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

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Mon Jun 11 2018 - 20:59:39 EST


On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:46:07AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the rcu tree got a conflict in:
>
> drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 94c793accacd ("iommu/amd: Hide unused iommu_table_lock")
>
> from Linus' tree and commit:
>
> 1df9bb146146 ("EXP iommu: Placeholder for fix in mainline")
>
> from the rcu tree.
>
> I fixed it up (they share some code change) 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 expect to be dropping my commit as soon as I rebase to v4.18-rc1.
In the meantime, please accept my apologies for the noise!

Thanx, Paul