Re: [ANNOUNCE] 4.6.4-rt8

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Jul 15 2016 - 11:22:53 EST


On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:48:04 +0200
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear RT folks!
>
> I'm pleased to announce the v4.6.4-rt8 patch set.
>
> Changes since v4.6.4-rt8:
>
> - Import Thomas' timer rework known as "timer: Refactor the timer
> wheel" patch set which made its way into the -TIP tree. With this
> changes we get NOHZ_FULL working. Finally.

Does this mean that there's no more 1 second tick?

>
> - Avoid warning of an unused symbol in the !RT case
> (preemptible_lazy())
>
> - Replace the "trace event preempt count" fixup with Steven's version.
>
> Known issues
> - CPU hotplug got a little better but can deadlock.

Hmm, better but can deadlock.

-- Steve