Re: linux-next: manual merge of the risc-v tree with the mm-unstable tree

From: Andrew Morton

Date: Fri Nov 28 2025 - 13:24:34 EST


On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:27:07 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the risc-v tree got a conflict in:
>
> include/linux/mm.h
>
> between commit:
>
> 554156bd610e ("mm: declare VMA flags by bit")
>
> from the mm-unstable tree and commit:
>
> ae8460ac9db2 ("mm: add VM_SHADOW_STACK definition for riscv")
>
> from the risc-v 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. Looks like a huge mess, but in fact it's just this change,
from the riscv tree:

--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -380,6 +380,13 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
# define VM_SHADOW_STACK VM_HIGH_ARCH_6
#endif

+#if defined(CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI)
+/*
+ * Following x86 and picking up the same bitpos.
+ */
+# define VM_SHADOW_STACK VM_HIGH_ARCH_5
+#endif
+
#ifndef VM_SHADOW_STACK
# define VM_SHADOW_STACK VM_NONE
#endif

which should be simple for Linus to resolve.