1.163), for > > some speed ups to enable significantly faster booting on systems with a lot of > > memory. The patches were originally posted at: > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240412131908.433043-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com/ > > > > ... and were originally merged upstream in v6.10-rc1. > > > > I'm requesting this be merged to stable on behalf of a partner who wants to get > > the benefit of this series in Debian 12. > > Same here, why not just use 6.12.y? Ok, I'll take the 6.6.y patches, but for 6.1.y, people should _REALLY_ move off of it if they are using these types of systems as there are loads of other things/fixes that they will get if they move. thanks, greg k-h