When a runnable group failed to get any runtime within a period it would be found idle and the period timer would be stopped. So if the group ever gets throttled, it will never wake up again. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Reported-by: "Daniel K." --- kernel/sched_rt.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 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 @@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ static int do_sched_rt_period_timer(stru if (rt_rq->rt_time || rt_rq->rt_nr_running) idle = 0; spin_unlock(&rt_rq->rt_runtime_lock); - } + } else if (rt_rq->rt_nr_running) + idle = 0; if (enqueue) sched_rt_rq_enqueue(rt_rq); -- -- 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/