Re: Linux 6.14-rc4

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 12:49:22PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> This continues to be the right kind of "boring" release: nothing in
> particular stands out in rc4.
> 
> We've got all the usual driver fixes (ok, let networking than usual,
> but gpu, sound, nvme, you name it, but it won't be huge), various
> smaller filesystem fixes (xfs, smb, netfs, cachefs), core kernel and
> networking fixes.
> 
> And all of it looks pretty small and non-threatening. The biggest
> single patch is just a new self test.
> 
> So - knock wood - 6.14 looks to be on track, with everything looking good.
> 
> Please keep testing,
> 

Time for a report.

Build results:
	total: 161 pass: 161 fail: 0
Qemu test results:
	total: 619 pass: 619 fail: 0
Unit test results:
	pass: 565894 fail: 0

I recently enabled boot tests with PREEMPT_RT enabled. This triggers some
tracebacks in older network drivers. Nothing special, though, so I won't
provide details here. For those interested, preliminary fixes for two of
the problems are available in my 'fixes' branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git.

b364dd4ed219 possible circular locking dependency backtrace seen when enabling PREEMPT_RT
8571385b8fbf lockdep: Don't disable interrupts on RT in disable_irq_nosync_lockdep.*()

Guenter