1 files changed, 11 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 736fb8fd8977..c2730a5a4f05 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -479,26 +479,21 @@ static void dequeue_rt_entity(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se)
 /*
  * Because the prio of an upper entry depends on the lower
  * entries, we must remove entries top - down.
- *
- * XXX: O(1/2 h^2) because we can only walk up, not down the chain.
  */
 static void dequeue_rt_stack(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-        struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, *top_se;
+        struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, *back = NULL;
 
-        /*
-         * dequeue all, top - down.
-         */
-        do {
-                rt_se = &p->rt;
-                top_se = NULL;
-                for_each_sched_rt_entity(rt_se) {
-                        if (on_rt_rq(rt_se))
-                                top_se = rt_se;
-                }
-                if (top_se)
-                        dequeue_rt_entity(top_se);
-        } while (top_se);
+        rt_se = &p->rt;
+        for_each_sched_rt_entity(rt_se) {
+                rt_se->back = back;
+                back = rt_se;
+        }
+
+        for (rt_se = back; rt_se; rt_se = rt_se->back) {
+                if (on_rt_rq(rt_se))
+                        dequeue_rt_entity(rt_se);
+        }
 }
 
 /*