2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

i've released the 2.6.18-rc6-rt0 tree, which can be downloaded from the 
usual place:

  http://redhat.com/~mingo/realtime-preempt/

i also started an -rt YUM repository for Fedora Core 6, which can be 
activated via:

   cd /etc/yum.repos.d
   wget http://people.redhat.com/~mingo/realtime-preempt/rt.repo
   yum update kernel

-rt0 is a rebase of -rt to 2.6.19-rc6, with lots of updates and fixes 
included. It includes the latest -hrt-dynticks tree and more.

to build a 2.6.19-rc6-rt0 tree, the following patches should be applied:

  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.19-rc6.bz2
  http://redhat.com/~mingo/realtime-preempt/patch-2.6.19-rc6-rt0

as usual, bugreports, fixes and suggestions are welcome,

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Daniel Walker]

On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 16:35 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> -rt0 is a rebase of -rt to 2.6.19-rc6, with lots of updates and fixes 
> included. It includes the latest -hrt-dynticks tree and more.


Does the zero carry and meaning or did you just decide start using zero
instead of one?

Daniel

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:

> > -rt0 is a rebase of -rt to 2.6.19-rc6, with lots of updates and 
> > fixes included. It includes the latest -hrt-dynticks tree and more.
> 
> Does the zero carry and meaning or did you just decide start using 
> zero instead of one?

no real meaning other than zero better signals the first -rc port's 
relative freshness.

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Esben Nielsen]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Daniel Walker wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 16:35 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
>> -rt0 is a rebase of -rt to 2.6.19-rc6, with lots of updates and fixes
>> included. It includes the latest -hrt-dynticks tree and more.
>
>
> Does the zero carry and meaning or did you just decide start using zero
> instead of one?
>
> Daniel

0 bugs?

Esben

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Daniel Walker]

On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 22:12 +0100, Esben Nielsen wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Daniel Walker wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 16:35 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> >> -rt0 is a rebase of -rt to 2.6.19-rc6, with lots of updates and fixes
> >> included. It includes the latest -hrt-dynticks tree and more.
> >
> >
> > Does the zero carry and meaning or did you just decide start using zero
> > instead of one?
> >
> > Daniel
> 
> 0 bugs?

I already know there's a few. Should we start a known regression list?

Daniel

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:

> [...] Should we start a known regression list?

please resend the bugs that still trigger for you with 2.6.19-rt0.

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Daniel Walker]

On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 23:07 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> 
> > [...] Should we start a known regression list?
> 
> please resend the bugs that still trigger for you with 2.6.19-rt0.


Did you look at the BKL reacquire issue I sent? Just looking over the
code briefly, it looks like it's still there.

Daniel

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

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On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 16:35 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>    cd /etc/yum.repos.d
>    wget http://people.redhat.com/~mingo/realtime-preempt/rt.repo
>    yum update kernel 

I follow the instructions on my x86_64 with FC6, that you already know
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6419#c47),
hangs on boot with or without notsc.

I would like try just the part of tglx (hrtimers dyntick)
cause PREEMPT part never works well on my computer (with spontaneous
reboots) 


Thanks,
-- 
Sérgio M.B.

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Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 23:07 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > [...] Should we start a known regression list?
> > 
> > please resend the bugs that still trigger for you with 2.6.19-rt0.
> 
> Did you look at the BKL reacquire issue I sent? Just looking over the 
> code briefly, it looks like it's still there.

yeah, will do that. It's quite low-prio, evidently no-one in the past 
couple of months even attempted to build a !PREEMPT_RT && !PREEMPT_BKL 
(!) kernel.

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> > Did you look at the BKL reacquire issue I sent? Just looking over 
> > the code briefly, it looks like it's still there.
> 
> yeah, will do that. It's quite low-prio, evidently no-one in the past 
> couple of months even attempted to build a !PREEMPT_RT && !PREEMPT_BKL 
> (!) kernel.

doh - i have re-read your report and the problem should hit PREEMPT_RT 
too. I'm looking at it.

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> 
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> 
> > > Did you look at the BKL reacquire issue I sent? Just looking over 
> > > the code briefly, it looks like it's still there.
> > 
> > yeah, will do that. It's quite low-prio, evidently no-one in the past 
> > couple of months even attempted to build a !PREEMPT_RT && !PREEMPT_BKL 
> > (!) kernel.
> 
> doh - i have re-read your report and the problem should hit PREEMPT_RT 
> too. I'm looking at it.

actually, it should only hit CONFIG_SPINLOCK_BKL, which is an option 
no-one should be using these days. I'll disable that option for now.

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> actually, it should only hit CONFIG_SPINLOCK_BKL, which is an option 
> no-one should be using these days. I'll disable that option for now.

i fixed it instead - fix should show up in 2.6.19-rt1.

