2.6.24-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
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From: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
patch ef9884e6f29bbe1075204f962a00f7533bf7e8f3 in mainline.
Michel D??nzr has bisected an interactivity problem with
plus-reniced tasks back to this commit:
810e95ccd58d91369191aa4ecc9e6d4a10d8d0c8 is first bad commit
commit 810e95ccd58d91369191aa4ecc9e6d4a10d8d0c8
Author: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon Oct 15 17:00:14 2007 +0200
sched: another wakeup_granularity fix
unit mis-match: wakeup_gran was used against a vruntime
fix this by assymetrically scaling the vtime of positive reniced
tasks.
Bisected-by: Michel D??nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
kernel/sched_fair.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -867,7 +867,11 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct
}
gran = sysctl_sched_wakeup_granularity;
- if (unlikely(se->load.weight != NICE_0_LOAD))
+ /*
+ * More easily preempt - nice tasks, while not making
+ * it harder for + nice tasks.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(se->load.weight > NICE_0_LOAD))
gran = calc_delta_fair(gran, &se->load);
if (pse->vruntime + gran < se->vruntime)
--
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