Re: real-time tasks in kernel 2.6

[Rob Love <rml@tech9.net>]

On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 23:40, shinny@j02.itscom.net wrote:

> I want one confirmation.
> I've learned the scheduler of the linux kernel 2.6 recently and getting to understand gradually.
> But I got an unclear thing about that again.
> In my view, all the tasks including real-time tasks are managed in the same runqueue, active & expired.
> However I've read on a certain reference, from the kernel 2.6, real-time tasks are managaed the other global queue apart from the active & expired.
> Which view is correct?

They are held in the same runqueues as all other tasks.

In early versions of the O(1) scheduler, real-time tasks were kept in a
central global RT queue.  This is no longer true, but perhaps it is the
source of your confusion.

	Rob Love


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