In tick_task_rt() we first call update_curr_rt() which can dequeue a runqueue due to it running out of runtime, and then we try to requeue it, of it also having exhausted its RR quota. Obviously requeueing something that is no longer on the runqueue will not have the expected result. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Tested-by: Daniel K. --- kernel/sched_rt.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched_rt.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched_rt.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched_rt.c @@ -549,8 +549,10 @@ static void requeue_rt_entity(struct rt_rq *rt_rq, struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se) { struct rt_prio_array *array = &rt_rq->active; + struct list_head *queue = array->queue + rt_se_prio(rt_se); - list_move_tail(&rt_se->run_list, array->queue + rt_se_prio(rt_se)); + if (on_rt_rq(rt_se)) + list_move_tail(&rt_se->run_list, queue); } static void requeue_task_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) -- -- 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/