Re: [PATCH v11 0/9] riscv: add SBI Supervisor Software Events support

From: Zhanpeng Zhang

Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 04:15:36 EST


Hi Himanshu, Paul,

On 10/29/26 3:09 PM, Himanshu Chauhan wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 11:32:36AM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> Paul, please hold off on taking this version into for-next until
>>>>> these fixes are included. The rebase and PMU testing are useful, but
>>>>> there are still outstanding correctness issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will consolidate the changes and post v12 against riscv/for-next,
>>>>> with an updated changelog and validation results. Let's coordinate
>>>>> the next posting to keep everything together.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Zhanpeng
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/as79MHtNYd-VbUug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Anup
>>>
>>> I'll post a focused v12 before this weekend with the immediate
>>> correctness fixes. Further improvements can follow separately.
>>
>> Linux-7.4 merge window closes end-of this week so your v12
>> will be too late for it hence I suggest sending incremental fixes
>> separately.
>>
>
> Hi Zhanpeng,
>
> I agree with Anup. IMO, SSE as a feature is ready. It will be easier
> for you and for me if the patches are merged. It has become a pain to
> send revised RAS patches because of the dependency.The issue that I
> identified can be sent incrementally in coming weeks.
>
> I would request Paul to pick up the SSE patches now.
>
> Regards
> Himanshu

SSE v12[1] is ready with the correctness fixes discussed on the v10 threads.

Himanshu, I checked your posted RAS v5 series against v12: all nine
patches apply cleanly without modification. V12 uses the same
riscv/for-next base as v11, so switching the dependency requires no
changes to your patches.

Paul, please pick up v12 rather than v11 so these fixes are included
from the start.

Thanks,
Zhanpeng

[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20261029074853.35467-1-zhangzhanpeng.jasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/