[PATCH v3 01/12] lib/kasan: introduce CONFIG_ARCH_DEFER_KASAN option

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 01:18:52 +0200 Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a at gmail.com> wrote:

> >> Architectures that need deferred KASAN should select this option.
> >> Architectures that can enable KASAN early will get compile-time
> >> optimizations instead of runtime checks.
> > 
> > Looks nice and appears quite mature.  I'm reluctant to add it to mm.git
> > during -rc6, especially given the lack of formal review and ack tags.
> > 
> > But but but, that's what the mm-new branch is for.  I guess I'll add it
> > to get some additional exposure, but whether I'll advance it into
> > mm-unstable/linux-next for this cycle is unclear.
> > 
> > What do you (and others) think?
> 
> After looking a bit, it breaks UM and probably LoongArch too.
> I'd say it needs more work and not ready even for mm-new.

OK, thanks.  I'll drop the v3 series.