Re: linux-next: manual merge of the userns tree with the mips tree

From: Ralf Baechle
Date: Tue Aug 08 2017 - 01:58:39 EST


On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 03:10:04PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

(Maciej added to cc.)

> Hi Eric,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the userns tree got a conflict in:
>
> arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 260a789828aa ("MIPS: signal: Remove unreachable code from force_fcr31_sig().")
>
> from the mips tree and commit:
>
> ea1b75cf9138 ("signal/mips: Document a conflict with SI_USER with SIGFPE")
>
> from the userns tree.
>
> I fixed it up (the former removed the code updated by the latter) 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.

Eric,

after yesterday's emails on the topic I think commit ea1b75cf9138 ("signal/
mips: Document a conflict with SI_USER with SIGFPE") should be dropped.

Ralf