Re: linux-next: manual merge of the rcu tree with the rdma tree

[Joel Fernandes]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 12:38 PM Bob Pearson <rpearsonhpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 3/27/23 20:16, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > FIXME: Add owner of second tree to To:
> >        Add author(s)/SOB of conflicting commits.
> >
> > Today's linux-next merge of the rcu tree got a conflict in:
> >
> >   drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
> >
> > between commit:
> >
> >   5bf944f24129 ("RDMA/rxe: Add error messages")
> >
> > from the rdma tree and commit:
> >
> >   330f72b82ab0 ("RDMA/rxe: Rename kfree_rcu() to kvfree_rcu_mightsleep()")
> >
> > from the rcu tree.
> >
> > I fixed it up (the code modified by the latter was moved by the former,
> > so I used this files from the former and applied the following merge fix
> > patch) 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.
> >
> > From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:12:24 +1100
> > Subject: [PATCH] fixup for "RDMA/rxe: Add error messages"
> >
> > interacting with "RDMA/rxe: Rename kfree_rcu() to kvfree_rcu_mightsleep()"
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
> > index 84b53c070fc5..bbdfbff5c752 100644
> > --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
> > @@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ static int rxe_dereg_mr(struct ib_mr *ibmr, struct ib_udata *udata)
> >       if (cleanup_err)
> >               rxe_err_mr(mr, "cleanup failed, err = %d", cleanup_err);
> >
> > -     kfree_rcu(mr);
> > +     kfree(mr);
> >       return 0;
> >
> >  err_out:
>
> Thanks, I thought we had already done this. If not then we should. This is the correct fix
> for that rcu mightsleep business.
>
> Reviewed-by: Bob Pearson <rpearsonhpe@xxxxxxxxx>
>

Bob, could you please squash Jon's diff into your original patch
("RDMA/rxe: Add error messages".) before you send your pull request
for 6.4? Then I can just drop my patch.

That will be best. WDYT?

thanks,

- Joel