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Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the overlayfs tree

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From Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
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Subject Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the overlayfs tree
Date Mon, 25 Jul 2016 02:40:01 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:24:53AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Al,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the vfs tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   fs/overlayfs/super.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   e2475b7276d0 ("ovl: check mounter creds on underlying lookup")
> 
> from the overlayfs tree and commit:
> 
>   b3ac9a85b31c ("qstr: constify instances in overlayfs")
> 
> from the vfs 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.

FWIW, if Miklos could pick that one-liner into overlayfs tree, I'd be only
happy to drop it from that queue.

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linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the overlayfs tree Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-07-25 02:30 +0200
  Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the overlayfs tree Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 02:40 +0200
    Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the overlayfs tree Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> - 2016-07-25 10:10 +0200

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