Re: linux-next: manual merge of the net-next tree with the net tree

[Axel Rasmussen]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 5:55 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the net-next tree got a conflict in:
>
>   tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore
>
> between commit:
>
>   5a3a59981027 ("selftests: net: sort .gitignore file")
>
> from the net tree and commits:
>
>   c35ecb95c448 ("selftests/net: Add test for timing a bind request to a port with a populated bhash entry")
>   1be9ac87a75a ("selftests/net: Add sk_bind_sendto_listen and sk_connect_zero_addr")
>
> from the net-next tree.
>
> I fixed it up (see 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, and sorry for the trouble.

For what it's worth, I talked about the potential for conflicts with
Jakub in this thread [1]. For next time, is calling it out in the
commit message explicitly the right thing to do?

[1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20220819190558.477166-1-axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx/

>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell
>
> diff --cc tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore
> index de7d5cc15f85,bec5cf96984c..000000000000
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore
> @@@ -1,15 -1,7 +1,16 @@@
>   # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> ++bind_bhash
>  +cmsg_sender
>  +fin_ack_lat
>  +gro
>  +hwtstamp_config
>  +ioam6_parser
>  +ip_defrag
>   ipsec
>  +ipv6_flowlabel
>  +ipv6_flowlabel_mgr
>   msg_zerocopy
>  -socket
>  +nettest
>   psock_fanout
>   psock_snd
>   psock_tpacket
> @@@ -20,23 -11,35 +21,25 @@@ reuseport_bp
>   reuseport_bpf_cpu
>   reuseport_bpf_numa
>   reuseport_dualstack
>  -reuseaddr_conflict
>  -tcp_mmap
>  -udpgso
>  -udpgso_bench_rx
>  -udpgso_bench_tx
>  -tcp_inq
>  -tls
>  -txring_overwrite
>  -ip_defrag
>  -ipv6_flowlabel
>  -ipv6_flowlabel_mgr
>  -so_txtime
>  -tcp_fastopen_backup_key
>  -nettest
>  -fin_ack_lat
>  -reuseaddr_ports_exhausted
>  -hwtstamp_config
>   rxtimestamp
> - socket
>  -timestamping
>  -txtimestamp
> ++sk_bind_sendto_listen
> ++sk_connect_zero_addr
>   so_netns_cookie
>  +so_txtime
> ++socket
>  +stress_reuseport_listen
>  +tap
>  +tcp_fastopen_backup_key
>  +tcp_inq
>  +tcp_mmap
>   test_unix_oob
>  -gro
>  -ioam6_parser
>  +timestamping
>  +tls
>   toeplitz
>   tun
>  -cmsg_sender
>  +txring_overwrite
>  +txtimestamp
>  +udpgso
>  +udpgso_bench_rx
>  +udpgso_bench_tx
>   unix_connect
>  -tap
>  -bind_bhash
>  -sk_bind_sendto_listen
>  -sk_connect_zero_addr