Re: linux-next: manual merge of the counters tree with the ipmi tree

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi all,

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:13:40 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the counters tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   f8910ffa81b0 ("ipmi:msghandler: retry to get device id on an error")
> 
> from the ipmi tree and commit:
> 
>   dc87264ac991 ("drivers/char/ipmi: convert stats to use counter_atomic32")
> 
> from the counters 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 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> index 8774a3b8ff95,36c0b1be22fb..000000000000
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> @@@ -34,7 -34,7 +34,8 @@@
>   #include <linux/uuid.h>
>   #include <linux/nospec.h>
>   #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  +#include <linux/delay.h>
> + #include <linux/counters.h>
>   
>   #define IPMI_DRIVER_VERSION "39.2"
>   

This is now a conflict between the counters tree and Linus' tree.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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