Re: linux-next: manual merge of the sched-ext tree with the tip tree
From: Tejun Heo
Date: Sun Aug 04 2024 - 13:42:52 EST
Hello, Stephen.
On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 12:45:41PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the sched-ext tree got a conflict in:
>
> kernel/sched/fair.c
>
> between commit:
>
> faa42d29419d ("sched/fair: Make SCHED_IDLE entity be preempted in strict hierarchy")
>
> from the tip tree and commit:
>
> 2c8d046d5d51 ("sched: Add normal_policy()")
>
> from the sched-ext tree.
>
> I fixed it up (I used the former version) 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.
This merge is a bit tricky because the former moves the test that the latter
converts and the new location doesn't show up as conflict. I merged
tip/sched/core into sched_ext/for-6.12 and resolved all the conflicts.
Thanks.
--
tejun