Index: linux-2.6.9-rc3/fs/proc/array.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc3.orig/fs/proc/array.c	2004-10-04 16:52:08.574162192 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc3/fs/proc/array.c	2004-10-04 16:52:21.007272072 +1000
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static inline char * task_state(struct t
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	buffer += sprintf(buffer,
 		"State:\t%s\n"
-		"SleepAVG:\t%lu%%\n"
+		"Burst:\t%d\n"
 		"Tgid:\t%d\n"
 		"Pid:\t%d\n"
 		"PPid:\t%d\n"
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline char * task_state(struct t
 		"Uid:\t%d\t%d\t%d\t%d\n"
 		"Gid:\t%d\t%d\t%d\t%d\n",
 		get_task_state(p),
-		(p->sleep_avg/1024)*100/(1020000000/1024),
+		p->burst,
 	       	p->tgid,
 		p->pid, p->pid ? p->real_parent->pid : 0,
 		p->pid && p->ptrace ? p->parent->pid : 0,
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc3/include/linux/sched.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc3.orig/include/linux/sched.h	2004-10-04 16:52:08.574162192 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc3/include/linux/sched.h	2004-10-04 16:52:21.007272072 +1000
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ extern void show_stack(struct task_struc
 
 void io_schedule(void);
 long io_schedule_timeout(long timeout);
+extern int sched_interactive, sched_compute;
 
 extern void cpu_init (void);
 extern void trap_init(void);
@@ -356,7 +357,6 @@ extern struct user_struct *find_user(uid
 extern struct user_struct root_user;
 #define INIT_USER (&root_user)
 
-typedef struct prio_array prio_array_t;
 struct backing_dev_info;
 struct reclaim_state;
 
@@ -445,16 +445,13 @@ struct task_struct {
 
 	int prio, static_prio;
 	struct list_head run_list;
-	prio_array_t *array;
-
-	unsigned long sleep_avg;
-	long interactive_credit;
 	unsigned long long timestamp;
-	int activated;
+	unsigned long runtime, totalrun;
+	unsigned int burst;
 
 	unsigned long policy;
 	cpumask_t cpus_allowed;
-	unsigned int time_slice, first_time_slice;
+	unsigned long slice, time_slice;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
 	struct sched_info sched_info;
@@ -621,6 +618,9 @@ do { if (atomic_dec_and_test(&(tsk)->usa
 #define PF_SWAPOFF	0x00080000	/* I am in swapoff */
 #define PF_LESS_THROTTLE 0x00100000	/* Throttle me less: I clean memory */
 #define PF_SYNCWRITE	0x00200000	/* I am doing a sync write */
+#define PF_FORKED	0x00400000	/* I have just forked */
+#define PF_YIELDED	0x00800000	/* I have just yielded */
+#define PF_UISLEEP	0x01000000	/* Uninterruptible sleep */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern int set_cpus_allowed(task_t *p, cpumask_t new_mask);
@@ -705,7 +705,6 @@ extern void FASTCALL(wake_up_new_task(st
  static inline void kick_process(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
 #endif
 extern void FASTCALL(sched_fork(task_t * p));
-extern void FASTCALL(sched_exit(task_t * p));
 
 extern int in_group_p(gid_t);
 extern int in_egroup_p(gid_t);
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc3/include/linux/sysctl.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc3.orig/include/linux/sysctl.h	2004-10-04 16:52:08.574162192 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc3/include/linux/sysctl.h	2004-10-04 16:52:21.008271920 +1000
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ enum
 	KERN_SPARC_SCONS_PWROFF=64, /* int: serial console power-off halt */
 	KERN_HZ_TIMER=65,	/* int: hz timer on or off */
 	KERN_UNKNOWN_NMI_PANIC=66, /* int: unknown nmi panic flag */
+	KERN_INTERACTIVE=67,	/* interactive tasks can have cpu bursts */
+	KERN_COMPUTE=68,	/* adjust timeslices for a compute server */
 };
 
 
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc3/init/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc3.orig/init/main.c	2004-10-04 16:52:08.574162192 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc3/init/main.c	2004-10-04 16:52:21.008271920 +1000
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ static inline void fixup_cpu_present_map
 static int init(void * unused)
 {
 	lock_kernel();
+	current->prio = MAX_PRIO - 1;
 	/*
 	 * Tell the world that we're going to be the grim
 	 * reaper of innocent orphaned children.
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc3/kernel/exit.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc3.orig/kernel/exit.c	2004-10-04 16:52:08.575162040 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc3/kernel/exit.c	2004-10-04 16:52:21.009271768 +1000
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ repeat: 
 		zap_leader = (leader->exit_signal == -1);
 	}
 
-	sched_exit(p);
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&p->proc_lock);
 	proc_pid_flush(proc_dentry);
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc3/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc3.orig/kernel/sched.c	2004-10-04 16:52:08.597158696 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc3/kernel/sched.c	2004-10-04 16:52:21.688168560 +1000
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  *		by Davide Libenzi, preemptible kernel bits by Robert Love.
  *  2003-09-03	Interactivity tuning by Con Kolivas.
  *  2004-04-02	Scheduler domains code by Nick Piggin
+ *  2004-09-13	New staircase scheduling policy by Con Kolivas with help
+ *		from William Lee Irwin III, Zwane Mwaikambo & Peter Williams.
  */
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -47,12 +49,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-#define cpu_to_node_mask(cpu) node_to_cpumask(cpu_to_node(cpu))
-#else
-#define cpu_to_node_mask(cpu) (cpu_online_map)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Convert user-nice values [ -20 ... 0 ... 19 ]
  * to static priority [ MAX_RT_PRIO..MAX_PRIO-1 ],
@@ -72,114 +68,22 @@
 #define MAX_USER_PRIO		(USER_PRIO(MAX_PRIO))
 
