linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the userns tree with the mips tree

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Date:   Tue, 8 Aug 2017 07:58:22 +0200
From:   Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the userns tree with the mips tree

On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 03:10:04PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

(Maciej added to cc.)

> Hi Eric,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the userns tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   260a789828aa ("MIPS: signal: Remove unreachable code from force_fcr31_sig().")
> 
> from the mips tree and commit:
> 
>   ea1b75cf9138 ("signal/mips: Document a conflict with SI_USER with SIGFPE")
> 
> from the userns tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (the former removed the code updated by the latter) 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.

Eric,

after yesterday's emails on the topic I think commit ea1b75cf9138 ("signal/
mips: Document a conflict with SI_USER with SIGFPE") should be dropped.

  Ralf