Re: linux-next: manual merge of the kvm-x86 tree with the origin tree

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Jun 21 2024 - 19:10:08 EST


On Fri, Jun 21, 2024, Mark Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the kvm-x86 tree got a conflict in:
>
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>
> between commit:
>
> f3ced000a2df5 ("KVM: x86: Always sync PIR to IRR prior to scanning I/O APIC routes")
>
> from the origin tree and commit:
>
> aebed32e4985a ("KVM: x86: Introduce kvm_x86_call() to simplify static calls of kvm_x86_ops")
>
> from the kvm-x86 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 for the heads up! This (and possibily similar conflicts in the future)
is expected. I'll rebase kvm-x86/static_calls next week to resolve the conflict
in kvm-x86/next.