linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the char-misc tree with the mm tree

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Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:22:54 +0100
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the char-misc tree with the mm tree

On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 01:42:13PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the char-misc tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   8b59d7857c30 ("list_lru: allow explicit memcg and NUMA node selection")
> 
> from the mm tree and commits:
> 
>   ea9cdbf0c727 ("binder: rename lru shrinker utilities")
>   ea2735ce19c1 ("binder: refactor page range allocation")
> (and maybe others)
> 
> from the char-misc 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.

Thanks for the merge resolution, sorry it's so complex.  I'll keep this
around in case I need it when sending stuff to Linus for 6.8-rc1.

thanks,

greg k-h