2.6.28-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Peter Zijlstra commit 6bc912b71b6f33b041cfde93ca3f019cbaa852bc upstream. Stronger SCHED_IDLE isolation: - no SCHED_IDLE buddies - never let SCHED_IDLE preempt on wakeup - always preempt SCHED_IDLE on wakeup - limit SLEEPER fairness for SCHED_IDLE. Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/sched_fair.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sched_fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c @@ -681,9 +681,13 @@ place_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, stru unsigned long thresh = sysctl_sched_latency; /* - * convert the sleeper threshold into virtual time + * Convert the sleeper threshold into virtual time. + * SCHED_IDLE is a special sub-class. We care about + * fairness only relative to other SCHED_IDLE tasks, + * all of which have the same weight. */ - if (sched_feat(NORMALIZED_SLEEPER)) + if (sched_feat(NORMALIZED_SLEEPER) && + task_of(se)->policy != SCHED_IDLE) thresh = calc_delta_fair(thresh, se); vruntime -= thresh; @@ -1328,14 +1332,18 @@ wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entit static void set_last_buddy(struct sched_entity *se) { - for_each_sched_entity(se) - cfs_rq_of(se)->last = se; + if (likely(task_of(se)->policy != SCHED_IDLE)) { + for_each_sched_entity(se) + cfs_rq_of(se)->last = se; + } } static void set_next_buddy(struct sched_entity *se) { - for_each_sched_entity(se) - cfs_rq_of(se)->next = se; + if (likely(task_of(se)->policy != SCHED_IDLE)) { + for_each_sched_entity(se) + cfs_rq_of(se)->next = se; + } } /* @@ -1382,12 +1390,18 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct return; /* - * Batch tasks do not preempt (their preemption is driven by + * Batch and idle tasks do not preempt (their preemption is driven by * the tick): */ - if (unlikely(p->policy == SCHED_BATCH)) + if (unlikely(p->policy != SCHED_NORMAL)) return; + /* Idle tasks are by definition preempted by everybody. */ + if (unlikely(curr->policy == SCHED_IDLE)) { + resched_task(curr); + return; + } + if (!sched_feat(WAKEUP_PREEMPT)) return; -- 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/