From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB6F7BBD for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (relay4-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.196]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4492A186 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:33:00 -0700 From: Josh Triplett To: Steven Rostedt Message-ID: <20151013173300.GA8000@cloud> References: <20151013124230.1a082d28@gandalf.local.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151013124230.1a082d28@gandalf.local.home> Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] Mainlining PREEMPT_RT List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:42:30PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > Now that it was announced in Dublin last week that mainlining > PREEMPT_RT has funding, I would like to propose a tech topic to discuss > what is needed to be done in the near future. > > Thomas Gleixner and his minions will be doing the brunt of the work, > but there's issues that need to be addressed with the rest of the > kernel. The various topics would include: > > CPU hotplug > preempt_disable and local_irq_disable annotations > new timer_wheel implementation > simple waitqueues > trylock boosting > > Several of the Real Time developers will be present at kernel summit. I > think this would be a great opportunity to have them be able to sit > down together and discuss the remaining issues. I would love to discuss this at Kernel Summit. - Josh Triplett