linux-kernel - [RT PATCH v2 0/2] Series short description

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Date:	Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:26:07 -0400
From:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
To:	Chirag Jog <chirag@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dvhltc@...ibm.com, dino@...ibm.com,
	Gilles.Carry@...l.net
Subject: [RT PATCH v2 0/2] Series short description

Gilles Carry wrote:
> Sorry Greg,
>
> Neither PPC64 nor Intel64 make it with this patch.
> At boot time, it stops at the BUG_ON you added:
> 0xc00000000004eca4 is in push_rt_task (kernel/sched_rt.c:1102)
>


Indeed.  Your report has revealed the problem to me.

The issue is that there are three conditions embedded in that if(!lower_rq)
code, but two are buried in the !retry case.  This was the mistake I was making.

We basically need to 

a) dequeue if the task hasnt moved
b) retry if the task *has* moved AND there are more tasks left
c) stop of the task *has* moved AND there are no more tasks

I was missing logic to handle (c).  "v2" should fix this so it is handled.
Please give it a try.  Thanks again, Gilles!

(Again, only build-tested)

Regards,
-Greg


---

Gregory Haskins (2):
      RT: remove "paranoid" limit in push_rt_task
      RT: Remove comment that is no longer true


 kernel/sched_rt.c |   44 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

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