RE: RE: [PATCH] powerpc: Allow scheduling of IRQ with PREEMPT_RT

[Robert Joslyn]

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> Subject: Re: RE: [PATCH] powerpc: Allow scheduling of IRQ with PREEMPT_RT
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> On 2025-01-07 18:09:46 [+0000], Robert Joslyn wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I'm using 6.6.58-rt45 at the moment. We found this regression
> > while trying to update from 5.10-rt. I haven't played with
> > lazy-preempt yet but I can certainly test the patches, presently we
> > run everything with PREEMPT_RT.
> 
> So I released v6.12.8-rt8 and v6.13-rc6-rt3. Looking at the lazy bits I think I
> just forward your patch to the stable queue for v6.6.

I did some basic testing on 6.12.8-rt8 and that worked fine with both preempt_lazy and preempt_rt.

For what it's worth, we've been using the patch for 6.6-rt for about a month now in internal testing and haven't seen any other issues.

Thanks!
Robert