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Some fixes for unsynchronised TSCs. A task's timestamp may have been set by another CPU. Although we try to adjust this correctly with the timestamp_last_tick field, there is no guarantee this will be exactly right.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c 2005-02-24 17:31:25.384986289 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c 2005-02-24 17:43:39.356379395 +1100 @@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ static void recalc_task_prio(task_t *p, unsigned long long now) { + /* Caller must always ensure 'now >= p->timestamp' */ unsigned long long __sleep_time = now - p->timestamp; unsigned long sleep_time; @@ -2703,8 +2704,10 @@ schedstat_inc(rq, sched_cnt); now = sched_clock(); - if (likely(now - prev->timestamp < NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG)) + if (likely((long long)now - prev->timestamp < NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG)) run_time = now - prev->timestamp; + if (unlikely((long long)now - prev->timestamp < 0)) + run_time = 0; else run_time = NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG; @@ -2782,6 +2785,8 @@ if (!rt_task(next) && next->activated > 0) { unsigned long long delta = now - next->timestamp; + if (unlikely((long long)now - next->timestamp < 0)) + delta = 0; if (next->activated == 1) delta = delta * (ON_RUNQUEUE_WEIGHT * 128 / 100) / 128;