We rely very much on task_cpu(p) to be correct at all times, so that we can correctly find the runqueue from which the task has to be removed or added to.
There is however one place in the scheduler where this assumption of task_cpu(p) being correct is broken. This patch fixes that piece of code. (Thanks to Balbir Singh for pointing this out to me) Signed-off-by : Srivatsa Vaddagiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kernel/sched.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: current/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- current.orig/kernel/sched.c 2007-06-09 15:07:17.000000000 +0530 +++ current/kernel/sched.c 2007-06-09 15:07:32.000000000 +0530 @@ -4624,7 +4624,7 @@ static int __migrate_task(struct task_struct *p, int src_cpu, int dest_cpu) { struct rq *rq_dest, *rq_src; - int ret = 0; + int ret = 0, on_rq; if (unlikely(cpu_is_offline(dest_cpu))) return ret; @@ -4640,9 +4640,11 @@ if (!cpu_isset(dest_cpu, p->cpus_allowed)) goto out; - set_task_cpu(p, dest_cpu); - if (p->se.on_rq) { + on_rq = p->se.on_rq; + if (on_rq) deactivate_task(rq_src, p, 0); + set_task_cpu(p, dest_cpu); + if (on_rq) { activate_task(rq_dest, p, 0); check_preempt_curr(rq_dest, p); } -- Regards, vatsa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/