[ANNOUNCE] v7.0-rc1-rt1 | v6.19.3-rt1 | v6.18.13-rt4

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 07:05:14 EST


Dear RT folks!

I'm pleased to announce the following patch sets:
- v6.18.13-rt4
- v6.19.3-rt1
- v7.0-rc1-rt1

I updated the updated each devel tree to the latest version in order to
catch up. I dropped a few ARM related patches as they appeared in the
upstream tree. As of v7.0 there is one ARM patch left before it can
enable PREEMPT_RT on its own.

Known issues
- Yoann Congal reported a bit spinlock in dm_exception_table_lock().
https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z8GTjqgDe_5EkE3t@P-ASN-ECS-830T8C3.local

You can get this release via the git tree at:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git v6.18.13-rt4
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git v6.19.3-rt1
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git 7.0-rc1-rt1

The RT patch is also available at its usual location for the individual
version:

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/6.18/
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/6.19/
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/7.0/

Sebastian