Subject: spu sched: ensure preempted threads are put back on the runqueue, part2 From: Christoph Hellwig To not lose a spu thread we need to make sure it always gets put back on the runqueue. In find_victim aswell as in the scheduler tick as done in the previous patch. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Index: linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c +++ linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c @@ -391,6 +391,12 @@ static struct spu *find_victim(struct sp } spu_unbind_context(spu, victim); mutex_unlock(&victim->state_mutex); + /* + * We need to break out of the wait loop in spu_run + * manually to ensure this context gets put on the + * runqueue again ASAP. + */ + wake_up(&victim->stop_wq); return spu; } }