Re: linux-next: manual merge of the net-next tree with the net tree

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Wed Aug 02 2017 - 22:42:39 EST


On Thu, 3 Aug 2017 12:01:37 +1000
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the net-next tree got a conflict in:
>
> drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 4a0dee1ffe0e ("netvsc: Initialize 64-bit stats seqcount")
>
> from the net tree and commit:
>
> 35fbbccfb417 ("netvsc: save pointer to parent netvsc_device in channel table")
>
> from the net-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.
>

Thanks, that looks right.