Re: [RT] possible bug in trace_start_sched_wakeup

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Jan 27 2006 - 07:46:02 EST


On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 10:46 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > spin_lock(&sch.trace_lock);
> > - if (sch.task && (sch.task->prio >= p->prio))
> > + if (sch.task && ((sch.task->prio <= p->prio) || !rt_task(p)))
> > goto out_unlock;
>
> good catch - but i'd not do the !rt_task(p) condition, because e.g. PI
> related priority boosting works _without_ changing p->policy. So it is
> p->prio that controls. I.e. a simple "sch.task->prio <= p->prio" should
> be enough.

Ah, I don't know what I was thinking about the rt_task part (I was
working on very little sleep). You're right. Nuke it!

Thanks,

-- Steve


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