From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=113.46.200.219 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1793353891; b=YAqQThr7ezu4shLGf+FxTLUirpP8VWqRVasM23eN7R+C0iuBarUH4sort1nVUbOv5of4 qDTpJ1mKzoNiLHTx4bDAuguB7EJFKURWNvNKl9bsMSumckuibtKtN6TF46UX/uR/Bz1r9 6WMGKC0dXWmIxQ0rH2uiYyQm7F9zojxY+YHHk2GVfykXXfW0Zcng1+clOROjYbI6CTt6J aqRtVkWSAKkPb8II8+mqou7EfP2s7F9ALr9NmVWfm77DOVakaN7IqFr1QFx+102DUQPQm OcmEaEBqU78noTDTZ2Vg2HnqNNcP+sMqFGEm/T67WjZ57GC/VoZMF2Oi1Jrqstpokzw== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1793353891; h=DMARC-Filter:dkim-signature:Received:Received:Received:Subject:To:CC: References:From:Message-ID:Date:User-Agent:MIME-Version:In-Reply-To: Content-Type:Content-Language:Content-Transfer-Encoding: X-Originating-IP:X-ClientProxiedBy; bh=ZuzL8N0vlppJloy/muSuIIAe2Zftz1tlLIt/FEE//g4=; b=2djx273MDkcBKNNMDLuh2lrAajWLNHZeQQvRaBOmRuwcFZlzlBz7gjmZnVW+f/Xe6kDg TIlQKQocwKHC1SK9OGOvGSqoyZzu/uDogCsPkFRPnoDUZ23nAJ755QknL/mwaas8bKB09 9Mmt2noD6bt6Ykdy/Bdikg5+lHqRLNY7Gb2YVDMuF6fjO1qxFNe0nB3Gd8ZRKzsdAY0PV bLFIweCvn5AgwItSROPn0IWv7Td3ON5jSL+MsZrRFEC9wV6Syl4iNB8WDYHI0NcYcUjlf cIdJ17AQAr/DWjrtLMXYwOuSztGhWSdGXBViqrUbU960YkJxDKlN5iD5rKPNwuIX1Kg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass header.from=huawei.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=huawei.com; dkim=pass header.d=huawei.com header.i=@huawei.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=dkim header.b=0UrTyjyV; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=113.46.200.219 Received: from canpmsgout04.his.huawei.com (canpmsgout04.his.huawei.com [113.46.200.219]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2AAC606A32D; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:51:28 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.subspace.kernel.org B2AAC606A32D Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=huawei.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=huawei.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=huawei.com header.i=@huawei.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=dkim header.b=0UrTyjyV dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=huawei.com; s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; h=From; bh=ZuzL8N0vlppJloy/muSuIIAe2Zftz1tlLIt/FEE//g4=; b=0UrTyjyVBnf6sKptfuORA4gghvLGNMWRrh5UmCN2USUQ+RRTVy20wvL5hedXymwwnx1WLmlT1 dFk71RHUewofm7xwqA2BFLWPX8QPbMPw3svRB9+d+9tvDuO25irRK8fJMAYE4TiEDBzCQkyGonR K+fk3eRBbKlsBllNXL+ivFQ= Received: from mail.maildlp.com (unknown [172.19.162.223]) by canpmsgout04.his.huawei.com (SkyGuard) with ESMTPS id 4jGGZh3FNcz1prM0; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:51:24 +0800 (CST) Received: from whupemo200006.china.huawei.com (unknown [7.152.185.252]) by mail.maildlp.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A5FF40575; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:51:26 +0800 (CST) Received: from [10.174.178.219] (10.174.178.219) by whupemo200006.china.huawei.com (7.152.185.252) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.2.2562.45; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:51:24 +0800 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/process: Add a maintainer entry profile for KVM/arm64 To: Matthias Goergens CC: Marc Zyngier , Oliver Upton , Fuad Tabba , Joey Gouly , Steffen Eiden , Suzuki K Poulose , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , , , , Randy Dunlap , , References: <20261030083351.3040604-1-matthias.goergens@gmail.com> From: Zenghui Yu Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:51:17 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.1 X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20261030083351.3040604-1-matthias.goergens@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ClientProxiedBy: kwepems200001.china.huawei.com (7.221.188.67) To whupemo200006.china.huawei.com (7.152.185.252) Hi Matthias, On 2026/10/30 16:33, Matthias Goergens wrote: > KVM/arm64 has no P: entry in MAINTAINERS, so nothing tells a contributor > that the kvmarm tree is used for integration only, or what the > maintainers expect patches to be based on. Marc Zyngier said a profile > would help. > > Add one covering the trees, the base for patches, the submit checklist, > key cycle dates and review cadence, and point the KVM/arm64 entry at it. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/875wzu4vuv.wl-maz@kernel.org/ > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87tsnb2dtq.wl-maz@kernel.org/ > Signed-off-by: Matthias Goergens > --- > Changes since the RFC > (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260925085621.562448-1-matthias.goergens@gmail.com/): > > - Point at the MAINTAINERS entry instead of naming maintainers and lists. > - Describe master, topic branches and shared branches; drop the open > questions, which the RFC's Sashiko review had also flagged. > - Base: prefer -rc1 to -rc3, not kvmarm/next; leave conflicts visible. > - Subject lines: capital letter after the prefixes. > - Architecture references: prefer rule identifiers; drop the comparison > with KVM x86. > - Testing: selftests usually at the end of the series, reproducible > performance measurements, tests encouraged rather than required for NV. > - Key cycle dates: no new features after -rc6; how fixes are sent. > - Review cadence: stability of commit IDs; answering bot reviews. > - Posted as a new thread, with the documentation maintainers and lists > on Cc. > > Steffen, Marc asked you for a short addition on KVM/arm64 on s390 for > the Trees section. I've left it out and can add it as a follow-up. > > Oliver, thanks for inviting an updated patch. Corrections are welcome. > > .../process/maintainer-kvm-arm64.rst | 181 ++++++++++++++++++ > MAINTAINERS | 2 + > 2 files changed, 183 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/process/maintainer-kvm-arm64.rst This looks pretty good. Thanks a lot for your efforts! Acked-by: Zenghui Yu