linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the drm tree with the drm-misc-fixes tree

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Message-ID: <e6c047dc-1172-4e8c-9ce6-db706d6c6e89@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:27:52 +0200
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, Dave Airlie
 <airlied@...hat.com>, Simona Vetter <simona.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc: Intel Graphics <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
 DRI <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
 Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@...labora.com>,
 Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
 Vivek Kasireddy <vivek.kasireddy@...el.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the drm tree with the drm-misc-fixes
 tree

Hi

Am 18.07.25 um 06:41 schrieb Stephen Rothwell:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the drm tree got a conflict in:
>
>    drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_prime.c
>
> between commit:
>
>    0ecfb8ddb953 ("Revert "drm/virtio: Use dma_buf from GEM object instance"")
>
> from the drm-misc-fixes tree and commit:
>
>    44b6535d8ace ("drm/virtio: Fix NULL pointer deref in virtgpu_dma_buf_free_obj()")
>
> from the drm tree.
>
> I fixed it up (I used the latter version - reverting the former by hand)

Sounds correct. You have to use dma buf from import_attach->dmabuf; not 
the one stored directly in the GEM object.

Best regards
Thomas

> 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.
>

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Thomas Zimmermann
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