Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the driver-core tree with the pci-current tree

From: Krzysztof Wilczyński <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:06:33 +0200

Hi Stephen,

> Today's linux-next merge of the driver-core tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   045a9277b561 ("PCI/sysfs: Use correct variable for the legacy_mem sysfs object")
> 
> from the pci-current tree and commits:
> 
>   93bb8e352a91 ("sysfs: Invoke iomem_get_mapping() from the sysfs open callback")
>   f06aff924f97 ("sysfs: Rename struct bin_attribute member to f_mapping")
> 
> from the driver-core 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.

Thank you for fixing this!

We did crossed the streams there a little bit, so to speak.  Sincere
apologies.

	Krzysztof