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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 16:06:48 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>,
	Jon Humphreys <j-humphreys@ti.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6.18 0/3] ARM: PREEMPT_RT backports
Message-ID: <2026070229-rendering-plus-be9d@gregkh>
References: <20260629144131.788576-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 04:41:28PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> ARM missed the PREEMPT_RT window for v6.18. The following three patches
> have been merged as of v7.1-rc1 and are the missing pieces.
> 
> I've been asked by people if it would be possible to include them in the
> stable tree as it would make their life easier.

Why can't the -rt patchset just include these?  Why put the burden on
us?

thanks,

greg k-h