Re: [patch 2.6.16-mm2 3/9] sched throttle tree extract - remove IO priority barrier

[Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>]

This patch removes the barrier preventing IO bound tasks from competing
against highly interactive tasks for cpu time.  This barrier has been
demonstrated to cause starvation of IO bound tasks, and in testing, I've
found it to now be unnecessary in any case.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>

--- linux-2.6.16-mm2/kernel/sched.c-2.fix_uninterruptible	2006-03-31 13:34:04.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.16-mm2/kernel/sched.c	2006-04-01 08:57:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -880,21 +880,6 @@ static int recalc_task_prio(task_t *p, u
 					p->sleep_avg = ceiling;
 		} else {
 			/*
-			 * Tasks waking from uninterruptible sleep are
-			 * limited in their sleep_avg rise as they
-			 * are likely to be waiting on I/O
-			 */
-			if (p->sleep_type == SLEEP_NONINTERACTIVE && p->mm) {
-				if (p->sleep_avg >= INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p))
-					sleep_time = 0;
-				else if (p->sleep_avg + sleep_time >=
-						INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p)) {
-					p->sleep_avg = INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p);
-					sleep_time = 0;
-				}
-			}
-
-			/*
 			 * This code gives a bonus to interactive tasks.
 			 *
 			 * The boost works by updating the 'average sleep time'


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