[PATCH 6/6] [RFC] alarmtimer: Deboost on nanosleep

[John Stultz]

Example of deboosting tasks before blocking on a wakeup
source like alarmtimer based nanosleep.

With this final patch, the kernel will be able to suspend
when SCHED_STAYAWAKE flagged tasks are blocked on the alarmtimer.

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Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/time/alarmtimer.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 00ee80f..c855d40 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -568,9 +568,10 @@ static int alarmtimer_do_nsleep(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t absexp)
 	do {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		alarm_start(alarm, absexp, ktime_set(0, 0));
-		if (likely(alarm->data))
+		if (likely(alarm->data)) {
+			sched_deboost_task_active_count(current);
 			schedule();
-
+		}
 		alarm_cancel(alarm);
 	} while (alarm->data && !signal_pending(current));
 
-- 
1.7.3.2.146.gca209

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