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[3/3] sched/rt: Optimize select_task_rq_rt() for non-RT curr task

Message ID 1415010620-6176-3-git-send-email-pang.xunlei@linaro.org
State New
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pang.xunlei Nov. 3, 2014, 10:30 a.m. UTC 
When selecting the cpu for a waking RT task, if curr is a non-RT
task which is bound only on this cpu, then we can give it a chance
to select a different cpu(definitely an idle cpu if existing) for
the RT task to avoid curr starving.

Signed-off-by: pang.xunlei <pang.xunlei@linaro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/rt.c |   10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index d024e6c..89202ab 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1319,6 +1319,11 @@  select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flag, int flags)
 	 * runqueue. Otherwise simply start this RT task
 	 * on its current runqueue.
 	 *
+	 * If the current task on @p's runqueue is a non-RT task,
+	 * and this task is bound on current runqueue, then try to
+	 * see if we can wake this RT task up on a different runqueue,
+	 * we will definitely find an idle cpu if there is any.
+	 *
 	 * We want to avoid overloading runqueues. If the woken
 	 * task is a higher priority, then it will stay on this CPU
 	 * and the lower prio task should be moved to another CPU.
@@ -1335,9 +1340,8 @@  select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flag, int flags)
 	 * This test is optimistic, if we get it wrong the load-balancer
 	 * will have to sort it out.
 	 */
-	if (curr && unlikely(rt_task(curr)) &&
-	    (curr->nr_cpus_allowed < 2 ||
-	     curr->prio <= p->prio)) {
+	if (curr && unlikely(curr->nr_cpus_allowed < 2 ||
+				curr->prio <= p->prio)) {
 		int target = find_lowest_rq(p);
 
 		if (target != -1)