From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DDAD1478E51 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2026 09:27:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783330048; cv=none; b=Fu7OqhjNTKRK4v6X6bE2Aa68gU0OVoaI3ws8HvjNAfF6v40jkB7zqYLc9QwUwliklE0tF5zAAbSMjLbLm0cEB2PTLEX6H3u/uL8FUSJ+oeARNHwmnxEA5555tbDR8ho4NJUCKx7T7Vs2S8MjX8Z7dAO+seHSn0i0S+fdNym46t0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783330048; c=relaxed/simple; bh=rlVE9YWQPh36iqr67g1bGTaonjgcgQ48S78TGYsExfM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=VHHOXiOY79sgOztJzdvOWLghuN2U957yrbfDdXsMa/A63fO3YkTwQpwrkb19ZeTfTvYmt712FCws+Jx1mDsEMgIAe4jzk3LZGvnnAZeIzCE1ta0WifhC4+YsYc/k6adAzacPH2vFKBsGboVXHDs54YlOQxCVAfk+UEBEbn24js0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=D8nxjzQp; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="D8nxjzQp" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4CCD71F000E9; Mon, 6 Jul 2026 09:27:24 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1783330044; bh=xf+RPcaEtEZGSlMseuJMWcV/tNux9CLmNcr0O8HzctU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=D8nxjzQpi65fd1TPMI6r62VTL862a79Tbcv/IOt+YkM4b90BUe1EBcMlWfK4h0qD3 hfxUEPAHlK25lM/giHcUcLBqJ9vWjwKJ88uzWhl76q0uELY1MXEcdjjKJo5n0gWQs7 ugkerIsTAMIwLSHasXNkZOLymovfouiFLAlnGLFc= Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 11:27:33 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kiszka , Jon Humphreys , Russell King Subject: Re: [PATCH v6.18 0/3] ARM: PREEMPT_RT backports Message-ID: <2026070604-washday-tightrope-dcee@gregkh> References: <20260629144131.788576-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de> <2026070229-rendering-plus-be9d@gregkh> <20260706085940.3lUHUu8z@linutronix.de> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260706085940.3lUHUu8z@linutronix.de> On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 10:59:40AM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > On 2026-07-02 16:06:48 [+0200], Greg KH wrote: > > 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? > > It is part of the -rt patchset. I've been asked if it would be possible > to include it (ARM support) as part of -stable tree. I've been looking > at what is missing and it included two Kconfig changes and one code > change. This looked small so I thought maybe, why not let's ask. I'm > sorry if it looked other than asking. > > If this puts burden on you and it does not qualify for a stable change > then it can't be included. Please let's have new features stick to feature-patchsets like the -rt kernel is, and not put that burden on us stable maintainers for something that we don't use :) thanks, greg k-h