Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the powerpc tree with the powerpc-fixes tree

From: Michael Ellerman <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 22:18:11 +1100

Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the powerpc tree got a conflict in:
>
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
>
> between commit:
>
>   349524bc0da6 ("powerpc: Don't preempt_disable() in show_cpuinfo()")
>
> from the powerpc-fixes tree and commit:
>
>   f5f563012a70 ("powerpc: Make newline in cpuinfo unconditional")
>
> from the powerpc 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.

Nah that guy is a jerk.

Thanks for the report.

cheers