Re: [PATCH] alpha: add simd_enabled argument to perf_reg_validate()

[Thomas Weißschuh]

Hi Magnus!

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 12:23:55PM +0200, Magnus Lindholm wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM Thomas Weißschuh
> <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

(...)

> Thanks for catching this. I reproduced the build failure on current
> mainline and confirmed your fix with GENERIC SMP and DP264 UP builds.
> Both also passed perf register validation and sampling tests in QEMU.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> If you have a route for this patch upstream, please go ahead and take it,
> unless Linus would prefer to pick it up directly.

I have no route upstream. I hope for Linus to pick it up.
But if that does not happen, maybe you could send a PR.

How this issue made it past -next would also be interesting to know.


Thomas