 /*
- * Some helpers for converting nanosecond timing to jiffy resolution
+ * Some helpers for time to/from microsecond. (>> 10) approximates (/ 1000)
+ * to avoid 64 bit division.
  */
-#define NS_TO_JIFFIES(TIME)	((TIME) / (1000000000 / HZ))
-#define JIFFIES_TO_NS(TIME)	((TIME) * (1000000000 / HZ))
-
-/*
- * These are the 'tuning knobs' of the scheduler:
- *
- * Minimum timeslice is 5 msecs (or 1 jiffy, whichever is larger),
- * default timeslice is 100 msecs, maximum timeslice is 800 msecs.
- * Timeslices get refilled after they expire.
- */
-#define MIN_TIMESLICE		max(5 * HZ / 1000, 1)
-#define DEF_TIMESLICE		(100 * HZ / 1000)
-#define ON_RUNQUEUE_WEIGHT	 30
-#define CHILD_PENALTY		 95
-#define PARENT_PENALTY		100
-#define EXIT_WEIGHT		  3
-#define PRIO_BONUS_RATIO	 25
-#define MAX_BONUS		(MAX_USER_PRIO * PRIO_BONUS_RATIO / 100)
-#define INTERACTIVE_DELTA	  2
-#define MAX_SLEEP_AVG		(DEF_TIMESLICE * MAX_BONUS)
-#define STARVATION_LIMIT	(MAX_SLEEP_AVG)
-#define NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG	(JIFFIES_TO_NS(MAX_SLEEP_AVG))
-#define CREDIT_LIMIT		100
-
-/*
- * If a task is 'interactive' then we reinsert it in the active
- * array after it has expired its current timeslice. (it will not
- * continue to run immediately, it will still roundrobin with
- * other interactive tasks.)
- *
- * This part scales the interactivity limit depending on niceness.
- *
- * We scale it linearly, offset by the INTERACTIVE_DELTA delta.
- * Here are a few examples of different nice levels:
- *
- *  TASK_INTERACTIVE(-20): [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]
- *  TASK_INTERACTIVE(-10): [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]
- *  TASK_INTERACTIVE(  0): [1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
- *  TASK_INTERACTIVE( 10): [1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
- *  TASK_INTERACTIVE( 19): [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
- *
- * (the X axis represents the possible -5 ... 0 ... +5 dynamic
- *  priority range a task can explore, a value of '1' means the
- *  task is rated interactive.)
- *
- * Ie. nice +19 tasks can never get 'interactive' enough to be
- * reinserted into the active array. And only heavily CPU-hog nice -20
- * tasks will be expired. Default nice 0 tasks are somewhere between,
- * it takes some effort for them to get interactive, but it's not
- * too hard.
- */
-
-#define CURRENT_BONUS(p) \
-	(NS_TO_JIFFIES((p)->sleep_avg) * MAX_BONUS / \
-		MAX_SLEEP_AVG)
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#define TIMESLICE_GRANULARITY(p)	(MIN_TIMESLICE * \
-		(1 << (((MAX_BONUS - CURRENT_BONUS(p)) ? : 1) - 1)) * \
-			num_online_cpus())
-#else
-#define TIMESLICE_GRANULARITY(p)	(MIN_TIMESLICE * \
-		(1 << (((MAX_BONUS - CURRENT_BONUS(p)) ? : 1) - 1)))
-#endif
-
-#define SCALE(v1,v1_max,v2_max) \
-	(v1) * (v2_max) / (v1_max)
-
-#define DELTA(p) \
-	(SCALE(TASK_NICE(p), 40, MAX_BONUS) + INTERACTIVE_DELTA)
-
-#define TASK_INTERACTIVE(p) \
-	((p)->prio <= (p)->static_prio - DELTA(p))
-
-#define INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p) \
-	(JIFFIES_TO_NS(MAX_SLEEP_AVG * \
-		(MAX_BONUS / 2 + DELTA((p)) + 1) / MAX_BONUS - 1))
-
-#define HIGH_CREDIT(p) \
-	((p)->interactive_credit > CREDIT_LIMIT)
-
-#define LOW_CREDIT(p) \
-	((p)->interactive_credit < -CREDIT_LIMIT)
-
-#define TASK_PREEMPTS_CURR(p, rq) \
-	((p)->prio < (rq)->curr->prio)
-
-/*
- * task_timeslice() scales user-nice values [ -20 ... 0 ... 19 ]
- * to time slice values: [800ms ... 100ms ... 5ms]
- *
- * The higher a thread's priority, the bigger timeslices
- * it gets during one round of execution. But even the lowest
- * priority thread gets MIN_TIMESLICE worth of execution time.
+#define NS_TO_US(TIME)		((TIME) >> 10)
+#define JIFFIES_TO_US(TIME)	((TIME) * (1000000 / HZ))
+#define US_TO_JIFFIES(TIME)	((TIME) / (1000000 / HZ))
+
+int sched_compute = 0;
+/* 
+ *This is the time all tasks within the same priority round robin.
+ *compute setting is reserved for dedicated computational scheduling
+ *and has ten times larger intervals.
  */
+#define _RR_INTERVAL		(10000)		/* microseconds */
+#define RR_INTERVAL()		(_RR_INTERVAL * (1 + 9 * sched_compute))
 
