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    sched/rt: Add a missing rescheduling point · 619bd4a7
    Sebastian Andrzej Siewior authored
    Since the change in commit:
    
      fd7a4bed ("sched, rt: Convert switched_{from, to}_rt() / prio_changed_rt() to balance callbacks")
    
    ... we don't reschedule a task under certain circumstances:
    
    Lets say task-A, SCHED_OTHER, is running on CPU0 (and it may run only on
    CPU0) and holds a PI lock. This task is removed from the CPU because it
    used up its time slice and another SCHED_OTHER task is running. Task-B on
    CPU1 runs at RT priority and asks for the lock owned by task-A. This
    results in a priority boost for task-A. Task-B goes to sleep until the
    lock has been made available. Task-A is already runnable (but not active),
    so it receives no wake up.
    
    The reality now is that task-A gets on the CPU once the scheduler decides
    to remove the current task despite the fact that a high priority task is
    enqueued and waiting. This may take a long time.
    
    The desired behaviour is that CPU0 immediately reschedules after the
    priority boost which made task-A the task with the lowest priority.
    Suggested-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Fixes: fd7a4bed ("sched, rt: Convert switched_{from, to}_rt() prio_changed_rt() to balance callbacks")
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170124144006.29821-1-bigeasy@linutronix.deSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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