Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vhost tree with the pm tree

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:19:28 AM CET Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the vhost tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   fa583f71a99c ("ACPI: processor_idle: Skip dummy wait if kernel is in guest")
> 
> from the pm tree and commit:
> 
>   a04c0533b07c ("ACPI: disable extra P_LVLx access on KVM")

Well, if this touches code under drivers/acpi/, it should have been CCed to
linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, but I don't recall seeing it.

> from the vhost tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (I just used the pm tree version) 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.
> 
>