linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.4.10-rt7

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Date:	Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:54:49 +0200
From:	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Sebastian Sewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Carsten Emde <cbe@...dl.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.4.10-rt7

On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 14:47 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: 
> Dear RT Folks,
> 
> I'm pleased to announce the 3.14.10-rt7 release. 3.14.10-rt6 is a not
> announced update to 3.14.10 without any RT changes aside of resolving
> the patch conflicts.
> 
> Changes since 3.14.10-rt6:
> 
>    * Do not clear PF_NO_SETAFFINITY flag in select_fallback_rq() -
>      from Steven
> 
>    * Prevent workqueue deadlock/stall observed with XFS
> 
> 
> A few words on the status and the future of RT:
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> The situation since last years RTLWS (https://lwn.net/Articles/572740/)
> has not improved at all, it's worse than before. 
> 
> While shortly after RTLWS quite some people promised to whip up proper
> funding, nothing has materialized and my personal situation is worse
> than before.

Sorry to hear that funding hasn't as yet happened.

> I'm really tired of all the politics involved, the blantant lies and
> the marketing bullshit which I have to bear. I learned a few month ago
> that a certain kernel vendor invented most of RT anyway and is the
> expert in this field, so the customers dont have to worry about my
> statements.

Wow, so someone thinks their customers either can't or won't read.  That
kind of marketing can backfire in a big way.

-Mike


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