Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the bpf-next tree

Benjamin Tissoires
2024-06-27T07:14:15Z

On Jun 25 2024, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 8:54 AM Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Jun 24 2024, Thinker Li wrote:
> > > Hi Mark,
> > >
> > > I'm sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I have been traveling
> > > since my last message.
> > > I guess this patch is for the HID tree. The changes in this patch are great.
> >
> > Ok, thanks for the review. However, the need appears because there is a
> > conflicting update in the bpf tree.
> >
> > May I ask the bpf maintainers (Daniel/Alexei/Andrii) for an immutable
> > tag I could merge to so I can take this patch from Mark?
>
> I'm not sure how that would look like.
> imo conflict is minor enough.
> When net-next/bpf-next lands in the upcoming merge window
> just provide Mark's patch as a conflict resolution suggestion
> in the cover letter of hid PR ?

I guess I can also wait for the bpf PR to come in, merge with it and add
Mark's patch at that time. It's not so much of a conflict but 2
independant changes in 2 different trees.

Anyway, we'll figure it out when we need :)

Cheers,
Benjamin