-#define SCALE_PRIO(x, prio) \
-	max(x * (MAX_PRIO - prio) / (MAX_USER_PRIO/2), MIN_TIMESLICE)
-
-static unsigned int task_timeslice(task_t *p)
-{
-	if (p->static_prio < NICE_TO_PRIO(0))
-		return SCALE_PRIO(DEF_TIMESLICE*4, p->static_prio);
-	else
-		return SCALE_PRIO(DEF_TIMESLICE, p->static_prio);
-}
 #define task_hot(p, now, sd) ((now) - (p)->timestamp < (sd)->cache_hot_time)
 
 enum idle_type
@@ -196,16 +100,8 @@ struct sched_domain;
  * These are the runqueue data structures:
  */
 
-#define BITMAP_SIZE ((((MAX_PRIO+1+7)/8)+sizeof(long)-1)/sizeof(long))
-
 typedef struct runqueue runqueue_t;
 
-struct prio_array {
-	unsigned int nr_active;
-	unsigned long bitmap[BITMAP_SIZE];
-	struct list_head queue[MAX_PRIO];
-};
-
 /*
  * This is the main, per-CPU runqueue data structure.
  *
@@ -225,12 +121,14 @@ struct runqueue {
 	unsigned long cpu_load;
 #endif
 	unsigned long long nr_switches;
-	unsigned long expired_timestamp, nr_uninterruptible;
+	unsigned long nr_uninterruptible;
 	unsigned long long timestamp_last_tick;
+	unsigned long task_expires;
+	unsigned int cache_ticks, preempted;
 	task_t *curr, *idle;
 	struct mm_struct *prev_mm;
-	prio_array_t *active, *expired, arrays[2];
-	int best_expired_prio;
+	unsigned long bitmap[BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_PRIO+1)];
+	struct list_head queue[MAX_PRIO + 1];
 	atomic_t nr_iowait;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -688,24 +586,26 @@ static inline void sched_info_switch(tas
 #define sched_info_switch(t, next)	do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS */
 
+static inline int task_queued(task_t *task)
+{
+	return !list_empty(&task->run_list);
+}
+
 /*
- * Adding/removing a task to/from a priority array:
+ * Adding/removing a task to/from a runqueue:
  */
-static void dequeue_task(struct task_struct *p, prio_array_t *array)
+static void dequeue_task(struct task_struct *p, runqueue_t *rq)
 {
-	array->nr_active--;
-	list_del(&p->run_list);
-	if (list_empty(array->queue + p->prio))
-		__clear_bit(p->prio, array->bitmap);
+	list_del_init(&p->run_list);
+	if (list_empty(rq->queue + p->prio))
+		__clear_bit(p->prio, rq->bitmap);
 }
 
-static void enqueue_task(struct task_struct *p, prio_array_t *array)
+static void enqueue_task(struct task_struct *p, runqueue_t *rq)
 {
+	list_add_tail(&p->run_list, rq->queue + p->prio);
+	__set_bit(p->prio, rq->bitmap);
 	sched_info_queued(p);
-	list_add_tail(&p->run_list, array->queue + p->prio);
-	__set_bit(p->prio, array->bitmap);
-	array->nr_active++;
-	p->array = array;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -713,43 +613,10 @@ static void enqueue_task(struct task_str
  * remote queue so we want these tasks to show up at the head of the
  * local queue:
  */
-static inline void enqueue_task_head(struct task_struct *p, prio_array_t *array)
-{
-	list_add(&p->run_list, array->queue + p->prio);
-	__set_bit(p->prio, array->bitmap);
-	array->nr_active++;
-	p->array = array;
-}
-
-/*
- * effective_prio - return the priority that is based on the static
- * priority but is modified by bonuses/penalties.
- *
- * We scale the actual sleep average [0 .... MAX_SLEEP_AVG]
- * into the -5 ... 0 ... +5 bonus/penalty range.
- *
- * We use 25% of the full 0...39 priority range so that:
- *
- * 1) nice +19 interactive tasks do not preempt nice 0 CPU hogs.
- * 2) nice -20 CPU hogs do not get preempted by nice 0 tasks.
- *
- * Both properties are important to certain workloads.
- */
-static int effective_prio(task_t *p)
+static void enqueue_task_head(struct task_struct *p, runqueue_t *rq)
 {
-	int bonus, prio;
-
-	if (rt_task(p))
-		return p->prio;
-
-	bonus = CURRENT_BONUS(p) - MAX_BONUS / 2;
-
-	prio = p->static_prio - bonus;
-	if (prio < MAX_RT_PRIO)
-		prio = MAX_RT_PRIO;
-	if (prio > MAX_PRIO-1)
-		prio = MAX_PRIO-1;
-	return prio;
+	list_add(&p->run_list, rq->queue + p->prio);
+	__set_bit(p->prio, rq->bitmap);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -757,7 +624,7 @@ static int effective_prio(task_t *p)
  */
 static inline void __activate_task(task_t *p, runqueue_t *rq)
 {
-	enqueue_task(p, rq->active);
+	enqueue_task(p, rq);
 	rq->nr_running++;
 }
 
