Re: linux-next: manual merge of the drm tree with Linus' tree

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi DRm people,

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 1:02 AM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
> Today's linux-next merge of the drm tree got a conflict in:
>
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
>
> between commits:
>
>   3cb93f390453 ("drm/amdgpu: fix use-after-free during gpu recovery")
>   b09d6acba1d9 ("drm/amdgpu: handle gang submit before VMID")
>
> from Linus' tree and commits:
>
>   1b2d5eda5ad7 ("drm/amdgpu: move explicit sync check into the CS")
>   1728baa7e4e6 ("drm/amdgpu: use scheduler dependencies for CS")
>   c5093cddf56b ("drm/amdgpu: drop the fence argument from amdgpu_vmid_grab")
>   940ca22b7ea9 ("drm/amdgpu: drop amdgpu_sync from amdgpu_vmid_grab v2")
>   1b2d5eda5ad7 ("drm/amdgpu: move explicit sync check into the CS")
>   1728baa7e4e6 ("drm/amdgpu: use scheduler dependencies for CS")
>
> from the drm 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.

Have you considered merging drm-fixes into drm-next, so not everyone
who consumes your trees needs to resolve the same merge conflicts?

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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