From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
To: Clark Williams <clark.williams@gmail.com>
Cc: Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@siemens.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev,
linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] sysfs: Add /sys/kernel/realtime entry
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:02:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260716130216.dTmk8kCQ@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alfA3ZaM1kmFaicG@demetrius>
On 2026-07-15 12:18:21 [-0500], Clark Williams wrote:
> > Clark, what is the status on your end?
> >
>
> I still carry it in v6.1-rt and v6.6-rt and don't really see a reason
> not to. I don't believe it's a security risk since a write to
> /sys/kernel/realtime gets ignored; it's just there to say that this is a
> PREEMPT_RT kernel.
>
> So, I'm ambivalent on the keep or drop question. I'll go ahead and clean
> up what I'm carrying in v6.1-rt and v6.6-rt and if we decide to keep it
> I'll send you the updated changes.
I'm not suggesting to drop it from existing stable trees. It is just, if
there is no wider audience asking for it and reasoning why, I will drop
it from my queue and not submit it upstream. I just don't want do it
quietly.
In
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ak_GDsJS6kVoUM2f@lysander/
you mentioned that it was needed in the past. If that requirement is
gone and everyone can live without it, I see no reason to pursue it ;)
> Clark
>
Sebastian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-16 13:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 14:31 [RFC PATCH] sysfs: Add /sys/kernel/realtime entry Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-07-09 14:46 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-09 15:22 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-07-09 16:02 ` Clark Williams
2026-07-10 7:02 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-07-10 7:05 ` Tomas Glozar
2026-07-10 7:23 ` Florian Bezdeka
2026-07-10 15:51 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-07-10 15:57 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-07-10 16:01 ` Florian Bezdeka
2026-07-10 16:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-07-14 11:07 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-07-15 17:18 ` Clark Williams
2026-07-16 13:02 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior [this message]
2026-07-10 16:05 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-10 16:14 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-07-09 15:54 ` Steven Rostedt
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