linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] scheduler fixes

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Message-ID: <20071204144059.1e1f54ca@mandriva.com.br>
Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:40:59 -0200
From:	"Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@...driva.com.br>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	herton@...driva.com.br, dvgevers@...all.nl
Subject: Re: [git pull] scheduler fixes

Em Tue, 4 Dec 2007 17:18:27 +0100
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> escreveu:

| 
| * Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
| 
| > The problem is on SMP: if sched_rr_get_interval() gets a task from an 
| > otherwise idle runqueue, then rq->load.weight is 0. Normally 
| > sched_slice() is only used on a busy runqueue. So the correct fixup 
| > site is not in sched_slice() but in sys_sched_rr_get_interval() - i'm 
| > working on the right fix, i hope to be able to send a pull request in 
| > a few minutes.
| 
| the problem is on UP too - if there are no SCHED_OTHER tasks. I've 
| tested the fix and it solves the problem for various combinations of 
| crash.c. I've updated sched.git, please pull it from:
| 
|    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-sched.git
| 
| It has another commit besides this fix. Thanks,

 Yes, I tested the 'sched: fix crash in sys_sched_rr_get_interval()'
one and it really fixes the problem.

 Thanks a lot Ingo.

-- 
Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino
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