@@ -766,82 +633,130 @@ static inline void __activate_task(task_
  */
 static inline void __activate_idle_task(task_t *p, runqueue_t *rq)
 {
-	enqueue_task_head(p, rq->active);
+	enqueue_task_head(p, rq);
 	rq->nr_running++;
 }
 
-static void recalc_task_prio(task_t *p, unsigned long long now)
+/*
+ * burst - extra intervals an interactive task can run for at best priority
+ * instead of descending priorities.
+ */
+static unsigned int burst(task_t *p)
 {
-	unsigned long long __sleep_time = now - p->timestamp;
-	unsigned long sleep_time;
+	if (likely(!rt_task(p))) {
+		unsigned int task_user_prio = TASK_USER_PRIO(p);
+		return 39 - task_user_prio;
+	} else
+		return p->burst;
+}
 
-	if (__sleep_time > NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG)
-		sleep_time = NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG;
-	else
-		sleep_time = (unsigned long)__sleep_time;
+static void inc_burst(task_t *p)
+{
+	unsigned int best_burst;
+	best_burst = burst(p);
+	if (p->burst < best_burst)
+		p->burst++;
+}
 
-	if (likely(sleep_time > 0)) {
-		/*
-		 * User tasks that sleep a long time are categorised as
-		 * idle and will get just interactive status to stay active &
-		 * prevent them suddenly becoming cpu hogs and starving
-		 * other processes.
-		 */
-		if (p->mm && p->activated != -1 &&
-			sleep_time > INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p)) {
-				p->sleep_avg = JIFFIES_TO_NS(MAX_SLEEP_AVG -
-						DEF_TIMESLICE);
-				if (!HIGH_CREDIT(p))
-					p->interactive_credit++;
-		} else {
-			/*
-			 * The lower the sleep avg a task has the more
-			 * rapidly it will rise with sleep time.
-			 */
-			sleep_time *= (MAX_BONUS - CURRENT_BONUS(p)) ? : 1;
+static void dec_burst(task_t *p)
+{
+	if (p->burst)
+		p->burst--;
+}
 
-			/*
-			 * Tasks with low interactive_credit are limited to
-			 * one timeslice worth of sleep avg bonus.
-			 */
-			if (LOW_CREDIT(p) &&
-			    sleep_time > JIFFIES_TO_NS(task_timeslice(p)))
-				sleep_time = JIFFIES_TO_NS(task_timeslice(p));
+/*
+ * slice - the duration a task runs before getting requeued at it's best
+ * priority and has it's burst decremented.
+ */
+static unsigned long slice(task_t *p)
+{
+	unsigned long slice = RR_INTERVAL();
+	if (likely(!rt_task(p)))
+		slice += burst(p) * RR_INTERVAL();
+	return slice;
+}
 
-			/*
-			 * Non high_credit tasks waking from uninterruptible
-			 * sleep are limited in their sleep_avg rise as they
-			 * are likely to be cpu hogs waiting on I/O
-			 */
-			if (p->activated == -1 && !HIGH_CREDIT(p) && p->mm) {
-				if (p->sleep_avg >= INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p))
-					sleep_time = 0;
-				else if (p->sleep_avg + sleep_time >=
-						INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p)) {
-					p->sleep_avg = INTERACTIVE_SLEEP(p);
-					sleep_time = 0;
-				}
-			}
+/*
+ * sched_interactive - sysctl which allows interactive tasks to have bursts
+ */
+int sched_interactive = 1;
 
-			/*
-			 * This code gives a bonus to interactive tasks.
-			 *
-			 * The boost works by updating the 'average sleep time'
-			 * value here, based on ->timestamp. The more time a
-			 * task spends sleeping, the higher the average gets -
-			 * and the higher the priority boost gets as well.
-			 */
-			p->sleep_avg += sleep_time;
+/*
+ * effective_prio - dynamic priority dependent on burst.
+ * The priority normally decreases by one each RR_INTERVAL.
+ * As the burst increases the priority stays at the top "stair" or
+ * priority for longer.
+ */
+static int effective_prio(task_t *p)
+{
+	int prio;
+	unsigned long full_slice, used_slice, first_slice;
+	unsigned int best_burst;
+	if (rt_task(p))
+		return p->prio;
 
