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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/62] kvm: Make pi_enable_wakeup_handler() easier to
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On 2/26/26 9:47 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> What's your timeline for enabling -Wthread-safety?  E.g. are you trying to land
> it in 7.1?  7.2+?  I'd be happy to formally post the below and get it landed in
> the N-1 kernel (assuming Paolo is also comfortable landing the patch in 7.0 if
> you're targeting 7.1).

Hi Sean,

I expect that I will need two or three release cycles to get all the 
patches upstream before -Wthread-safety can be enabled. How about
giving Marco a few weeks time to come up with an improvement for
RELOC_HIDE()?

Thanks,

Bart.