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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 589e55a4221..7b371931114 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -700,14 +700,19 @@ static int recalc_task_prio(task_t *p, unsigned long long now) if (likely(sleep_time > 0)) { /* * User tasks that sleep a long time are categorised as - * idle and will get just interactive status to stay active & - * prevent them suddenly becoming cpu hogs and starving - * other processes. + * idle. They will only have their sleep_avg increased to a + * level that makes them just interactive priority to stay + * active yet prevent them suddenly becoming cpu hogs and + * starving other processes. */ if (p->mm && p->sleep_type != SLEEP_NONINTERACTIVE && sleep_time > INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p)) { - p->sleep_avg = JIFFIES_TO_NS(MAX_SLEEP_AVG - - DEF_TIMESLICE); + unsigned long ceiling; + + ceiling = JIFFIES_TO_NS(MAX_SLEEP_AVG - + DEF_TIMESLICE); + if (p->sleep_avg < ceiling) + p->sleep_avg = ceiling; } else { /* * Tasks waking from uninterruptible sleep are |