Re: Are ALL_TASKS_PI on in 2.6.16-rt7?

From: Esben Nielsen
Date: Sun Mar 26 2006 - 16:31:07 EST


On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Ingo Molnar wrote:

>
> * Esben Nielsen <simlo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > It just looks like also normal, non-rt tasks are boosting.
>
> correct. We'd like to make sure the PI code is correct - and for
> PI-futex it makes sense anyway.
>

It wont work 100% when a task is boosted to a normal, non-rt prio well
since at scheduler_tick()
p->prio = effective_prio(p);
can be executed overwriting the boost.

> Ingo
>

Esben

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