Hi all,

On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:35:52 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the char-misc tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   drivers/misc/mei/debugfs.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   5666d896e838 ("mei: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions")
> 
> from the driver-core tree and commit:
> 
>   b728ddde769c ("mei: Convert to use DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE macro")
> 
> from the char-misc 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.
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell
> 
> diff --cc drivers/misc/mei/debugfs.c
> index df6bf8b81936,47cfd5005e1b..000000000000
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/debugfs.c
> @@@ -233,22 -154,46 +154,21 @@@ void mei_dbgfs_deregister(struct mei_de
>    *
>    * @dev: the mei device structure
>    * @name: the mei device name
>  - *
>  - * Return: 0 on success, <0 on failure.
>    */
>  -int mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name)
>  +void mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name)
>   {
>  -	struct dentry *dir, *f;
>  +	struct dentry *dir;
>   
>   	dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, NULL);
>  -	if (!dir)
>  -		return -ENOMEM;
>  -
>   	dev->dbgfs_dir = dir;
>   
>  -	f = debugfs_create_file("meclients", S_IRUSR, dir,
>  -				dev, &mei_dbgfs_meclients_fops);
>  -	if (!f) {
>  -		dev_err(dev->dev, "meclients: registration failed\n");
>  -		goto err;
>  -	}
>  -	f = debugfs_create_file("active", S_IRUSR, dir,
>  -				dev, &mei_dbgfs_active_fops);
>  -	if (!f) {
>  -		dev_err(dev->dev, "active: registration failed\n");
>  -		goto err;
>  -	}
>  -	f = debugfs_create_file("devstate", S_IRUSR, dir,
>  -				dev, &mei_dbgfs_devstate_fops);
>  -	if (!f) {
>  -		dev_err(dev->dev, "devstate: registration failed\n");
>  -		goto err;
>  -	}
>  -	f = debugfs_create_file("allow_fixed_address", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir,
>  -				&dev->allow_fixed_address,
>  -				&mei_dbgfs_allow_fa_fops);
>  -	if (!f) {
>  -		dev_err(dev->dev, "allow_fixed_address: registration failed\n");
>  -		goto err;
>  -	}
>  -	return 0;
>  -err:
>  -	mei_dbgfs_deregister(dev);
>  -	return -ENODEV;
>  +	debugfs_create_file("meclients", S_IRUSR, dir, dev,
> - 			    &mei_dbgfs_fops_meclients);
> ++			    &mei_dbgfs_meclients_fops);
>  +	debugfs_create_file("active", S_IRUSR, dir, dev,
> - 			    &mei_dbgfs_fops_active);
> ++			    &mei_dbgfs_active_fops);
>  +	debugfs_create_file("devstate", S_IRUSR, dir, dev,
> - 			    &mei_dbgfs_fops_devstate);
> ++			    &mei_dbgfs_devstate_fops);
>  +	debugfs_create_file("allow_fixed_address", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir,
>  +			    &dev->allow_fixed_address,
> - 			    &mei_dbgfs_fops_allow_fa);
> ++			    &mei_dbgfs_allow_fa_fops);
>   }
> - 

I am still getting this conflict (the commit ids may have changed).
Just a reminder in case you think Linus may need to know.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell