Merge tag 'v4.6-rc7' into patchwork

Linux 4.6-rc7

* tag 'v4.6-rc7': (185 commits)
  Linux 4.6-rc7
  parisc: fix a bug when syscall number of tracee is __NR_Linux_syscalls
  x86/tsc: Read all ratio bits from MSR_PLATFORM_INFO
  mailmap: add John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
  byteswap: try to avoid __builtin_constant_p gcc bug
  lib/stackdepot: avoid to return 0 handle
  mm: fix kcompactd hang during memory offlining
  modpost: fix module autoloading for OF devices with generic compatible property
  proc: prevent accessing /proc/<PID>/environ until it's ready
  mm/zswap: provide unique zpool name
  mm: thp: kvm: fix memory corruption in KVM with THP enabled
  MAINTAINERS: fix Rajendra Nayak's address
  mm, cma: prevent nr_isolated_* counters from going negative
  mm: update min_free_kbytes from khugepaged after core initialization
  huge pagecache: mmap_sem is unlocked when truncation splits pmd
  rapidio/mport_cdev: fix uapi type definitions
  mm: memcontrol: let v2 cgroups follow changes in system swappiness
  mm: thp: correct split_huge_pages file permission
  maintainers: update rmk's email address(es)
  writeback: Fix performance regression in wb_over_bg_thresh()
  ...

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 8b489fcac37b..d1f7149f8704 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -596,17 +596,8 @@ bool sched_can_stop_tick(struct rq *rq)
 		return false;
 
 	/*
-	 * FIFO realtime policy runs the highest priority task (after DEADLINE).
-	 * Other runnable tasks are of a lower priority. The scheduler tick
-	 * isn't needed.
-	 */
-	fifo_nr_running = rq->rt.rt_nr_running - rq->rt.rr_nr_running;
-	if (fifo_nr_running)
-		return true;
-
-	/*
-	 * Round-robin realtime tasks time slice with other tasks at the same
-	 * realtime priority.
+	 * If there are more than one RR tasks, we need the tick to effect the
+	 * actual RR behaviour.
 	 */
 	if (rq->rt.rr_nr_running) {
 		if (rq->rt.rr_nr_running == 1)
@@ -615,8 +606,20 @@ bool sched_can_stop_tick(struct rq *rq)
 			return false;
 	}
 
-	/* Normal multitasking need periodic preemption checks */
-	if (rq->cfs.nr_running > 1)
+	/*
+	 * If there's no RR tasks, but FIFO tasks, we can skip the tick, no
+	 * forced preemption between FIFO tasks.
+	 */
+	fifo_nr_running = rq->rt.rt_nr_running - rq->rt.rr_nr_running;
+	if (fifo_nr_running)
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there are no DL,RR/FIFO tasks, there must only be CFS tasks left;
+	 * if there's more than one we need the tick for involuntary
+	 * preemption.
+	 */
+	if (rq->nr_running > 1)
 		return false;
 
 	return true;