On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 09:26:52AM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote: > > > > On Jul 27, 2023, at 7:35 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > >>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.4.7 release. > >>> There are 227 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response > >>> to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please > >>> let me know. > >>> > >>> Responses should be made by Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:44:26 +0000. > >>> Anything received after that time might be too late. > >>> > >>> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > >>> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.4.7-rc1.gz > >>> or in the git tree and branch at: > >>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.4.y > >>> and the diffstat can be found below. > >> > >> I saw this when running rcutorture, this one happened in the TREE04 > >> configuration. This is likely due to the stuttering issues we are discussing > >> in the other thread. Anyway I am just making a note here while I am > >> continuing to look into it. > > > > So is the stuttering new in 6.4.7? > > No it is an old feature in RCU torture tests. But is dependent on timing. Something > changed in recent kernels that is making the issues with it more likely. Its hard to bisect as failure sometimes takes hours. > > > > >> Other than that, all tests pass: > >> Tested-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > ...or you still believe 6.4.7 is okay to release? > > As such, it should be Ok. However naturally I am not happy that the RCU testing > is intermittently failing. These issues have been seen in last several 6.4 stable releases > so since those were released, maybe this one can be too? > The fix for stuttering is currently being reviewed. Or, to look at it another way, the stuttering fix is specific to torture testing. Would we really want to hold up a -stable release only because rcutorture occasionally gives a false-positive failure on certain types of systems? Thanx, Paul > Thanks, > > - Joel > > > > > > Best regards, > > Pavel > > -- > > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Erika Unter > > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
