Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vhost tree with the pm tree

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Oct 29 2019 - 18:14:02 EST


On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:19:28 AM CET Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the vhost tree got a conflict in:
>
> drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
>
> between commit:
>
> fa583f71a99c ("ACPI: processor_idle: Skip dummy wait if kernel is in guest")
>
> from the pm tree and commit:
>
> a04c0533b07c ("ACPI: disable extra P_LVLx access on KVM")

Well, if this touches code under drivers/acpi/, it should have been CCed to
linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, but I don't recall seeing it.

> from the vhost tree.
>
> I fixed it up (I just used the pm tree version) 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.
>
>