On 2024-04-17 13:42:03 [-0400], John B. Wyatt IV wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 05:00:39PM -0600, Miguel Miranda wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > Welcome. Hi, > > I am currently looking for beginner-level bugs related to preempt_RT for the > > Linux kernel Bug Fixing Spring Unpaid 2024. > > What is your experience level? Have you built and run an rt kernel > before? (Selected Fully Preemptive in kconfig?) > > > Although I am not an expert in > > RT, I have been trying to identify some bugs and our mentors have suggested > > using ring testers such as syzkaller and test frameworks like > > kernelselftests to find and reproduce these bugs on our own. > > A lot of the bugs we encounter are around locking. RT changes > the way locks are handled in the kernel. That is one avenue I would > encourage you to study. I would suggest to build the PREEMPT_RT kernel and starting using on a wide range of hardware and seeing how it behaves. Sebastian
