Index: linux-compile.git/kernel/sched_rt.c
===================================================================
--- linux-compile.git.orig/kernel/sched_rt.c 2007-11-17 00:18:27.000000000
-0500
+++ linux-compile.git/kernel/sched_rt.c 2007-11-17 00:20:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -52,11 +52,23 @@ static int select_task_rq_rt(struct task
struct rq *rq = task_rq(p);
/*
- * If the task will not preempt the RQ, try to find a better RQ
- * before we even activate the task
+ * If the current task is an RT task, then
+ * try to see if we can wake this RT task up on another
+ * runqueue. Otherwise simply start this RT task
+ * on its current runqueue.
+ *
+ * We want to avoid overloading runqueues. Even if
+ * the RT task is of higher priority than the current RT task.
+ * RT tasks behave differently than other tasks. If
+ * one gets preempted, we try to push it off to another queue.
+ * So trying to keep a preempting RT task on the same
+ * cache hot CPU will force the running RT task to
+ * a cold CPU. So we waste all the cache for the lower
+ * RT task in hopes of saving some of a RT task
+ * that is just being woken and probably will have
+ * cold cache anyway.
*/
- if ((p->prio >= rq->rt.highest_prio)
- && (p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1)) {
+ if (unlikely(rt_task(rq->curr))) {
int cpu = find_lowest_rq(p);
return (cpu == -1) ? task_cpu(p) : cpu;
--
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
