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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched/sched.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/sched.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h index e085cffb8004..7111e3a1eeb4 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h @@ -1700,12 +1700,15 @@ struct sched_class { void (*check_preempt_curr)(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags); /* - * It is the responsibility of the pick_next_task() method that will - * return the next task to call put_prev_task() on the @prev task or - * something equivalent. + * Both @prev and @rf are optional and may be NULL, in which case the + * caller must already have invoked put_prev_task(rq, prev, rf). * - * May return RETRY_TASK when it finds a higher prio class has runnable - * tasks. + * Otherwise it is the responsibility of the pick_next_task() to call + * put_prev_task() on the @prev task or something equivalent, IFF it + * returns a next task. + * + * In that case (@rf != NULL) it may return RETRY_TASK when it finds a + * higher prio class has runnable tasks. */ struct task_struct * (*pick_next_task)(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, |