1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index d10c80ebb67..6a02b38ab65 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -960,18 +960,18 @@ select_task_rq_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int flags)
 	 * runqueue. Otherwise simply start this RT task
 	 * on its current runqueue.
 	 *
-	 * We want to avoid overloading runqueues. Even if
-	 * the RT task is of higher priority than the current RT task.
-	 * RT tasks behave differently than other tasks. If
-	 * one gets preempted, we try to push it off to another queue.
-	 * So trying to keep a preempting RT task on the same
-	 * cache hot CPU will force the running RT task to
-	 * a cold CPU. So we waste all the cache for the lower
-	 * RT task in hopes of saving some of a RT task
-	 * that is just being woken and probably will have
-	 * cold cache anyway.
+	 * We want to avoid overloading runqueues. If the woken
+	 * task is a higher priority, then it will stay on this CPU
+	 * and the lower prio task should be moved to another CPU.
+	 * Even though this will probably make the lower prio task
+	 * lose its cache, we do not want to bounce a higher task
+	 * around just because it gave up its CPU, perhaps for a
+	 * lock?
+	 *
+	 * For equal prio tasks, we just let the scheduler sort it out.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(rt_task(rq->curr)) &&
+	    rq->curr->prio < p->prio &&
 	    (p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed > 1)) {
 		int cpu = find_lowest_rq(p);
 
@@ -1491,6 +1491,8 @@ static void task_woken_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 	if (!task_running(rq, p) &&
 	    !test_tsk_need_resched(rq->curr) &&
 	    has_pushable_tasks(rq) &&
+	    rt_task(rq->curr) &&
+	    rq->curr->prio < p->prio &&
 	    p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed > 1)
 		push_rt_tasks(rq);
 }