-			if (p->sleep_avg > NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG) {
-				p->sleep_avg = NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG;
-				if (!HIGH_CREDIT(p))
-					p->interactive_credit++;
+	best_burst = burst(p);
+	full_slice = slice(p);
+	used_slice = full_slice - p->slice;
+	if (p->burst > best_burst)
+		p->burst = best_burst;
+	first_slice = RR_INTERVAL();
+	if (sched_interactive && !sched_compute && p->mm)
+		first_slice *= (p->burst + 1);
+	prio = MAX_PRIO - 1 - best_burst;
+
+	if (used_slice < first_slice)
+		return prio;
+	prio += 1 + (used_slice - first_slice) / RR_INTERVAL();
+	if (prio > MAX_PRIO - 1)
+		prio = MAX_PRIO - 1;
+	return prio;
+}
+
+/*
+ * recalc_task_prio - this checks for tasks that run ultra short timeslices
+ * or have just forked a thread/process and make them continue their old
+ * slice instead of starting a new one at high priority.
+ */
+static void recalc_task_prio(task_t *p, unsigned long long now)
+{
+	unsigned long long _sleep_time = now - p->timestamp;
+	unsigned long sleep_time = NS_TO_US(_sleep_time);
+	unsigned long rr = RR_INTERVAL();
+	unsigned int best_burst = burst(p);
+	unsigned long minrun = rr * (p->burst + 1) / (best_burst + 1) ? : 1;
+
+	if (p->flags & PF_FORKED || (p->mm &&
+		(p->runtime + sleep_time < minrun || 
+		((!sched_interactive || sched_compute) && 
+		p->runtime + sleep_time < rr)))) {
+			unsigned long total_run = p->totalrun + p->runtime;
+			p->flags &= ~PF_FORKED;
+			if (p->slice - total_run < 1) {
+				p->totalrun = 0;
+				dec_burst(p);
+			} else {
+				unsigned int intervals = total_run / rr;
+				unsigned long remainder;
+				p->totalrun = total_run;
+				p->slice -= intervals * rr;
+				if (p->slice <= rr) {
+					p->totalrun = 0;
+					dec_burst(p);
+				} else {
+					remainder = p->slice % rr;
+					if (remainder)
+						p->time_slice = remainder;
+				}
 			}
-		}
+	} else {
+		if (p->totalrun > (best_burst - p->burst) * rr)
+			dec_burst(p);
+		else if (!((p->flags & PF_UISLEEP) || p->totalrun))
+			inc_burst(p);
+		p->runtime = 0;
+		p->totalrun = 0;
 	}
-
-	p->prio = effective_prio(p);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -852,9 +767,7 @@ static void recalc_task_prio(task_t *p, 
  */
 static void activate_task(task_t *p, runqueue_t *rq, int local)
 {
-	unsigned long long now;
-
-	now = sched_clock();
+	unsigned long long now = sched_clock();
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	if (!local) {
 		/* Compensate for drifting sched_clock */
@@ -863,33 +776,12 @@ static void activate_task(task_t *p, run
 			+ rq->timestamp_last_tick;
 	}
 #endif
-
+	p->slice = slice(p);
+	p->time_slice = RR_INTERVAL();
 	recalc_task_prio(p, now);
-
-	/*
-	 * This checks to make sure it's not an uninterruptible task
-	 * that is now waking up.
-	 */
-	if (!p->activated) {
-		/*
-		 * Tasks which were woken up by interrupts (ie. hw events)
-		 * are most likely of interactive nature. So we give them
-		 * the credit of extending their sleep time to the period
-		 * of time they spend on the runqueue, waiting for execution
-		 * on a CPU, first time around:
-		 */
-		if (in_interrupt())
-			p->activated = 2;
-		else {
-			/*
-			 * Normal first-time wakeups get a credit too for
-			 * on-runqueue time, but it will be weighted down:
-			 */
-			p->activated = 1;
-		}
-	}
+	p->flags &= ~PF_UISLEEP;
+	p->prio = effective_prio(p);
 	p->timestamp = now;
-
 	__activate_task(p, rq);
 }
 
@@ -899,10 +791,11 @@ static void activate_task(task_t *p, run
 static void deactivate_task(struct task_struct *p, runqueue_t *rq)
 {
 	rq->nr_running--;
-	if (p->state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
+	if (p->state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) {
+		p->flags |= PF_UISLEEP;
 		rq->nr_uninterruptible++;
-	dequeue_task(p, p->array);
-	p->array = NULL;
+	}
+	dequeue_task(p, rq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -943,6 +836,29 @@ inline int task_curr(const task_t *p)
 	return cpu_curr(task_cpu(p)) == p;
 }
 
+/*
+ * cache_delay is the time preemption is delayed in sched_compute mode
+ * and is set to 5*cache_decay_ticks
+ */
+static int cache_delay = 10 * HZ / 1000;
+
+static void preempt(task_t *task, runqueue_t *rq)
+{
+	task_t *curr = rq->curr;
+
+	if (task->prio > curr->prio)
+		return;
+	else if (task->prio == curr->prio && 
+		(task->totalrun || rt_task(curr)))
+			return;
+	else if (sched_compute && rq->cache_ticks < cache_delay &&
+		task->mm && !rt_task(task)) {
+			rq->preempted = 1;
+			return;
+	}
+	resched_task(curr);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 enum request_type {
 	REQ_MOVE_TASK,
@@ -975,7 +891,7 @@ static int migrate_task(task_t *p, int d
 	 * If the task is not on a runqueue (and not running), then
 	 * it is sufficient to simply update the task's cpu field.
 	 */
-	if (!p->array && !task_running(rq, p)) {
+	if (!task_queued(p) && !task_running(rq, p)) {
 		set_task_cpu(p, dest_cpu);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1006,7 +922,7 @@ void wait_task_inactive(task_t * p)
 repeat:
 	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
 	/* Must be off runqueue entirely, not preempted. */
-	if (unlikely(p->array)) {
+	if (unlikely(task_queued(p))) {
 		/* If it's preempted, we yield.  It could be a while. */
 		preempted = !task_running(rq, p);
 		task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
@@ -1136,7 +1052,7 @@ static int try_to_wake_up(task_t * p, un
 	if (!(old_state & state))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (p->array)
+	if (task_queued(p))
 		goto out_running;
 
