Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Fix inactive SVE and SSVE regsets

On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 10:27:18PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 02, 2026 at 01:12:24PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:42:54 +0200, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> > > sve_init_header_from_task() takes header as a pointer, so for the
> > > inactive mode
> 
> > Applied selftest update to arm64 (for-next/selftests), thanks!
> 
> > [2/2] kselftest/arm64: fp-ptrace: Fix checks for inactive SVE and SSVE regsets
> >       https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/bd290e7fc245
> 
> As noted in the changelog applying patch 1 as a fix and this only for
> -next blows up the fp-ptrace test rather impressively in any
> configuration which can generate headers only reports:
> 
>    https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/3075737#L3231
> 
> for the release.  Both patches really do need to go together.

By "blows up" you mean the test fails, right? That's the same behaviour
if anybody runs the test on a kernel without the fix. Both patches are
merged in for-next/core.

Will