[PATCH] drm/xe/xe_gt_idle: Fix name conflict

[Rodrigo Vivi]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 01:23:41PM -0400, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 11:48:20AM -0500, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 09:55:23PM GMT, Riana Tauro wrote:
> > > Hi Rodrigo/ Matthew
> > > 
> > > There was an error when this change was merged to linux-next
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240909195939.067c1c13@canb.auug.org.au
> > > 
> > > The conflict was because the below commit
> > > 
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git/commit/?h=for-next/hardening&id=3ff37dbb1ae9926d3b51749f7d0d3f474fe2440b
> > > 
> > > Jani suggested to rename or remove it in
> > > https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/612760/?series=136477&rev=5.
> > > 
> > > Removed it for now, will add it once the commit is in the tree
> > 
> > I think this should just be solved as normal merge conflict.
> > 
> > It's already solved in linux-next with the right conflict resolution,
> > which is to drop the local helper from drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_idle.c
> > and just use the helper from include/linux/string_choices.h.
> > No need to drop it here and then eventually bringing the same change
> > back.
> 
> Well, indeed. Since the function is exactly the same let's just do it.

On a second thought, this can be bad, because this conflict will need to be
solved over and over again. It is silent (only detected at bug failure).
And the worst part is the inclusion of a line (#include <linux/string_choices.h>)
in the conflict resolution.

> 
> > 
> > Lucas De Marchi