Re: [RT] possible bug in trace_start_sched_wakeup

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 10:54 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >  			trace_special_pid(sch.task->pid, sch.task->prio, p->prio);
> > -		if (sch.task && (sch.task->prio >= p->prio))
> > +		if (sch.task && ((sch.task->prio <= p->prio) || !rt_task(p)))
> >  			sch.task = NULL;
> 
> this second condition i'd not change: it just expresses the rare case 
> where a higher-prio task hits the CPU that we somehow did not start to 
> trace. In that case we just zap the current trace.
> 

OK, I think I understand that part now too.  There wasn't any comments
about what it was doing so I wasn't sure if that was the right move.
But looking at it further, I believe you are right.

Thanks,

-- Steve


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