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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] KVM: arm64: Add support for FEAT_TLBIRANGE
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To:     Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
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        Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
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On Thu, Jun 15, 2023, Oliver Upton wrote:
> +cc Sean
>=20
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 06:57:01PM -0700, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 5:19=E2=80=AFAM Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linu=
x.dev> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Raghavendra,
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 07:28:51PM +0000, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrot=
e:
> > > > The series is based off of upstream v6.4-rc2, and applied David
> > > > Matlack's common API for TLB invalidations[1] on top.
> > >
> > > Sorry I didn't spot the dependency earlier, but this isn't helpful TB=
H.
> > >
> > > David's series was partially applied, and what remains no longer clea=
nly
> > > applies to the base you suggest. Independent of that, my *strong*
> > > preference is that you just send out a series containing your patches=
 as
> > > well as David's. Coordinating dependent efforts is the only sane thin=
g
> > > to do. Also, those patches are 5 months old at this point which is
> > > ancient history.
> > >
> > Would you rather prefer I detach this series from David's as I'm not
> > sure what his plans are for future versions?
> > On the other hand, the patches seem simple enough to rebase and give
> > another shot at review, but may end up delaying this series.
> > WDYT?
>=20
> In cases such as this you'd typically coordinate with the other
> developer to pick up their changes as part of your series. Especially
> for this case -- David's refactoring is _pointless_ without another
> user for that code (i.e. arm64). As fun as it might be to antagonize
> Sean, that series pokes x86 and I'd like an ack from on it.
>=20
> So, please post a combined series that applies cleanly to an early 6.4
> rc of your choosing, and cc all affected reviewers/maintainers.

+1