Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the mm tree

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Jun 15 2023 - 23:50:25 EST


On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:58:56 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Today's linux-next merge of the block tree got a conflict in:
>
> mm/gup.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 0f3f569eca46 ("mm/gup.c: reorganize try_get_folio()")
>
> from the mm tree and commit:
>
> c8070b787519 ("mm: Don't pin ZERO_PAGE in pin_user_pages()")
>
> from the block 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.

That's getting a bit nasty. Maybe David's patches are in the wrong tree.