linux-kernel - Re: rt scheduler may calculate wrong rt

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:51:13 +0200
From:	Thomas Giesel <skoe@...ectbox.com>
To:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: rt scheduler may calculate wrong rt_time

> Hm.  Does forcing a clock update if we're idle when we release the
> throttle do the trick?

It does. I tested it today and it works as expected. Even with ftrace I
couldn't see any suspicious behaviour anymore.

Mike: Can you send the patch to the right people to get it into the
kernel or should I do it? Or is Peter the right one already?

Thanks for your help.

Thomas

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