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

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Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:29:58 +0300
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,  Johannes Berg
 <johannes@...solutions.net>,  Wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
  Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,  Linux Next
 Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the wireless-next tree with the
 wireless tree

Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com> writes:

> Hello Kalle, Stephen,
>
> On 6/6/24 12:09, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org> writes:
>> 
>>> Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> writes:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Today's linux-next merge of the wireless-next tree got a conflict in:
>>>>
>>>>   drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c
>>>>
>>>> between commit:
>>>>
>>>>   ebfb5e8fc8b4 ("Revert "wifi: wilc1000: convert list management to RCU"")
>>>>
>>>> from the wireless tree and commit:
>>>>
>>>>   6fe46d5c0a84 ("wifi: wilc1000: set net device registration as last
>>>> step during interface creation")
>>>>
>>>> from the wireless-next 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. We need to figure out how we solve this conflict, most probably
>>> we'll ask network maintainers to fix it when they pull wireless-next.
>> 
>> Alexis, you know wilc1000 the best. Could you double check the conflict
>> resolution, it somewhat complicated:>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240603110023.23572803@canb.auug.org.au/
>> 
>
> LGTM, and some quick testing on the linux-next tree with the corresponding merge
> commit showed no issue (no RCU warning, and mac address loading fix behaving
> properly)

Excellent, thank you so much.

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