Messages in this thread | | | From | Con Kolivas <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sched: fix idle at tick | Date | Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:41:08 +1100 |
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On Tuesday 06 March 2007 18:02, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:25:36 +1100 Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> > > --- > > kernel/sched.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > Index: linux-2.6.21-rc2-mm1-base/kernel/sched.c > > =================================================================== > > --- linux-2.6.21-rc2-mm1-base.orig/kernel/sched.c 2007-03-06 > > 17:19:17.000000000 +1100 +++ > > linux-2.6.21-rc2-mm1-base/kernel/sched.c 2007-03-06 17:20:40.000000000 > > +1100 @@ -3444,7 +3444,7 @@ void scheduler_tick(void) > > > > update_cpu_clock(p, rq, now); > > > > - if (idle_at_tick) > > + if (!idle_at_tick) > > task_running_tick(rq, p); > > #ifdef CONFIG_SMP > > update_load(rq); > > Looks right, thanks. The original patch had > > - if (p == rq->idle) > + if (idle_at_tick) > /* Task on the idle queue */ > wake_priority_sleeper(rq); > else > task_running_tick(rq, p); > > but it got damaged by smt-nice removal.
I gathered something like that happened. If it wasn't clear this change caused massive scheduler damage with no cpu accounting whatsoever occurring. I recommend putting it in your hotfixes/ dir if you're not planning an -mm2 soon.
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