Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Switch Arm SMCCC firmware services to an SMCCC bus

[Aneesh Kumar K . V]

Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 12:02:48PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:
>>> Changes from v8:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260707081351.1680209-1-aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> * Rebase onto the arm64 for-next/core branch.
>>
>> Was there a dependency on anything in for-next/core? We normally apply
>> series on their own branch on top of the vanilla kernel (e.g. 7.2-rc3)
>> and merge everything together in for-next/core. We (and many other
>> maintainers) strongly prefer series posted on top of an -rc kernel
>> (typically -rc1 to -rc3) unless there's a dependency on a different
>> branch. Never based on -next or -next like branches (which is what
>> for-next/core is, as the name implies).
>>
>
> The reason is that these two patches create conflicts. Since this series
> involves file movement, resolving those conflicts was not
> straightforward. Therefore, I rebased the series on top of both of the
> following commits:
>
> commit 24f55f511b9e ("virt: arm-cca-guest: use migrate_disable() for attestation token requests")
> commit e62decaf98e7 ("arm64/coco: Add pKVM as a CC platform")
>

Any chance of getting this picked up for the next merge window?

A few patch series depend on this patch:

1. The rest of the CCA DA series
2. LFA: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260706134455.132091-1-andre.przywara@xxxxxxx
3. Realm support for Hyper-V: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260625173500.1995481-1-kameroncarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-aneesh