Re: linux-next: manual merge of the rcu tree with the tip tree

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Jun 24 2020 - 00:06:51 EST


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 01:04:50PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the rcu tree got a conflict in:
>
> kernel/sched/core.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 964ed98b0752 ("sched/core: Fix ttwu() race")
>
> from the tip tree and commit:
>
> 3c88d09bfb1b ("EXP sched: Alleged fix for v5.8 merge-window scheduler issue")
>
> from the rcu tree.
>
> I fixed it up (I used the version from the tip tree) 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.

Gah. I will move my copy of this patch out of the rcu/next batch.
I included it so that I could find other bugs. ;-)

Thanx, Paul