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Tsirkin" , Paolo Bonzini , Juan Quintela , Avihai Horon , Thomas Huth , kvm@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2b; envelope-from=yongxuan.wang@sifive.com; helo=mail-oo1-xc2b.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 3:39=E2=80=AFPM Cornelia Huck wr= ote: > > On Fri, May 05 2023, Alex Williamson wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 May 2023 11:39:36 +0000 > > Yong-Xuan Wang 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 mainli= ne 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@ventanamic= ro.com/ [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? Regards, Yong-Xuan