Re: linux-next: manual merge of the rcu tree with the tip tree

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Dec 18 2019 - 20:27:28 EST


On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 11:50:35AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the rcu tree got a conflict in:
>
> kernel/cpu.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 45178ac0cea8 ("cpu/hotplug, stop_machine: Fix stop_machine vs hotplug order")
>
> from the tip tree and commit:
>
> d62c673f4cfc ("cpu/hotplug, stop_machine: Fix stop_machine vs hotplug order")
>
> from the rcu tree.
>
> I fixed it up (I just used the tip tree version) and can carry the fix
> as necessary. This is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but
> any non trivial conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer
> when your tree is submitted for merging. You may also want to consider
> cooperating with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any
> particularly complex conflicts.

I will pull this one out of the set that I mark for -next. That way
I can test and you can avoid at least this one conflict. ;-)

Thanx, Paul