 	cpu = task_cpu(p);
@@ -1215,7 +1131,7 @@ out_set_cpu:
 		old_state = p->state;
 		if (!(old_state & state))
 			goto out;
-		if (p->array)
+		if (task_queued(p))
 			goto out_running;
 
 		this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -1224,14 +1140,8 @@ out_set_cpu:
 
 out_activate:
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
-	if (old_state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) {
+	if (old_state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
 		rq->nr_uninterruptible--;
-		/*
-		 * Tasks on involuntary sleep don't earn
-		 * sleep_avg beyond just interactive state.
-		 */
-		p->activated = -1;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Sync wakeups (i.e. those types of wakeups where the waker
@@ -1242,10 +1152,8 @@ out_activate:
 	 * to be considered on this CPU.)
 	 */
 	activate_task(p, rq, cpu == this_cpu);
-	if (!sync || cpu != this_cpu) {
-		if (TASK_PREEMPTS_CURR(p, rq))
-			resched_task(rq->curr);
-	}
+	if (!sync || cpu != this_cpu)
+		preempt(p, rq);
 	success = 1;
 
 out_running:
@@ -1288,7 +1196,6 @@ void fastcall sched_fork(task_t *p)
 	 */
 	p->state = TASK_RUNNING;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->run_list);
-	p->array = NULL;
 	spin_lock_init(&p->switch_lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
 	memset(&p->sched_info, 0, sizeof(p->sched_info));
@@ -1302,33 +1209,6 @@ void fastcall sched_fork(task_t *p)
 	 */
 	p->thread_info->preempt_count = 1;
 #endif
-	/*
-	 * Share the timeslice between parent and child, thus the
-	 * total amount of pending timeslices in the system doesn't change,
-	 * resulting in more scheduling fairness.
-	 */
-	local_irq_disable();
-	p->time_slice = (current->time_slice + 1) >> 1;
-	/*
-	 * The remainder of the first timeslice might be recovered by
-	 * the parent if the child exits early enough.
-	 */
-	p->first_time_slice = 1;
-	current->time_slice >>= 1;
-	p->timestamp = sched_clock();
-	if (unlikely(!current->time_slice)) {
-		/*
-		 * This case is rare, it happens when the parent has only
-		 * a single jiffy left from its timeslice. Taking the
-		 * runqueue lock is not a problem.
-		 */
-		current->time_slice = 1;
-		preempt_disable();
-		scheduler_tick(0, 0);
-		local_irq_enable();
-		preempt_enable();
-	} else
-		local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1342,109 +1222,42 @@ void fastcall wake_up_new_task(task_t * 
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int this_cpu, cpu;
-	runqueue_t *rq, *this_rq;
-
-	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
-	cpu = task_cpu(p);
-	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	runqueue_t *rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags), *this_rq;
 
 	BUG_ON(p->state != TASK_RUNNING);
 
-	schedstat_inc(rq, wunt_cnt);
-	/*
-	 * We decrease the sleep average of forking parents
-	 * and children as well, to keep max-interactive tasks
-	 * from forking tasks that are max-interactive. The parent
-	 * (current) is done further down, under its lock.
+	/* 
+	 * Forked process gets no burst to prevent fork bombs.
 	 */
-	p->sleep_avg = JIFFIES_TO_NS(CURRENT_BONUS(p) *
-		CHILD_PENALTY / 100 * MAX_SLEEP_AVG / MAX_BONUS);
-
-	p->interactive_credit = 0;
+	p->burst = 0;
+	cpu = task_cpu(p);
+	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	p->prio = effective_prio(p);
+	schedstat_inc(rq, wunt_cnt);
 
