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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2011 10:07:21 +0800
From:	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
To:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: fix priority leakage in pick_next_highest_task_rt()

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com> wrote:
>>> When picking the second highest RT task for a given runqueue, if no
>>> task found after scanning the queue of priority == idx, the next idx
>>> should also be checked even in case that next is already existing, or
>>> the window of priority leakage could be opened.
>>
>> I don't see what kind of problem you patch will fix.
>> And mind explaining how priority leakage could happen?
>>
> Hi Yong
>
> If no task is found after scanning the list at array->queue + idx,
> what should we operate on next?
> And why is the list scanned?

Hmmm, I get your point.

Reviewed-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>

Thanks,
Yong



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