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    sched/rt: small optimization to update_curr_rt() · e113a745
    Dimitri Sivanich authored
    
    
    Impact: micro-optimization to SCHED_FIFO/RR scheduling
    
    A very minor improvement, but might it be better to check sched_rt_runtime(rt_rq)
    before taking the rt_runtime_lock?
    
    Peter Zijlstra observes:
    
    > Yes, I think its ok to do so.
    >
    > Like pointed out in the other thread, there are two races:
    >
    >  - sched_rt_runtime() going to RUNTIME_INF, and that will be handled
    >    properly by sched_rt_runtime_exceeded()
    >
    >  - sched_rt_runtime() going to !RUNTIME_INF, and here we can miss an
    >    accounting cycle, but I don't think that is something to worry too
    >    much about.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    
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     kernel/sched_rt.c |    4 ++--
     1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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