Re: linux-next: manual merge of the fs-next tree with the origin tree

From: Andrew Morton

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 14:39:48 EST


On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 19:11:24 +0100 Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the fs-next tree got a conflict in:
>
> tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
>
> between commit:
>
> 4ff32f084c158 ("selftests/filesystems: fix missing and stale TARGETS entries")
>
> from the origin tree and commit:

"origin tree"? I assume mm.git's mm-nonmm-unstable was intended.

>
> 5550456dad376 ("selftests/filesystems: Move file_stressor to dedicated subdirectory")
>
> from the fs-next tree.
>
> I fixed it up (see below) 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.

OK, thanks. I'll send "selftests/filesystems: fix missing and stale
TARGETS entries" over to Christian.