SUSE-RU-2021:0070-1: moderate: Recommended update for rt-tests

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for rt-tests
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2021:0070-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         SLE-12981 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Realtime 15-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Realtime 15-SP1
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   An update that has 0 recommended fixes and contains one
   feature can now be installed.

Description:


   rt-tests was updated to fix the following issues:

   Update to upstream version 1.10 (SLE-12981):

   * rt-tests: queuelat: Remove get_cpuinfo_mhz.sh and old Makefile
   * rt-tests: determine_maximum_mpps.sh: Add a menu to get user settings.
   * rt-numa: Introduce NUMA helpers
   * cyclictest: Only report the first incident
   * Streamline usage and man page

   Changes from version 1.9:

   * signaltest: Only print from the first thread stats when quiet
   * rt-tests: cyclictest: Move ftrace helpers into rt-utils.[ch]
   * pi_stress: limit the number of inversion groups to the number of online
     cores
   * rt-tests: Install new man page get_cyclictest_snapshot.8
   * rt-tests: Add a man page for get_cyclictest_snapshot
   * rt-tests: ptsematest.8: Update the ptsematest man page
   * rt-tests: improvements to the python style in get_cyclictest_snapshot
   * cyclictest: Fix setaffinity error on large NUMA machines

   Changes from version 1.8:

   * cyclictest: Make the affinity mask apply to the main thread too
   * Remove support for compiling without NUMA
   * cyclictest: Only run on runtime affinity and user supplied affinity
   * cyclictest: Only run on available cpus according to the affinity
   * cyclictest: Report all errors from pthread_setaffinity_np

   Changes from version 1.7:

   * Add get_cyclictest_snapshot to Makefile
   * Add the get_cyclictest_snapshot.py utility
   * determine_maximum_mpps.sh: Fix quoting and other shell issue
   * queuelat: get_cpuinfo_mhz.sh highest value
   * cyclicdeadline: Add a simple manpage for cyclicdeadline


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Realtime 15-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-RT-15-SP2-2021-70=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Realtime 15-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-RT-15-SP1-2021-70=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Realtime 15-SP2 (x86_64):

      rt-tests-1.10-3.6.1
      rt-tests-debuginfo-1.10-3.6.1
      rt-tests-debugsource-1.10-3.6.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Realtime 15-SP1 (x86_64):

      rt-tests-1.10-3.6.1
      rt-tests-debuginfo-1.10-3.6.1
      rt-tests-debugsource-1.10-3.6.1


References: