Re: linux-next: manual merge of the target-bva tree with the target-updates tree

From: Nicholas A. Bellinger
Date: Thu Jun 01 2017 - 00:27:26 EST


On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 14:10 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Bart,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the target-bva tree got a conflict in:
>
> drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 4ff83daa0200 ("target: Re-add check to reject control WRITEs with overflow data")
>
> from the target-updates tree and commit:
>
> 2c66660df665 ("target: Fix overflow/underflow handling of commands with a Data-Out buffer")
>
> from the target-bva tree.
>
> I fixed it up (I think (guidance appreciated), 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.
>

Hi Bart,

The majority of this series hasn't been list reviewed, and shouldn't be
getting pushed in linux-next without some form of reviews.

I'll be getting back to v4.13 items now v4.12-rc fixes is out of the
way, but a weeks worth of list silence for your series doesn't mean
you're free to push un-reviewed stuff for drivers/target/ into
linux-next.