linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] KVM changes for 4.8 merge window

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Message-Id: <65d8f703-e60a-4cd0-7a6a-2c8eff493a8b@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:49:48 +0200
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
	KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM changes for 4.8 merge window

On 08/02/2016 10:17 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> No, I don't use the merge from linux-next directly. I just re-generate
>> the merge myself, and if the pull request then includes a merge
>> resolution (either as just a verbal description, or a patch or by
>> having a separate "merged" test-branch), I will compare my merge with
>> that one.
> 
> Ok, the KVM merge was indeed the most painful one this merge window so
> far. Which isn't saying all that much, since this merge window has so
> far been pretty good (knock wood).
> 
> Let's see if I got everything right. I did pick up the fixup patch
> from Sudip and made it part of the merge, so that hopefully it's all
> complete and also bisectable.
> 
> Please do check it out. And let's hope the KVM people have learnt
> their lesson and we won't have these messy merges in the future.

s390 kvm compiles fine and seems to work. (new features vsie, sthyi 
and cpu model and a simple regression worked fine). Thanks

Christian