Re: linux-next: manual merge of the rcu tree with the ftrace tree
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Mon Dec 01 2025 - 19:58:11 EST
On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 07:04:07AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 02:05:03PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > Le Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 09:06:29AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney a écrit :
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> > > Thank you, Frederic, and I guess putting this in -next did indeed find
> > > some problems, so that is good? ;-)
> >
> > Indeed, mission accomplished ;-)
> >
> > Steve proposed here to actually restore the patch:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251114110136.3d36deca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > But later said the reverse:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251114121141.5e40428d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > So for now I'm still keeping it outside -next. I hope it is not a necessary
> > change in your srcu series?
>
> My thought is to put the patch with Steven's suggested removal on my
> -rcu stack and see what kernel test robot thinks of it. ;-)
Unless I hear otherwise, I will push this into -next after the RCU
patches land. If all goes well, I will send the pull request to Linus.
So please let me know if you would prefer some other course of action.
Thanx, Paul