Re: linux-next: manual merge of the paulmck tree with the tip tree

From: Paul E. McKenney

Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 15:07:45 EST


On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 03:33:16PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the paulmck tree got a conflict in:
>
> include/linux/hrtimer.h
>
> between commits:
>
> d3dc7fabd4c4a ("hrtimer: Move hrtimer_callback_running() to hrtimer_bases.h")
> a116c7582d7f7 ("hrtimer: Move hrtimer_update_function() to hrtimer.c")
>
> from the tip tree and commit:
>
> 07abbb755f8e3 ("hrtimer: Apply READ_ONCE() to lockless base->running loads")
>
> from the paulmck 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.
>
> This only resolves the conflict, the READ_ONCE() got dropped.
>
> diff --cc include/linux/hrtimer.h
> index 29072d89e5cb3,b8636e81ca005..0000000000000
> --- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h

Ouch! I am pulling this from the pile for the upcoming merge, for the
moment, anyway.

Thanx, Paul