Re: linux-next: manual merge of the iommufd tree with the vfio-fixes tree

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Mon Nov 14 2022 - 10:33:27 EST


On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:35:39 -0400
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 03:37:35PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Today's linux-next merge of the iommufd tree got a conflict in:
> >
> > drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
> >
> > between commit:
> >
> > 7fdba0011157 ("vfio: Fix container device registration life cycle")
> >
> > from the vfio-fixes tree and commit:
> >
> > 55e16a188913 ("vfio: Move vfio_device driver open/close code to a function")
> >
> > from the iommufd tree.
> >
> > I fixed it up (I just used the latter version since it seems to
> > incorporate the former change) and can carry the fix as necessary.
>
> Yes, that is right, it is as Alex and I discussed

My plan is to merge back my fixes branch after it gets pulled into
v6.1-rc so the vfio-iommufd support can be re-based to avoid this for
v6.2. Thanks,

Alex