Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-10 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 20:21 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > 0007-stomp-machine-deal-clever-with-stopper-lock.patch > > > > With this one, things have changed quite a bit. I'll take a deeper look > > at what you did and figure out how this applies

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-10 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 20:21 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: 0007-stomp-machine-deal-clever-with-stopper-lock.patch With this one, things have changed quite a bit. I'll take a deeper look at what you did and figure out how this applies to

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 20:21 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > 0007-stomp-machine-deal-clever-with-stopper-lock.patch > > With this one, things have changed quite a bit. I'll take a deeper look > at what you did and figure out how this applies to v3.0-rt. It doesn't look like this patch is needed

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 14:19 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: I applied and tested the backported patches to 3.4-rt. Things look good and will be posting the -rc1 soon. Status for 3.0-rt: > -scsi-qla2xxx-fix-bug-sleeping-function-called-from-invalid-context.patch >

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Tim Sander
Hi Thomas > I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release. I also have to second the big thanks of Steven! >* Fix for a potential deadlock in mm/slab.c. This had been reported > as lockdep splats several times and stupidly ignored as a false > positive, but in fact it's a real

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > The RT patch against 3.6.1 can be found here: > > > > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/3.6/patch-3.6.1-rt1.patch.xz > > > > The split quilt queue is available

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 14:19 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Dear RT Folks, > > > > I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release. > > > > This is a pretty straight forward move from the 3.4-rt series which > > includes a few

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Dear RT Folks, > > I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release. > > This is a pretty straight forward move from the 3.4-rt series which > includes a few significant updates which need to be backported to the > 3.x-rt stable series:

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > The RT patch against 3.6.1 can be found here: > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/3.6/patch-3.6.1-rt1.patch.xz > > The split quilt queue is available at: > > >

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 18:19 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > > I've started looking at playing with the NAPI code again, and trying to > > > see if I can add an ENAPI interface (Even Newer API), where the driver > > > uses its own interrupt

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 18:19 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > I've started looking at playing with the NAPI code again, and trying to > > see if I can add an ENAPI interface (Even Newer API), where the driver > > uses its own interrupt thread, and instead of having the polling in the > >

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > So instead of splitting the softirq threads I split the softirq > > locks so different softirqs can be handled seperately. If a > > softirq is raised in the context of a thread,

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Dear RT Folks, > > I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release. Thomas, First I want to say, and I'm sure I speak for a lot of people on this, is "Thank you!". I know how hard it is to deal with the issues of mainline in a RT

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: Dear RT Folks, I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release. Thomas, First I want to say, and I'm sure I speak for a lot of people on this, is Thank you!. I know how hard it is to deal with the issues of mainline in a RT specific

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: So instead of splitting the softirq threads I split the softirq locks so different softirqs can be handled seperately. If a softirq is raised in the context of a thread, then

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 18:19 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: I've started looking at playing with the NAPI code again, and trying to see if I can add an ENAPI interface (Even Newer API), where the driver uses its own interrupt thread, and instead of having the polling in the network

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 18:19 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: I've started looking at playing with the NAPI code again, and trying to see if I can add an ENAPI interface (Even Newer API), where the driver uses its own interrupt thread, and

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: The RT patch against 3.6.1 can be found here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/3.6/patch-3.6.1-rt1.patch.xz The split quilt queue is available at:

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: Dear RT Folks, I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release. This is a pretty straight forward move from the 3.4-rt series which includes a few significant updates which need to be backported to the 3.x-rt stable series: My

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 14:19 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: Dear RT Folks, I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release. This is a pretty straight forward move from the 3.4-rt series which includes a few significant updates

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:46 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: The RT patch against 3.6.1 can be found here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/3.6/patch-3.6.1-rt1.patch.xz The split quilt queue is available at:

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Tim Sander
Hi Thomas I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release. I also have to second the big thanks of Steven! * Fix for a potential deadlock in mm/slab.c. This had been reported as lockdep splats several times and stupidly ignored as a false positive, but in fact it's a real (though

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 14:19 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: I applied and tested the backported patches to 3.4-rt. Things look good and will be posting the -rc1 soon. Status for 3.0-rt: -scsi-qla2xxx-fix-bug-sleeping-function-called-from-invalid-context.patch

Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

2012-10-09 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 20:21 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: 0007-stomp-machine-deal-clever-with-stopper-lock.patch With this one, things have changed quite a bit. I'll take a deeper look at what you did and figure out how this applies to v3.0-rt. It doesn't look like this patch is needed for