Re: [PATCH v6 01/11] linux-headers: Update to kernel headers to add venus capset

[Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 06:42:44PM +0800, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 10:55 AM Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> >
> > On 2023/12/19 23:14, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > > On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 at 13:49, Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 08:20:22PM +0800, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> > >>> On 2023/12/19 16:53, Huang Rui wrote:
> > >>>> Sync up kernel headers to update venus macro till they are merged into
> > >>>> mainline.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for sorting things out with the kernel and spec.
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>
> > >>>> ---
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Changes in v6:
> > >>>> - Venus capset is applied in kernel, so update it in qemu for future 
> > >>>> use.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/b79dcf75-c9e8-490e-644f-3b97d95f7397@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > >>>> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm-misc/commit/?id=216d86b9a430f3280e5b631c51e6fd1a7774cfa0
> > >>> Please include the link to the upstream commit in the commit message.
> > >>
> > >> So far, it's in drm maintainers' branch not in kernel mainline yet. Do I
> > >> need to wait it to be merged into kernel mainline?
> > >
> > > For an RFC patchset, no. For patches to be merged into QEMU
> > > the headers change must be in the kernel mainline, and the
> > > QEMU commit that updates our copy of the headers must be a
> > > full-sync done with scripts/update-linux-headers.sh, not a
> > > manual edit.
> >
> > Apparently the kernel change is unlikely to be merged to mainline before
> > QEMU 9.0 so we need to come up with some idea to deal with this.

May I know when QEMU 9.0 will be released?

> >
> > The release of Linux 6.7 is near and the development of 6.8 will start
> > soon. So it was nice if the change made into 6.8, but unfortunately it
> > missed the *probably last* drm-misc tree pull request for 6.8:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/aqpn5miejmkks7pbcfex7b6u63uwsruywxsnr3x5ljs45qatin@nbkkej2elk46/
> >
> > It will still get into linux-next so we may retrieve headers from
> > linux-next. Or we may add the definition to
> > hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c; the duplicate definition warning will
> > tell when the definition becomes no longer necessary. I'm fine with
> > either option.
> 
> The second option seems better to me, as it can avoid pulling unwanted 
> changes.
> 

I will keep an eye on dri-devel mailing list. And ok, I will add the
definition in virtio-gpu-virgl.c and remove it once kernel patch is merged
by mainline.

Thanks,
Ray