Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries/Kconfig: Enable CONFIG_VPA_PMU to be used with KVM

From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:37:49 +0530

Gautam Menghani <[email-masked]> writes:

> Currently, CONFIG_VPA_PMU is not enabled by default, and consequently
> cannot be used for KVM guests at all, unless explicitly enabled on
> host kernel.
>
> Mark CONFIG_VPA_PMU as "default m" to ensure it is available when KVM is
> being used.
>
> Fixes: 176cda0619b6c ("powerpc/perf: Add perf interface to expose vpa counters")

Not really a fix per-se. So we need not add this fixes tag.

> Cc: [email-masked] # v6.13+

I think the stable tag like above is sufficient for stable tree
maintainers to pick this up.

-ritesh