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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:17:27 +0000
From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>, "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>,
Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the modules tree with the mm tree
On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 8:08 PM Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:39:35 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Today's linux-next merge of the modules tree got a conflict in:
> >
> > kernel/module/main.c
> >
> > between commits:
> >
> > 7f014cdda4cb ("lib: code tagging module support")
> > 5ab9b0c7ea5c ("lib: prevent module unloading if memory is not freed")
> >
> > from the mm-unstable branch of the mm tree and commits:
> >
> > 0746f9982603 ("module: make module_memory_{alloc,free} more self-contained")
> > 18da532eefc8 ("mm/execmem, arch: convert remaining overrides of module_alloc to execmem")
> >
> > from the modules tree.
> >
> > I fixed it up (I think, 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.
>
> That's a shame. I don't see much that we can do to reduce the damage here.
>
> Suren&Kent, please review (and preferably) test Stephen's handiwork in
> linux-next?
Sure, I'll try it out today afternoon. Thanks!
>
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