linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] v5.18-rc5-rt5

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Message-ID: <CAFTL4hxoGnTkXs4O4_L2bZafFjFJOPUH+U+h__zsfYOhLpsSGQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 9 May 2022 12:04:21 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] v5.18-rc5-rt5

2022-05-06 19:27 UTC+02:00, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>:
> Dear RT folks!
>
> I'm pleased to announce the v5.18-rc5-rt5 patch set.
>
> Changes since v5.18-rc5-rt4:
>
>   - Replace the ptrace patch with v4 of Eric W. Biederman's rework plus
>     a smaller patch on top to get it to work.
>
>   - Drop get_cpu_light from the series:
>
>     - Replace the crypto/cryptd patch with an alternative version.
>
>     - Replace the nfs/sunrpc patch with an alternative version.
>
>     - Replace the vmalloc related patch with an alternative version.
>
>     - Replace the block-mq related patch with an alternative version.
>
>     - Replace the scsi/fcoe patch with two patches by Davidlohr Bueso plus
>       two additional patches in order to tackle two remaining issues in
>       that area.
>
>   - Drop the preempt-disable -> migrate-disable replacement in kvm on
>     arm64. It seems no longer to be needed.
>
>   - Drop the "delay sending signals in atomic context" on x86/arm64. It
>     is not needed to send a SIGTRAP for a breakpoint on x86 (the
>     original motivation). Lets see if something else pops up. This might
>     break ARM64 in that regard and will be investigated in a follow up
>     release.
>
> Known issues
>      - Valentin Schneider reported a few splats on ARM64, see

Please don't ignore
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220405010752.1347437-1-frederic@kernel.org/
and https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220405010752.1347437-2-frederic@kernel.org/

Especially the second patch fixes a pretty serious issue!

Thanks.