No changes since the previous v2.26.0-rc.1 release.

Noteworthy changes since the previous release:

• tuned-ppd: renamed thinkpad_function_keys as sysfs_acpi_monitor
• tuned-ppd: enabled sysfs_acpi_monitor by default
• tuned-ppd: fixed inotify watch for performance degradation
• tuned-ppd: pinned virtual files in memory for inotify
• fixed instance priority inheritance (RHEL-94842)
• hotplug: added fixes for device remove race condition
• tuned-main.conf: added startup_udev_settle_wait option (RHEL-88238)
• functions: silenced errors if module kvm_intel does not exist (RHEL-79943)
• functions: make calc_isolated_cores return CPU ranges (RHEL-75751)
• scsi: used 'med_power_with_dipm' for SATA ALPM
• scsi: do not set ALPM on external SATA ports (RHEL-79913)
• network_latency: Set non-zero rcutree.nohz_full_patience_delay (RHEL-61801)
• realtime: Disable appropriate P-State drivers (RHEL-85637)
• plugin_disk: added support for MMC (MultiMediaCard) devices
• udev: fix possible traceback in device matcher (RHEL-97087)
• udev-settle: obey udev buffer size and handle possible tracebacks (RHEL-92637)
• daemon: re-raise daemon init exception in no-daemon mode (RHEL-71304)
• vm: deprecate dirty_ratio in favour of dirty_bytes with percents (RHEL-101578)
• gui: fix the profile deleter script

This minor release is mostly fixing possible tracebacks that could happen due to internal API changes. Noteworthy changes since the previous release:

• plugins: added missing instance parameters
• disk: added missing remove parameter
• plugin_scheduler: added switch to disable processing of kthreads
• Makefile: added support for installation to custom LIBEXECDIR
• functions: create a new parser object for each string expansion (RHEL-75773)

Noteworthy changes since the previous rc.1 release:

• sap-hana: Set transparent_hugepages to madvise (RHEL-68454)
• plugin_bootloader: export Grub variables to make them available in submenus
• utils.commands: fixed CPU online detection when not present
• plugin_net: handled cqe-mode-rx ethtool option
• profiles: correct CPU governor settings

Noteworthy changes since the previous release:

• tuned-ppd: removed the use of StrEnum (RHEL-68208)
• tuned-ppd: multiple fixes and updates
• docs: plugins docs are now automatically generated from the docstrings
• plugin_cpu: fixed no_turbo boolean option parsing (RHEL-51760)
• plugin_cpu: allowed raw energy_performance_preference values
• plugin_vm: added support for dirty_(bytes|ratio) sysctl parameters (RHEL-58820)
• plugin_bootloader: added variables to BLS entries only if grub is used
• plugin_scheduler: do not assume that perf events have type attribute (RHEL-60898)
• plugin_scheduler: updated sched knobs for kernels 6.6+
• plugin_scheduler: log process info when its affinity cannot be changed (RHEL-69933)
• plugin_scheduler: postpone cgroup blacklist check, double-check after fail (RHEL-72981)
• plugin_scheduler: made perf support optional
• plugin_net: added support for hotplug and rename (RHEL-60906)
• makefile: added support for installation to custom $BINDIR/$SBINDIR
• functions: dropped cpuspeed support

Noteworthy changes since the previous release:

• fixed privileged execution of arbitrary scripts by active local user (CVE-2024-52336)
• added sanity checks for API methods parameters (CVE-2024-52337)
• tuned-ppd: fixed controller init to correctly set _on_battery

Noteworthy changes since the previous rc.1 release:

• clear plugin repository when stopping tuning (RHEL-36442)
• man: added description of the balanced-battery profile

Noteworthy changes since the previous release:

• hotplug: wait for device initialization (RHEL-39468)
• functions: added package2cpus and packages2uncores matchers
• functions: added lscpu to list CPU details
• plugin_uncore: allow to configure frequency limits using percent
• amd-pstate: added support for controlling core performance boost
• plugin_scheduler: adjusted error logging in _set_affinity (RHEL-46560)
• plugin_audio: enabled controller reset to fix suspend with NVIDIA
• plugin_irq: fixed expansion of variables
• plugin_irqbalance: switched to IRQBALANCE_BANNED_CPULIST

Noteworthy changes since the previous release:

• migrated profiles to /etc/tuned/profiles/ and /usr/lib/tuned/profiles/
• added an option to configure profile directories (RHEL-26157)
• daemon: buffer sighup signal (RHEL-31180)
• api: added commands to dynamically create/destroy instances
• functions: added intel_recommended_pstate
• functions: added log which helps with debugging
• plugins: added plugin_irq
• plugin_net: do not read monitors if dynamic tuning is disabled (RHEL-28757)
• plugin_video: added support for amdgpu panel_power_savings attribute
• plugin_cpu: check that writes are necessary if they may cause redundant IPIs (RHEL-25613)
• sap-netweaver: increased vm.max_map_count (RHEL-31757)
• tuned-ppd: detect battery change events

Incompatibility changes since tuned-2.22.0:

• TuneD system profiles were moved to the /usr/lib/tuned/profiles/
  directory and user profiles were moved to the /etc/tuned/profiles/
  (notice the profiles subdirectory). If it doesn't fit your needs,
  the default configuration can be changed in the /etc/tuned/tuned-main.conf.

Noteworthy changes since the previous 2.22.0 release:

• renamed intel_uncore plugin to uncore
• network-throughput: increased net.ipv4.tcp_rmem default value (RHEL-25847)