linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the xfs tree

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Message-ID: <20181031011241.GV19305@dastard>
Date:   Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:12:41 +1100
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the xfs tree

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 11:52:47AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> [I don't understand why all this new work turned up in the xfs tree
> during the merge window ...]
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the vfs tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   fs/read_write.c
> 
> between commits:
> 
>   42ec3d4c0218 ("vfs: make remap_file_range functions take and return bytes completed")
>   eca3654e3cc7 ("vfs: enable remap callers that can handle short operations")
> 
> from the xfs tree and commit:
> 
>   5de4480ae7f8 ("vfs: allow dedupe of user owned read-only files")
> 
> from the vfs tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (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.

Looks ok. I didn't expect this conflict, but looks simple enough
to resolve. Thanks!

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com