Re: static scheduling - SCHED_IDLE?

[Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>]

Rik van Riel wrote:
> > Just raise the priority whenever the task's in kernel mode.  Problem
> > solved.
> 
> Remember that a task schedules itself out at the timer interrupt,
> in kernel/sched.c::schedule() ... which is kernel mode ;)

Even nicer.  On x86 change this:

reschedule:
	call SYMBOL_NAME(schedule)    # test
	jmp ret_from_sys_call

to this:

reschedule:
	orl $PF_HONOUR_LOW_PRIORITY,flags(%ebx)	
	call SYMBOL_NAME(schedule)    # test
	andl $~PF_HONOUR_LOW_PRIORITY,flags(%ebx)
	jmp ret_from_sys_call

(You get the idea; this isn't the best implementation).

I think this code can only be reached in two ways:

  1. An interrupt, exception, page fault etc. that is returning to user space.
  2. A system call, whatever space it's from.

In both these cases, no critical locks will be held, right?

-- Jamie