rcu: further lower priority in rcu_yield() Although rcu_yield() dropped from real-time to normal priority, there is always the possibility that the competing tasks have been niced. So nice to 19 in rcu_yield() to help ensure that other tasks have a better chance of running. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index 2c07adb..fe85600 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@ mod_timer(&yield_timer, jiffies + 2); sp.sched_priority = 0; sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &sp); + set_user_nice(current, 19); schedule(); sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO; sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);