 	if (likely(cpu == this_cpu)) {
-		if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_VM)) {
-			/*
-			 * The VM isn't cloned, so we're in a good position to
-			 * do child-runs-first in anticipation of an exec. This
-			 * usually avoids a lot of COW overhead.
-			 */
-			if (unlikely(!current->array))
-				__activate_task(p, rq);
-			else {
-				p->prio = current->prio;
-				list_add_tail(&p->run_list, &current->run_list);
-				p->array = current->array;
-				p->array->nr_active++;
-				rq->nr_running++;
-			}
-			set_need_resched();
-		} else
-			/* Run child last */
+		current->flags |= PF_FORKED;
+		if (unlikely(!task_queued(current)))
 			__activate_task(p, rq);
-		/*
-		 * We skip the following code due to cpu == this_cpu
-	 	 *
-		 *   task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
-		 *   this_rq = task_rq_lock(current, &flags);
-		 */
-		this_rq = rq;
+		else {
+			list_add_tail(&p->run_list, &current->run_list);
+			rq->nr_running++;
+		}
 	} else {
 		this_rq = cpu_rq(this_cpu);
-
 		/*
 		 * Not the local CPU - must adjust timestamp. This should
 		 * get optimised away in the !CONFIG_SMP case.
 		 */
-		p->timestamp = (p->timestamp - this_rq->timestamp_last_tick)
-					+ rq->timestamp_last_tick;
+		p->timestamp = (p->timestamp - this_rq->timestamp_last_tick) +
+			rq->timestamp_last_tick;
 		__activate_task(p, rq);
-		if (TASK_PREEMPTS_CURR(p, rq))
-			resched_task(rq->curr);
-
+		preempt(p, rq);
 		schedstat_inc(rq, wunt_moved);
-		/*
-		 * Parent and child are on different CPUs, now get the
-		 * parent runqueue to update the parent's ->sleep_avg:
-		 */
 		task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
 		this_rq = task_rq_lock(current, &flags);
+		current->flags |= PF_FORKED;
 	}
-	current->sleep_avg = JIFFIES_TO_NS(CURRENT_BONUS(current) *
-		PARENT_PENALTY / 100 * MAX_SLEEP_AVG / MAX_BONUS);
-	task_rq_unlock(this_rq, &flags);
-}
-
-/*
- * Potentially available exiting-child timeslices are
- * retrieved here - this way the parent does not get
- * penalized for creating too many threads.
- *
- * (this cannot be used to 'generate' timeslices
- * artificially, because any timeslice recovered here
- * was given away by the parent in the first place.)
- */
-void fastcall sched_exit(task_t * p)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	runqueue_t *rq;
-
-	/*
-	 * If the child was a (relative-) CPU hog then decrease
-	 * the sleep_avg of the parent as well.
-	 */
-	rq = task_rq_lock(p->parent, &flags);
-	if (p->first_time_slice) {
-		p->parent->time_slice += p->time_slice;
-		if (unlikely(p->parent->time_slice > task_timeslice(p)))
-			p->parent->time_slice = task_timeslice(p);
-	}
-	if (p->sleep_avg < p->parent->sleep_avg)
-		p->parent->sleep_avg = p->parent->sleep_avg /
-		(EXIT_WEIGHT + 1) * EXIT_WEIGHT + p->sleep_avg /
-		(EXIT_WEIGHT + 1);
 	task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
 }
 
@@ -1745,23 +1558,21 @@ out:
  * pull_task - move a task from a remote runqueue to the local runqueue.
  * Both runqueues must be locked.
  */
-static inline
-void pull_task(runqueue_t *src_rq, prio_array_t *src_array, task_t *p,
-	       runqueue_t *this_rq, prio_array_t *this_array, int this_cpu)
+static inline void pull_task
+(runqueue_t *src_rq, task_t *p, runqueue_t *this_rq, int this_cpu)
 {
-	dequeue_task(p, src_array);
+	dequeue_task(p, src_rq);
 	src_rq->nr_running--;
 	set_task_cpu(p, this_cpu);
 	this_rq->nr_running++;
-	enqueue_task(p, this_array);
+	enqueue_task(p, this_rq);
 	p->timestamp = (p->timestamp - src_rq->timestamp_last_tick)
 				+ this_rq->timestamp_last_tick;
 	/*
 	 * Note that idle threads have a prio of MAX_PRIO, for this test
 	 * to be always true for them.
 	 */
-	if (TASK_PREEMPTS_CURR(p, this_rq))
-		resched_task(this_rq->curr);
+	preempt(p, this_rq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1803,7 +1614,6 @@ static int move_tasks(runqueue_t *this_r
 		      unsigned long max_nr_move, struct sched_domain *sd,
 		      enum idle_type idle)
 {
-	prio_array_t *array, *dst_array;
 	struct list_head *head, *curr;
 	int idx, pulled = 0;
 	task_t *tmp;
@@ -1811,38 +1621,17 @@ static int move_tasks(runqueue_t *this_r
 	if (max_nr_move <= 0 || busiest->nr_running <= 1)
 		goto out;
 
-	/*
-	 * We first consider expired tasks. Those will likely not be
-	 * executed in the near future, and they are most likely to
-	 * be cache-cold, thus switching CPUs has the least effect
-	 * on them.
-	 */
-	if (busiest->expired->nr_active) {
-		array = busiest->expired;
-		dst_array = this_rq->expired;
-	} else {
-		array = busiest->active;
-		dst_array = this_rq->active;
-	}
-
-new_array:
 	/* Start searching at priority 0: */
 	idx = 0;
 skip_bitmap:
 	if (!idx)
-		idx = sched_find_first_bit(array->bitmap);
+		idx = sched_find_first_bit(busiest->bitmap);
 	else
-		idx = find_next_bit(array->bitmap, MAX_PRIO, idx);
-	if (idx >= MAX_PRIO) {
-		if (array == busiest->expired && busiest->active->nr_active) {
-			array = busiest->active;
-			dst_array = this_rq->active;
-			goto new_array;
-		}
+		idx = find_next_bit(busiest->bitmap, MAX_PRIO, idx);
+	if (idx >= MAX_PRIO) 
 		goto out;
-	}
 
-	head = array->queue + idx;
+	head = busiest->queue + idx;
 	curr = head->prev;
 skip_queue:
 	tmp = list_entry(curr, task_t, run_list);
@@ -1864,7 +1653,7 @@ skip_queue:
 	schedstat_inc(this_rq, pt_gained[idle]);
 	schedstat_inc(busiest, pt_lost[idle]);
 
-	pull_task(busiest, array, tmp, this_rq, dst_array, this_cpu);
+	pull_task(busiest, tmp, this_rq, this_cpu);
 	pulled++;
 
 	/* We only want to steal up to the prescribed number of tasks. */
@@ -2335,10 +2124,11 @@ static inline void idle_balance(int cpu,
 }
 #endif
 
