linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] scheduler fixes

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:35:46 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [GIT PULL] scheduler fixes

Linus,

Please pull the latest sched-fixes-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git sched-fixes-for-linus

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Mike Galbraith (1):
      sched: Fix vmark regression on big machines

Yong Zhang (1):
      sched: Reassign prev and switch_count when reacquire_kernel_lock() fail


 include/linux/topology.h |    2 +-
 kernel/sched.c           |    5 ++++-
 kernel/sched_fair.c      |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index 57e6357..5b81156 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
 				| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
 				| 1*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\
 				| 0*SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE		\
-				| 0*SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES		\
+				| 1*SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES		\
 				| 0*SD_SERIALIZE			\
 				| 0*SD_PREFER_SIBLING			\
 				,					\
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index c535cc4..4508fe7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5530,8 +5530,11 @@ need_resched_nonpreemptible:
 
 	post_schedule(rq);
 
-	if (unlikely(reacquire_kernel_lock(current) < 0))
+	if (unlikely(reacquire_kernel_lock(current) < 0)) {
+		prev = rq->curr;
+		switch_count = &prev->nivcsw;
 		goto need_resched_nonpreemptible;
+	}
 
 	preempt_enable_no_resched();
 	if (need_resched())
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 42ac3c9..8fe7ee8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
 			 * If there's an idle sibling in this domain, make that
 			 * the wake_affine target instead of the current cpu.
 			 */
-			if (tmp->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING)
+			if (tmp->flags & SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES)
 				target = select_idle_sibling(p, tmp, target);
 
 			if (target >= 0) {
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