[PATCH 0/6] ARM: cleanup fault handling

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior bigeasy at linutronix.de
Thu Mar 19 08:37:24 PDT 2026


On 2026-03-02 11:57:37 [+0100], To Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On 2026-02-27 15:18:26 [+0000], Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > Hi,
> Hi,
Hi Russell,

> > This series cleans up the 32-bit ARM fault handling:
> > 
> > 1. ensure a consistent IRQ state in the user fault processing path.
> > 2. split vmalloc fault processing in a similar way to x86
> > 3. move is_..._fault() to the local fault.h header file
> > 4. update the FSR deifnitions using BIT() and GENMASK()
> > 5. move LPAE/non-LPAE specific FSR bits/masks along side users
> > 6. get rid of #ifdefs within is_..._fault() by providing a LPAE
> >    and non-LPAE versions.
> 
> Thank you Russell. With this series (notably #1) the PREEMPT_RT support
> can be enabled. Would you mind adding "ARM: Allow to enable RT" from
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260226111742.3598421-3-bigeasy@linutronix.de/
> 
> to the series/ merge it with it? Or should I just send it to your patch
> system?

Russell, any suggestion how to move on here?

Sebastian



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