linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the rdma tree with Linus' tree

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Message-ID: <20170714135018.5c849c1c@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:50:26 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Jurgens <danielj@...lanox.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>, Eli Cohen <eli@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the rdma tree with Linus' tree

Hi all,

On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 06:34:16 +0300 Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Sorry Doug, but it is not expected at all for the code which will go to 4.14.
> 
> Both patches in question were targeted for 4.13 and you was expected to
> see the merge conflicts during last month or so, prior to merge window of 4.13.
> 
> In 4.14, you should base your tree on Linus's tree and don't have ANY
> conflicts in your subsystem, between ANY subsystems and especially
> Linus, so we will be able to develop and test.
> 
> For me, this merge conflict puts a large sign, that your tree is not ready for 4.14.
> 
> Please base your tree on Linus's tree.

And if these commits are destined for v4.14, then they should not have
been in linux-next yet.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell