Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the akpm-current tree

From: Joel Stanley
Date: Mon Oct 25 2021 - 02:17:16 EST


On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 at 06:09, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Joel,
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:58:37 +0000 Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > If I apply this patch then the build fails in a tree that doesn't have
> > Willy's patch.
> >
> > Unless someone has a better suggestion I'll send a patch that includes
> > both headers for now, and make a note to remove the mm.h include down
> > the track.
>
> Don't apply anything. Just remember to tell Linus (or whoever you
> merge this tree via) about this conflict and the resolution when you
> send the pull request.

Okay. It's not a conflict though, rather an ordering issue.

Greg has already merged this patch into his char-misc driver tree.