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Sergio Monteiro Basto <sergio@sergiomb.no-ip.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 16:35 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >    cd /etc/yum.repos.d
> >    wget http://people.redhat.com/~mingo/realtime-preempt/rt.repo
> >    yum update kernel 
> 
> I follow the instructions on my x86_64 with FC6, that you already know
> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6419#c47),
> hangs on boot with or without notsc.

hm - could you try the -rt1 package i just uploaded? It fixes a boot 
crash, amongst other bugfixes.

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 23:07 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> 
> > [...] Should we start a known regression list?
> 
> please resend the bugs that still trigger for you with 2.6.19-rt0.

I'm working with the developers of the 64Studio distro who are
attempting to ship a stable -rt kernel so I have access to lots of good
bug reports.  Oops on boot is by far the most common.  I'll post details
once we've retested with 2.6.19-rt0.

Lee

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 23:07 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > [...] Should we start a known regression list?
> > 
> > please resend the bugs that still trigger for you with 2.6.19-rt0.
> 
> I'm working with the developers of the 64Studio distro who are 
> attempting to ship a stable -rt kernel so I have access to lots of 
> good bug reports.  Oops on boot is by far the most common.  I'll post 
> details once we've retested with 2.6.19-rt0.

thanks, please do that. Right now i have no open boot-crash regression 
left that i can reproduce.

	Ingo

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Daniel Walker]

On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 17:17 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 23:07 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > [...] Should we start a known regression list?
> > > 
> > > please resend the bugs that still trigger for you with 2.6.19-rt0.
> > 
> > I'm working with the developers of the 64Studio distro who are 
> > attempting to ship a stable -rt kernel so I have access to lots of 
> > good bug reports.  Oops on boot is by far the most common.  I'll post 
> > details once we've retested with 2.6.19-rt0.
> 
> thanks, please do that. Right now i have no open boot-crash regression 
> left that i can reproduce.


Should we pull in Steve's patch for these, or are you just grabbing
Jeff's tree? I noticed they aren't always commented "shut up gcc"  .

--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void efi_memmap_walk(efi_freemem_callbac
        struct range {
                unsigned long start;
                unsigned long end;
-       } prev, curr;
+       } prev = { } /* shut up gcc */ , curr = { } /* shut up gcc */ ;
        efi_memory_desc_t *md;
        unsigned long start, end;
        void *p;

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Lee Revell]

On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 17:17 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> thanks, please do that. Right now i have no open boot-crash regression 
> left that i can reproduce.

Possibly old news, but with 2.6.18-rt7 this user gets an Oops in
read_hpet() if high res timers are enabled.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=292071

Lee

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 17:17 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > thanks, please do that. Right now i have no open boot-crash regression 
> > left that i can reproduce.
> 
> Possibly old news, but with 2.6.18-rt7 this user gets an Oops in
> read_hpet() if high res timers are enabled.
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=292071

hm, that bug could still be around - does the patch below fix it? I've 
uploaded -rt3 and soon there will be -rt3 rpms in the YUM repository 
too.

	Ingo

Index: linux/drivers/char/hpet.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ linux/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -909,9 +909,7 @@ int hpet_alloc(struct hpet_data *hdp)
 	hpetp->hp_delta = hpet_calibrate(hpetp);
 
 	if (!hpet_clocksource_p) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_IA64
-        	clocksource_hpet.fsys_mmio_ptr = hpet_mc_ptr = &hpetp->hp_hpet->hpet_mc;
-#endif
+        	hpet_mc_ptr = &hpetp->hp_hpet->hpet_mc;
         	clocksource_hpet.mult = clocksource_hz2mult(hpetp->hp_tick_freq,
                                                    clocksource_hpet.shift);
         	clocksource_register(&clocksource_hpet);

Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

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On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 10:22 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Sergio Monteiro Basto <sergio@sergiomb.no-ip.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 16:35 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >    cd /etc/yum.repos.d
> > >    wget http://people.redhat.com/~mingo/realtime-preempt/rt.repo
> > >    yum update kernel 
> > 
> > I follow the instructions on my x86_64 with FC6, that you already know
> > (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6419#c47),
> > hangs on boot with or without notsc.
> 
> hm - could you try the -rt1 package i just uploaded? It fixes a boot 
> crash, amongst other bugfixes.

2.6.18-1.0003.fc7rt4 boots without lost tickets in dmesg because use as
clocksource: acpi_pm , but boot without notsc option still hangs on
boot, with a long oops.

Thanks,
-- 
Sérgio M.B.

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Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository

[Ingo Molnar]

* Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:

> [...] are you just grabbing Jeff's tree? I noticed they aren't always 
> commented "shut up gcc" .

> -       } prev, curr;
> +       } prev = { } /* shut up gcc */ , curr = { } /* shut up gcc */ ;

i just do them by hand every time i hit one.

	Ingo