linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kspp tree

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Message-ID: <20170619102307.32daa88d@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:23:07 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
Cc:     Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kspp tree

Hi Stephen,

On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:31:44 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Kees,
> 
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:20:47 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm so confused -- isn't this in next? All the build tests I did were
> > against yesterday's -next which includes this from what I can see...  
> 
> It is in next, but gets merged after the kspp tree ... so, this is when
> inter-tree dependencies are a pain - I can merge the kspp tree later,
> but then you have to remember which trees Linus must merge before you
> send your pull request.  That's why we like to have all trees be
> effectively stand alone (as much as possible).

OK, for now I have moved the merging of the kspp tree to after
everything else (except Andrew's quilt series).  This will
(unfortunately) hide some dependencies between trees.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell