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.
