1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 8d33843cb2c4..b0b6ea4ed674 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -1290,20 +1290,23 @@ static void pre_schedule_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
                 pull_rt_task(rq);
 }
 
+/*
+ * assumes rq->lock is held
+ */
+static int needs_post_schedule_rt(struct rq *rq)
+{
+        return rq->rt.overloaded ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 static void post_schedule_rt(struct rq *rq)
 {
         /*
-         * If we have more than one rt_task queued, then
-         * see if we can push the other rt_tasks off to other CPUS.
-         * Note we may release the rq lock, and since
-         * the lock was owned by prev, we need to release it
-         * first via finish_lock_switch and then reaquire it here.
+         * This is only called if needs_post_schedule_rt() indicates that
+         * we need to push tasks away
          */
-        if (unlikely(rq->rt.overloaded)) {
-                spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
-                push_rt_tasks(rq);
-                spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
-        }
+        spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
+        push_rt_tasks(rq);
+        spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1557,6 +1560,7 @@ static const struct sched_class rt_sched_class = {
         .rq_online              = rq_online_rt,
         .rq_offline             = rq_offline_rt,
         .pre_schedule           = pre_schedule_rt,
+        .needs_post_schedule    = needs_post_schedule_rt,
         .post_schedule          = post_schedule_rt,
         .task_wake_up           = task_wake_up_rt,
         .switched_from          = switched_from_rt,