Subject: spu sched: ensure preempted threads are put back on the runqueue
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

To not lose a spu thread we need to make sure it always gets put back
on the runqueue.  

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>



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
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void spu_sched_tick(struct work_struct *
 	struct spu_context *ctx =
 		container_of(work, struct spu_context, sched_work.work);
 	struct spu *spu;
-	int rearm = 1;
+	int preempted = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * If this context is beeing stopped avoid rescheduling from the
@@ -113,12 +113,19 @@ void spu_sched_tick(struct work_struct *
 		int best = sched_find_first_bit(spu_prio->bitmap);
 		if (best <= ctx->prio) {
 			spu_deactivate(ctx);
-			rearm = 0;
+			preempted = 1;
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->state_mutex);
 
-	if (rearm)
+	if (preempted) {
+		/*
+		 * 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(&ctx->stop_wq);
+	} else
 		spu_start_tick(ctx);
 }