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

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Fri Feb 14 2025 - 00:33:41 EST


On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the bpf-next tree got a conflict in:
>
> kernel/bpf/btf.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 5da7e15fb5a1 ("net: Add rx_skb of kfree_skb to raw_tp_null_args[].")
>
> from the bpf tree and commit:
>
> c83e2d970bae ("bpf: Add tracepoints with null-able arguments")
>
> from the bpf-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 for headsup.

Jiri,
what should we do ?
I feel that moving c83e2d970bae into bpf tree would be the best ?

Pls warn me next time of conflicts.