[PATCH 00/10] KVM: selftests: Convert to kernel-style types

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2025, David Matlack wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com> wrote:
> > My slowness is largely because I'm not sure how to land/approach this.  I'm 100%
> > in favor of the renames, it's the timing and coordination I'm unsure of.
> >
> > In hindsight, it probably would have best to squeeze it into 6.18, so at least
> > the most recent LTS wouldn't generate conflicts all over the place.  The next
> > best option would probably be to spin a new version, bribe Paolo to apply it at
> > the end of the next merge window, and tag the whole thing for stable@ (maybe
> > limited to 6.18+?) to minimize downstream pain.
> 
> With LPC coming up I won't have cycles to post a new version before
> the 6.19 merge window closes.
> 
> I'm tempted to say let's just wait for the next LTS release and merge
> it in then. This is low priorit, so I'm fine with waiting.

I ran this by Paolo in last week's PUCK, and he's in favor of the renames (or at
least, is a-ok with us doing it).  If you can prep a new version in the next week
or so, we can get it applied for 7.1 shortly after the merge window closes.

We don't send all that many selftests patches to LTS kernels, so IMO it's not
worth waiting for the next LTS to come around.