Re: [patch] sched: fix set_task_cpu() and provide an unlockedrunqueue variant

[Mike Galbraith]

On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 02:01 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 19:27 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > I've got to ask, what's that barrier for?
> 
> It's a leftover from frustrated bug hunting.

To be more specific, I put it there to ensure that min_vruntimes are
stable.  I figured that if try_to_wake_up() needs a barrier to look at
task->state, I had better do the same for the runqueues.

	-Mike

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