Real time tasks' effect on prio_bias should be based on their real time priority level instead of their static_prio which is based on nice. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas Index: linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2.orig/kernel/sched.c 2005-05-23 19:23:10.000000000 +1000 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2/kernel/sched.c 2005-05-23 19:59:45.000000000 +1000 @@ -659,21 +659,21 @@ static int effective_prio(task_t *p) } #ifdef CONFIG_SMP -static inline void inc_prio_bias(runqueue_t *rq, int static_prio) +static inline void inc_prio_bias(runqueue_t *rq, int prio) { - rq->prio_bias += MAX_PRIO - static_prio; + rq->prio_bias += MAX_PRIO - prio; } -static inline void dec_prio_bias(runqueue_t *rq, int static_prio) +static inline void dec_prio_bias(runqueue_t *rq, int prio) { - rq->prio_bias -= MAX_PRIO - static_prio; + rq->prio_bias -= MAX_PRIO - prio; } #else -static inline void inc_prio_bias(runqueue_t *rq, int static_prio) +static inline void inc_prio_bias(runqueue_t *rq, int prio) { } -static inline void dec_prio_bias(runqueue_t *rq, int static_prio) +static inline void dec_prio_bias(runqueue_t *rq, int prio) { } #endif @@ -681,13 +681,19 @@ static inline void dec_prio_bias(runqueu static inline void inc_nr_running(task_t *p, runqueue_t *rq) { rq->nr_running++; - inc_prio_bias(rq, p->static_prio); + if (rt_task(p)) + inc_prio_bias(rq, p->prio); + else + inc_prio_bias(rq, p->static_prio); } static inline void dec_nr_running(task_t *p, runqueue_t *rq) { rq->nr_running--; - dec_prio_bias(rq, p->static_prio); + if (rt_task(p)) + dec_prio_bias(rq, p->prio); + else + dec_prio_bias(rq, p->static_prio); } /*