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

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On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 03:13:42PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the tip tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   arch/sh/include/asm/spinlock.h
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   2da83dfce7df ("sh: add J2 atomics using the cas.l instruction")
> 
> from the sh tree and commit:
> 
>   726328d92a42 ("locking/spinlock, arch: Update and fix spin_unlock_wait() implementations")
> 
> from the tip tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (I used this file from the sh tree and then added the merge
> fix patch 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.

Assuming the J2 SMP changes go upstream this merge window, should I
simply cite this conflict and your patch when sending the pull request
to Linux, or include the merge fix patch myself?

Rich

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linux-next: manual merge of the tip tree with the sh tree Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-07-24 07:20 +0200
  Re: linux-next: manual merge of the tip tree with the sh tree Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> - 2016-07-25 06:00 +0200
    Re: linux-next: manual merge of the tip tree with the sh tree Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-07-25 06:20 +0200

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