From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the xen tree with the swiotlb-xen tree Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:55:12 -0400 Message-ID: <20101018135512.GA19999@dumpdata.com> References: <20101018155249.d9267bfe.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <4CBC014D.7070302@goop.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CBC014D.7070302@goop.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Stephen Rothwell , Xen Devel , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Linus List-Id: linux-next.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 01:11:57AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > On 10/17/2010 09:52 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Today's linux-next merge of the xen tree got conplex conflicts in > > drivers/xen/events.c between several commits from the swiotlb-xen tree > > and several commits from the xen tree. > > > > I am unqualified to fix this mess, sorry. I am dropping the xen tree > > for today (and only not dropping the swiotlb-xen tree because that would > > be too much work). Ugh. Let me revert the branch to pull this from to what it was a week ago. That way Jeremy's tree should not have any trouble. > > Argh, sorry, I should have coordinated with Konrad. I'd merged my tree > into linux-next to make sure it was OK, but I guess I overlooked something. > > > I wonder, of course, why I have seen nothing in either of these trees > > until today (less than a week before the merge window opens). That is my fault. I thought the merge window was this _week_ so I happily pushed the trigger button. Since I seem to have a knack for making mistakes, let me get some clarification so that I won't do it again. When is it Ok for me to put in the #linux-next, new stable features (so reviewed, acked, etc)? a) Is it post rc7? b) Or is it when Linus releases the kernel and Linus's merge window opens? I was thinking it is a), b/c if it would be b), then there is just two weeks to fix any fallout that might happen due to merging of vast new features. > > I had found Xen regressions that had made it into linux-next and wanted > to sort those out before adding anything else to the mix. > > > Please sort this mess out. I will drop the swiotlb-xen tree as well > > tomorrow if nothing has changed. > > Will do. Sorry about this. Will definitly work this out. > > Thanks, > J