--- linux-2.5.73/kernel/sched.c	2003-06-30 10:06:40.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.5.73-test/kernel/sched.c	2003-06-30 23:16:42.000000000 +1000
@@ -314,11 +314,23 @@ static inline void enqueue_task(struct t
 static int effective_prio(task_t *p)
 {
 	int bonus, prio;
+	long sleep_period;

 	if (rt_task(p))
 		return p->prio;

-	bonus = MAX_USER_PRIO*PRIO_BONUS_RATIO*p->sleep_avg/MAX_SLEEP_AVG/100 -
+	sleep_period = jiffies - p->avg_start;
+
+	if (!sleep_period)
+		return p->static_prio;
+
+	if (sleep_period > MAX_SLEEP_AVG)
+		sleep_period = MAX_SLEEP_AVG;
+
+	if (p->sleep_avg > sleep_period)
+		sleep_period = p->sleep_avg;
+
+	bonus = MAX_USER_PRIO*PRIO_BONUS_RATIO*p->sleep_avg/sleep_period/100 -
 			MAX_USER_PRIO*PRIO_BONUS_RATIO/100/2;

 	prio = p->static_prio - bonus;
@@ -348,9 +360,19 @@ static inline void activate_task(task_t
 {
 	long sleep_time = jiffies - p->last_run - 1;

-	if (sleep_time > 0) {
-		int sleep_avg;
+	if (p->avg_start == 0){
+			p->avg_start = jiffies;
+			p->sleep_avg = 0;
+			sleep_time = 0;
+	}

+	if (sleep_time >= 0) {
+
+		if (sleep_time > HZ){
+			p->avg_start = jiffies;
+			p->sleep_avg = 0;
+		}
+		else {
 		/*
 		 * This code gives a bonus to interactive tasks.
 		 *
@@ -359,7 +381,7 @@ static inline void activate_task(task_t
 		 * spends sleeping, the higher the average gets - and the
 		 * higher the priority boost gets as well.
 		 */
-		sleep_avg = p->sleep_avg + sleep_time;
+			p->sleep_avg += sleep_time;

 		/*
 		 * 'Overflow' bonus ticks go to the waker as well, so the
@@ -367,12 +389,14 @@ static inline void activate_task(task_t
 		 * boosting tasks that are related to maximum-interactive
 		 * tasks.
 		 */
-		if (sleep_avg > MAX_SLEEP_AVG)
-			sleep_avg = MAX_SLEEP_AVG;
-		if (p->sleep_avg != sleep_avg) {
-			p->sleep_avg = sleep_avg;
-			p->prio = effective_prio(p);
+			if (p->sleep_avg > MAX_SLEEP_AVG * 12/10)
+				p->sleep_avg = MAX_SLEEP_AVG * 11/10;
+		}
+		if (unlikely(p->avg_start > jiffies)){
+			p->avg_start = jiffies;
+			p->sleep_avg = 0;
 		}
+		p->prio = effective_prio(p);
 	}
 	__activate_task(p, rq);
 }
@@ -549,8 +573,6 @@ void wake_up_forked_process(task_t * p)
 	 * and children as well, to keep max-interactive tasks
 	 * from forking tasks that are max-interactive.
 	 */
-	current->sleep_avg = current->sleep_avg * PARENT_PENALTY / 100;
-	p->sleep_avg = p->sleep_avg * CHILD_PENALTY / 100;
 	p->prio = effective_prio(p);
 	set_task_cpu(p, smp_processor_id());

@@ -586,13 +608,6 @@ void sched_exit(task_t * p)
 			p->parent->time_slice = MAX_TIMESLICE;
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
-	/*
-	 * If the child was a (relative-) CPU hog then decrease
-	 * the sleep_avg of the parent as well.
-	 */
-	if (p->sleep_avg < p->parent->sleep_avg)
-		p->parent->sleep_avg = (p->parent->sleep_avg * EXIT_WEIGHT +
-			p->sleep_avg) / (EXIT_WEIGHT + 1);
 }

 /**
--- linux-2.5.73/kernel/fork.c	2003-06-30 10:06:40.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.5.73-test/kernel/fork.c	2003-06-30 23:06:26.000000000 +1000
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigne
 	p->array = NULL;
 	p->lock_depth = -1;		/* -1 = no lock */
 	p->start_time = get_jiffies_64();
+	p->avg_start = 0;
 	p->security = NULL;

 	retval = -ENOMEM;
--- linux-2.5.73/include/linux/sched.h	2003-06-30 10:06:40.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.5.73-test/include/linux/sched.h	2003-06-30 13:23:46.000000000 +1000
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	prio_array_t *array;

 	unsigned long sleep_avg;
+	unsigned long avg_start;
 	unsigned long last_run;

 	unsigned long policy;