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    SubjectRe: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.12-rc1-V0.7.41-07

    * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

    > This way when process C tries to get the lock again, it sees that it's
    > owned, but B hasn't executed yet. So it would be safe for C to take
    > the lock back from B, that is if C is greater priority than B,
    > otherwise it would act the same.

    agreed. In particular this would be a nice optimization for cases where
    tasks are delayed for a longer time due to CPU congestion (e.g. lots of
    tasks on the same SCHED_FIFO priority). So if a higher prio task comes
    along while the

    > If you agree with this approach, I would be willing to write a patch
    > for you.

    yeah - please do.

    Ingo
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