Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the jc_docs tree

From: Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:46:58 +1000

Hi all,

On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:02:34 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the block tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   15afd5def819 ("Documentation: ioctl-number: Extend "Include File" column width")
> 
> from the jc_docs tree and commit:
> 
>   1cea5180f2f8 ("block: remove pktcdvd driver")
> 
> from the block 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.
> 
> 
> diff --cc Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> index 677456c31228,4f1532a251d2..000000000000
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> @@@ -223,32 -219,31 +223,31 @@@ Code  Seq#    Include Fil
>                fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.h,
>                include/linux/falloc.h,
>                linux/fs.h,
>  -'X'   all    fs/ocfs2/ocfs_fs.h                                      conflict!
>  +'X'   all    fs/ocfs2/ocfs_fs.h                                        conflict!
> - 'X'   01     linux/pktcdvd.h                                           conflict!
>   'Z'   14-15  drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.h
>  -'['   00-3F  linux/usb/tmc.h                                         USB Test and Measurement Devices
>  -                                                                     <mailto:[email-masked]>
>  -'a'   all    linux/atm*.h, linux/sonet.h                             ATM on linux
>  -                                                                     <http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/>
>  -'a'   00-0F  drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_cfg_common.h          conflict! qat driver
>  -'b'   00-FF                                                          conflict! bit3 vme host bridge
>  -                                                                     <mailto:[email-masked]>
>  -'b'   00-0F  linux/dma-buf.h                                         conflict!
>  -'c'   00-7F  linux/comstats.h                                        conflict!
>  -'c'   00-7F  linux/coda.h                                            conflict!
>  -'c'   00-1F  linux/chio.h                                            conflict!
>  -'c'   80-9F  arch/s390/include/asm/chsc.h                            conflict!
>  +'['   00-3F  linux/usb/tmc.h                                           USB Test and Measurement Devices
>  +                                                                       <mailto:[email-masked]>
>  +'a'   all    linux/atm*.h, linux/sonet.h                               ATM on linux
>  +                                                                       <http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/>
>  +'a'   00-0F  drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_cfg_common.h            conflict! qat driver
>  +'b'   00-FF                                                            conflict! bit3 vme host bridge
>  +                                                                       <mailto:[email-masked]>
>  +'b'   00-0F  linux/dma-buf.h                                           conflict!
>  +'c'   00-7F  linux/comstats.h                                          conflict!
>  +'c'   00-7F  linux/coda.h                                              conflict!
>  +'c'   00-1F  linux/chio.h                                              conflict!
>  +'c'   80-9F  arch/s390/include/asm/chsc.h                              conflict!
>   'c'   A0-AF  arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h conflict!
>  -'d'   00-FF  linux/char/drm/drm.h                                    conflict!
>  -'d'   02-40  pcmcia/ds.h                                             conflict!
>  +'d'   00-FF  linux/char/drm/drm.h                                      conflict!
>  +'d'   02-40  pcmcia/ds.h                                               conflict!
>   'd'   F0-FF  linux/digi1.h
>  -'e'   all    linux/digi1.h                                           conflict!
>  -'f'   00-1F  linux/ext2_fs.h                                         conflict!
>  -'f'   00-1F  linux/ext3_fs.h                                         conflict!
>  -'f'   00-0F  fs/jfs/jfs_dinode.h                                     conflict!
>  -'f'   00-0F  fs/ext4/ext4.h                                          conflict!
>  -'f'   00-0F  linux/fs.h                                              conflict!
>  -'f'   00-0F  fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h                                     conflict!
>  +'e'   all    linux/digi1.h                                             conflict!
>  +'f'   00-1F  linux/ext2_fs.h                                           conflict!
>  +'f'   00-1F  linux/ext3_fs.h                                           conflict!
>  +'f'   00-0F  fs/jfs/jfs_dinode.h                                       conflict!
>  +'f'   00-0F  fs/ext4/ext4.h                                            conflict!
>  +'f'   00-0F  linux/fs.h                                                conflict!
>  +'f'   00-0F  fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h                                       conflict!
>   'f'   13-27  linux/fscrypt.h
>   'f'   81-8F  linux/fsverity.h
>   'g'   00-0F  linux/usb/gadgetfs.h

This is now a conflict between the jd_docs tree and Linus' tree.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell