Re: linux-next: manual merge of the tty tree with Linus' tree

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Mar 16 2020 - 03:46:16 EST


On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 07:38:33AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 10. 03. 20, 10:04, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 02:40:13PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Today's linux-next merge of the tty tree got a conflict in:
> >>
> >> drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
> >>
> >> between commits:
> >>
> >> 4b70dd57a15d ("vt: selection, push console lock down")
> >> e8c75a30a23c ("vt: selection, push sel_lock up")
> >>
> >> from Linus' tree and commits:
> >>
> >> 9256d09f1da1 ("vt: selection, create struct from console selection globals")
> >> bc80932cc25a ("vt: selection, indent switch-case properly")
> >>
> >> from the tty tree.
> >>
> >> I fixed it up (I think - 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.
> >
> > Thank you for this, I hadn't gotten to it yet.
> >
> > Your merge looks the same as mine, and I've pushed out the merge
> > resolution in my tree.
>
> Ah, the two merges differ, actually.
>
> Stepen's (cdc26c076ff):
>
> - if (sel_cons != vc_cons[fg_console].d) {
> - mutex_lock(&vc_sel.lock);
> + if (vc_sel.cons != vc_cons[fg_console].d) {
>
>
> Yours (cb05c6c82fb0):
> - if (sel_cons != vc_cons[fg_console].d) {
> + mutex_lock(&vc_sel.lock);
> + if (vc_sel.cons != vc_cons[fg_console].d) {
>
> > Jiri, can you double-check to verify that the merge is correct in my
> > tree?
>
> So this is now a tty tree problem. Will send a patch in a minute.

Thanks for fixing this up, now merged.

greg k-h