Re: [GIT PULL] x86/apic for v6.18-rc1

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 01:50:48PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sept 2025 at 03:28, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > this branch contains two big features because it was deemed a better idea
> > to merge them into one.
> 
> Ugh. I really wish that hadn't been done. I would much rather have
> seen separate SEV and apic branches.
> 
> And I don't see the _point_. Yes, I see a conflict resolution. An
> absolutely trivial one. So mixing up the SEV branch and the APIC side
> seems to have had no actual reason or much commonality.
> 
> Oh well. I've taken this, but it really just seems ugly and pointless.
> 
> If there was a real *reason* for merging those branches, it sure as
> hell isn't explained in said merge. That just has the "fix conflict"
> explanation, and as mentioned that seems a really really bad reason.

Lemme CC mingo - maybe he had something else in mind which I'm not
seeing...

Sorry for the confusion.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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