* Esben Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >+    /*
> >+     * Temporarily insert at the last position of the tree:
> >+     */
> >+    p->fair_key = LLONG_MAX;
> >+    __enqueue_task_fair(rq, p);
> >     p->on_rq = 1;
> >+
> >+    /*
> >+     * Update the key to the real value, so that when all other
> >+     * tasks from before the rightmost position have executed,
> >+     * this task is picked up again:
> >+     */
> >+    p->fair_key = rq->fair_clock - p->wait_runtime + p->nice_offset;
> 
> I don't think it safe to change the key after inserting the element in 
> the tree. You end up with an unsorted tree giving where new entries 
> end up in wrong places "randomly".

yeah, indeed. I hoped that once this rightmost entry is removed (as soon 
as it gets scheduled next time) the tree goes back to a correct shape, 
but that's not the case - the left sub-tree and the right sub-tree is 
merged by the rbtree code with the assumption that the entry had a 
correct key.

> I think a better approach would be to keep track of the rightmost 
> entry, set the key to the rightmost's key +1 and then simply insert it 
> there.

yeah. I had that implemented at a stage but was trying to be too clever 
for my own good ;-)

        Ingo
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