Re: linux-next: manual merge of the tip tree with Linus' tree
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Oct 28 2025 - 10:08:13 EST
On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 03:10:43PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 11:22:05AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Today's linux-next merge of the tip tree got a conflict in:
> >
> > kernel/sched/ext.c
> >
> > between commit:
> >
> > a8ad873113d3 ("sched_ext: defer queue_balance_callback() until after ops.dispatch")
> >
> > from Linus' tree and commit:
> >
> > 4c95380701f5 ("sched/ext: Fold balance_scx() into pick_task_scx()")
> >
> > from the tip tree.
> >
> > I fixed it up (see below - but I was not sure if the
> > "maybe_queue_balance_callback(rq);" is positioned correctly) 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.
>
> I resolved this in sched_ext/for-6.19 by pulling for-6.18-fixes but yeah the
> conflict is through tip/sched/core. I think your resolution is correct and
> matches sched_ext/for-6.19 (sans whitespaces).
>
> I don't know how tip tree resolves these conflicts but either way - leaving
> it as-is until the merge window, or pulling master and resolving in tip - is
> fine from sched_ext POV. I can sync with tip/sched/core as necessary.
tip/sched/core should now have that merge resolved properly too.
Thanks!