- Issued:
- 2016-08-02
- Updated:
- 2016-08-02
RHEA-2016:1542 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
rt-tests enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated rt-tests packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Description
The rt-tests packages include a set of programs that test and measure various components of real-time kernel behavior. These packages measure timer, signal, and hardware latency and test the functioning of priority-inheritance mutexes.
This update adds the following enhancement:
- With this update, it is possible to use the cyclictest program with the "--smi" option as a non-root user, provided that the user also belongs to the "realtime" group. On processors that support system management interrupts (SMIs), "--smi" displays a report on the system's SMIs, which was previously only available for root users. (BZ#1349434)
Users of rt-tests are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV 7 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1349434 - The --smi option to cyclictest requires cap_sys_rawio to read the msr and cpuid registers
CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 7
SRPM | |
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rt-tests-1.0-5.el7_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7c16db7daafe38ba5fd7db60fb67eaf0a44dbc4cfb380802b37c889eb558b92c |
x86_64 | |
rt-tests-1.0-5.el7_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e1048fde7a1f447e0382aa278eaa1eab4c57fc8ca7b8c145b72cc2434e63528b |
rt-tests-debuginfo-1.0-5.el7_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5f0114d8998de5e21c4c90725146d58131fd06035c2c615d31d6b580602d16d7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV 7
SRPM | |
---|---|
rt-tests-1.0-5.el7_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7c16db7daafe38ba5fd7db60fb67eaf0a44dbc4cfb380802b37c889eb558b92c |
x86_64 | |
rt-tests-1.0-5.el7_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e1048fde7a1f447e0382aa278eaa1eab4c57fc8ca7b8c145b72cc2434e63528b |
rt-tests-debuginfo-1.0-5.el7_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5f0114d8998de5e21c4c90725146d58131fd06035c2c615d31d6b580602d16d7 |
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