Re: linux-next: manual merge of the char-misc tree with the char-misc.current tree

Greg KH <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:18:40 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-next,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <2026072730-vitamins-humorless-95e0@gregkh>
On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 03:46:28PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the char-misc tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   drivers/misc/nsm.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   ce1fed11d18e1 ("misc: nsm: only unlock nsm_dev on post-lock error paths")
> 
> from the char-misc.current tree and commit:
> 
>   937cd823bb2c9 ("misc: nsm: do not unlock mutex before locking it")
> 
> 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.
> 
> diff --combined drivers/misc/nsm.c
> index 3960506eb7ab3,bb254ee65b840..0000000000000
> --- a/drivers/misc/nsm.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/nsm.c
> @@@ -243,7 -243,7 +243,7 @@@ static int nsm_sendrecv_msg_locked(stru
>   		goto cleanup;
>   	}
>   
> - 	msg->resp.len = len;
> + 	msg->resp.len = min_t(unsigned int, len, sizeof(msg->resp.data));
>   
>   	rc = 0;
>   
> @@@ -365,9 -365,8 +365,8 @@@ static long nsm_dev_ioctl(struct file *
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
>   	/* Copy user argument struct to kernel argument struct */
> - 	r = -EFAULT;
>   	if (copy_from_user(&raw, argp, _IOC_SIZE(cmd)))
> - 		return r;
> + 		return -EFAULT;
>   
>   	mutex_lock(&nsm->lock);
>   
> @@@ -413,7 -412,6 +412,7 @@@ static int nsm_device_init_vq(struct vi
>   }
>   
>   static const struct file_operations nsm_dev_fops = {
>  +	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
>   	.unlocked_ioctl = nsm_dev_ioctl,
>   	.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,
>   };

Thanks, looks good, this is now done in my tree too.

greg k-h