Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  sched: Fix rebalance interval calculation
  sched, doc: Beef up load balancing description
  sched: Leave sched_setscheduler() earlier if possible, do not disturb SCHED_FIFO tasks

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index f592ce6f8616..a8845516ace6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5011,6 +5011,17 @@ recheck:
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * If not changing anything there's no need to proceed further:
+         */
+        if (unlikely(policy == p->policy && (!rt_policy(policy) ||
+                        param->sched_priority == p->rt_priority))) {
+
+                __task_rq_unlock(rq);
+                raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
         if (user) {
                 /*