Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm-current tree with the kbuild tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Thu Apr 08 2021 - 06:36:41 EST


Hi all,

On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 20:34:49 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the akpm-current tree got a conflict in:
>
> Makefile

This also affected init/Kconfig

> between commit:
>
> 2f8864dbe668 ("kbuild: move module strip/compression code into scripts/Makefile.modinst")
>
> from the kbuild tree and commit:
>
> 7b35c1a01c2e ("init: add support for zstd compressed modules")
>
> from the akpm-current tree.
>
> Also commit
>
> ee2305118fc3 ("kbuild: add support for zstd compressed modules")
>
> from the kbuild tree seems to do the same as the akpm-current commit
> above, so I just effectively reverted the akpm-current commit.
>
> I fixed it up (see above) 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.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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