Hi, On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 06:06:28PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote: > On Sat, 23 Oct 2021, Len Baker <len.baker@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sorry, but I'm missing something here. In linux-next this is the commit > > history of include/linux/stddef.h file: > > > > 3080ea5553cc stddef: Introduce DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper > > 50d7bd38c3aa stddef: Introduce struct_group() helper macro > > e7f18c22e6be stddef: Fix kerndoc for sizeof_field() and offsetofend() > > 4229a470175b stddef.h: Introduce sizeof_field() > > ... > > > > But in drm-tip this is the commit history: > > > > 4229a470175b stddef.h: Introduce sizeof_field() > > ... > > > > For this patch the DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper is needed. But the build > > fails due to the last tree commits for stddef.h file are not present. > > So, if I understand correctly, drm-tip is not up to date with linux-next. > > linux-next is an ephemeral integration branch for most arch, subsystem > and driver -next branches. > > drm-tip is an ephemeral integration branch for drm subsystem and driver > -next branches. > > They contain different sets of branches. They are constantly > rebuilt. They are not the end result or end goal. > > If a problem (or a solution, for that matter) only exists in the merge > of some of those branches, you can't actually fix it until such a merge > exists somewhere more permanent than an ephemeral integration branch. Ok, understood. Thanks for the clarification. Regards, Len
