From: Steven Rostedt The if (unlikely(!rt_rq->rt_nr_running)) test in pick_next_task_rt() tests if there is another rt task ready to run. If so, then pick it. In most systems, only one RT task runs at a time most of the time. Running the branch unlikely annotator profiler on a system doing average work "running firefox, evolution, xchat, distcc builds, etc", it showed the following: correct incorrect % Function File Line ------- --------- - -------- ---- ---- 324344 135104992 99 _pick_next_task_rt sched_rt.c 1064 99% of the time the condition is true. When an RT task schedules out, it is unlikely that another RT task is waiting to run on that same run queue. Cc:Peter Zijlstra Cc: Gregory Haskins Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/sched_rt.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c index 7a5c4db..a249ae3 100644 --- a/kernel/sched_rt.c +++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static struct task_struct *_pick_next_task_rt(struct rq *rq) rt_rq = &rq->rt; - if (unlikely(!rt_rq->rt_nr_running)) + if (likely(!rt_rq->rt_nr_running)) return NULL; if (rt_rq_throttled(rt_rq)) -- 1.7.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/