Re: linux-next: manual merge of the kvm tree with the tip tree

[Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>]

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Hi all,

On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 13:54:45 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Paolo pointed out a semantic conflict between the kvm tree and the tip
> tree in
> 
>   arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   368a540e0232 ("x86/kvmclock: Remove memblock dependency")
> 
> from the tip tree and commit:
> 
>   d63bae079b64 ("KVM: X86: Add kvm hypervisor init time platform setup callback")
> 
> from the kvm 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.
> 
> I applied the following (as suggested) after the automatic merge:
> 
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 13:48:34 +1000
> Subject: [PATCH] kvm: x86: fix semantic conflict in platform init
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> index 0906b8731393..e2499bad3209 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -714,13 +714,13 @@ static void __init kvm_apic_init(void)
>  static void __init kvm_init_platform(void)
>  {
>  	x86_platform.apic_post_init = kvm_apic_init;
> +	kvmclock_init();
>  }
>  
>  const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_kvm = {
>  	.name			= "KVM",
>  	.detect			= kvm_detect,
>  	.type			= X86_HYPER_KVM,
> -	.init.init_platform	= kvmclock_init,
>  	.init.guest_late_init	= kvm_guest_init,
>  	.init.x2apic_available	= kvm_para_available,
>  	.init.init_platform	= kvm_init_platform,
> -- 
> 2.18.0

This is now a conflict between Linus' tree and the kvm tree.
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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