Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the i2c tree

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Wed Jun 12 2019 - 09:29:09 EST


On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:15:35PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:32:29 -0300 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Em Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:04:39 +0200
> > Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> >
> > > > > OK, so that means I should send my pull request after yours in the next
> > > > > merge window? To avoid the build breakage?
> > > >
> > > > Either that or you can apply my patch on your tree before the
> > > > patch that caused the breakage.
> > > >
> > > > Just let me know what works best for you.
> > >
> > > Hmm, the offending patch is already in -next and I don't rebase my tree.
> > > So, I guess it's the merge window dependency then.
> > >
> > Ok, I'll merge it through my tree then.
>
> It should go into the i2c tree (since that is where the *warning* was
> introduced). It is only a warning and there won't be many patches
> between the patch that introduced the warning and this one that fixes
> it. This patch could then have a Fixes tag that makes sense i.e. it
> will reference a previous commit.

I can apply the patch to my i2c/for-next branch, but not to my
i2c/for-5.3 branch (which I merge into i2c/for-next). This way, the
warning will go away, but the media patch still goes to Linus via the
media tree. Is that suitable for you?


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