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

From: Jonathan Corbet

Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 10:22:41 EST


Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the tip tree got a conflict in:
>
> Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
>
> between commit:
>
> 80c2913d0a06c ("sched/doc: add a preemption model overview")
>
> from the jc_docs tree and commit:
>
> 06a49ef784acf ("sched/docs: Document cpu_preferred_mask and Preferred CPU concept")
>
> from the tip 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.
>
> diff --cc Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
> index d6d75421756ac,a43647b9706d9..0000000000000
> --- a/Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
> @@@ -23,6 -23,6 +23,7 @@@ Schedule
> sched-stats
> sched-ext
> sched-debug
> + sched-paravirt
> + sched-preemption
>
Seems like a fine fix, thanks. It looks like we're running into the
"always add new stuff at the end" trap here...

jon