Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the vfs tree

[Jens Axboe]

On 12/19/19 6:36 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the block tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   fs/open.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   0a51692d49ec ("open: introduce openat2(2) syscall")
> 
> from the vfs tree and commit:
> 
>   252270311374 ("fs: make build_open_flags() available internally")
> 
> from the block tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (see at end, plus the merge fix patch 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 Stephen, I may just pull in the vfs tree to avoid this conflict.

-- 
Jens Axboe