Re: linux-next: manual merge of the kvm-x86 tree with the kvm6390 tree

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Sep 11 2024 - 10:41:21 EST


On Wed, Sep 11, 2024, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the kvm-x86 tree got a conflict in:
>
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore
>
> between commit:
>
> 011901fc2224 ("selftests: kvm: s390: Add s390x ucontrol test suite with hpage test")
>
> from the kvm6390 tree and commit:
>
> 9d15171f39f0 ("KVM: selftests: Explicitly include committed one-off assets in .gitignore")
>
> from the kvm-x86 tree.
>
> I fixed it up (the latter includes the former) and can carry the fix as

Ya, I'll make sure to note this in my pull request to Paolo, but I don't think
there's anything else to be done at this time.

Thanks Stephen!

> 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.