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Linus Torvalds Rejects RISC-V Changes for Linux 6.17: "Garbage"

15 days ago
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.17-RISC-V-Rejected
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  • #Linux
  • #Kernel Development
  • #RISC-V
  • Linus Torvalds rejected RISC-V changes for Linux 6.17, calling some of the code 'garbage'.
  • The RISC-V updates were submitted late in the merge window, violating Torvalds' request for early submissions.
  • Proposed changes included RISC-V IOMMU support, ACPI BGRT, errata fixes, and Control-Flow Integrity for user-space.
  • Torvalds criticized a helper function (`make_u32_from_two_u16()`) for being unclear and polluting generic headers.
  • The RISC-V team must resubmit the changes early in the Linux 6.18 merge window without 'garbage' code.
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