-static inline int wake_priority_sleeper(runqueue_t *rq)
+static int wake_priority_sleeper(runqueue_t *rq)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+	int ret = 0;
+
 	spin_lock(&rq->lock);
 	/*
 	 * If an SMT sibling task has been put to sleep for priority
@@ -2349,8 +2139,10 @@ static inline int wake_priority_sleeper(
 		ret = 1;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
-#endif
 	return ret;
+#else	/* if we dont ifdef it out like this it wont be optimised out */
+	return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kernel_stat, kstat);
@@ -2358,27 +2150,92 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kernel_stat, kstat
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(kstat);
 
 /*
- * We place interactive tasks back into the active array, if possible.
- *
- * To guarantee that this does not starve expired tasks we ignore the
- * interactivity of a task if the first expired task had to wait more
- * than a 'reasonable' amount of time. This deadline timeout is
- * load-dependent, as the frequency of array switched decreases with
- * increasing number of running tasks. We also ignore the interactivity
- * if a better static_prio task has expired:
- */
-#define EXPIRED_STARVING(rq) \
-	((STARVATION_LIMIT && ((rq)->expired_timestamp && \
-		(jiffies - (rq)->expired_timestamp >= \
-			STARVATION_LIMIT * ((rq)->nr_running) + 1))) || \
-			((rq)->curr->static_prio > (rq)->best_expired_prio))
+ * Tasks that run out of time_slice but still have slice left get
+ * requeued with a lower priority && rr_interval time_slice.
+ */
+static void time_slice_expired(task_t *p, runqueue_t *rq)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!task_queued(p)))
+		return;
+	set_tsk_need_resched(p);
+	dequeue_task(p, rq);
+	p->prio = effective_prio(p);
+	p->time_slice = RR_INTERVAL();
+	enqueue_task(p, rq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Tasks lose burst each time they use up a full slice().
+ */
+static void slice_expired(task_t *p, runqueue_t *rq)
+{
+	dec_burst(p);
+	p->slice = slice(p);
+	time_slice_expired(p, rq);
+}
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct timer_list, time_slice_expiry);
+
+/*
+ * This is called via a timer set by schedule()
+ */
+static void time_slice_expiry_fn(unsigned long cpu)
+{
+	struct timer_list *rt = &__get_cpu_var(time_slice_expiry);
+	runqueue_t *rq;
+	task_t *p = current;
+
+	/* CPU hotplug can drag us off cpu: don't run on wrong CPU */
+	if (cpu_is_offline(cpu)) {
+		del_timer(rt);
+		return;
+	}
+	rq = this_rq();
+	spin_lock(&rq->lock);
+	if (unlikely(rq->task_expires > jiffies || !rq->task_expires ||
+		p == rq->idle))
+			/*
+			 * May have changed before we got the rq lock
+			 */
+			 goto out_unlock;
+	if (!US_TO_JIFFIES(p->slice))
+		slice_expired(p, rq);
+	else
+		time_slice_expired(p, rq);
+out_unlock:
+	spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
+}
+  
+static void set_expiry_timer
+(int cpu, runqueue_t *rq, unsigned long task_expires)
+{
+	struct timer_list *rt = &per_cpu(time_slice_expiry, cpu);
+
+	if (rt->function == NULL) {
+		init_timer(rt);
+		rt->expires = task_expires;
+		rt->data = cpu;
+		rt->function = time_slice_expiry_fn;
+		add_timer_on(rt, cpu);
+		rq->task_expires = task_expires;
+	} else if (task_expires != rq->task_expires)
+		mod_timer(rt, task_expires);
+}
+
+static void del_expiry_timer(int cpu, runqueue_t *rq)
+{
+	struct timer_list *rt = &per_cpu(time_slice_expiry, cpu);
+
+	rq->task_expires = 0;
+	if (rt->function) {
+		del_timer_sync(rt);
+		rt->function = NULL;
+	}
+}
 
 /*
  * This function gets called by the timer code, with HZ frequency.
  * We call it with interrupts disabled.
- *
- * It also gets called by the fork code, when changing the parent's
- * timeslices.
  */
 void scheduler_tick(int user_ticks, int sys_ticks)
 {
@@ -2417,86 +2274,19 @@ void scheduler_tick(int user_ticks, int 
 		cpustat->user += user_ticks;
 	cpustat->system += sys_ticks;
 
-	/* Task might have expired already, but not scheduled off yet */
-	if (p->array != rq->active) {
-		set_tsk_need_resched(p);
-		goto out;
-	}
 	spin_lock(&rq->lock);
-	/*
-	 * The task was running during this tick - update the
-	 * time slice counter. Note: we do not update a thread's
-	 * priority until it either goes to sleep or uses up its
-	 * timeslice. This makes it possible for interactive tasks
-	 * to use up their timeslices at their highest priority levels.
-	 */
-	if (rt_task(p)) {
-		/*
-		 * RR tasks need a special form of timeslice management.
-		 * FIFO tasks have no timeslices.
-		 */
-		if ((p->policy == SCHED_RR) && !--p->time_slice) {
-			p->time_slice = task_timeslice(p);
-			p->first_time_slice = 0;
-			set_tsk_need_resched(p);
-
-			/* put it at the end of the queue: */
-			dequeue_task(p, rq->active);
-			enqueue_task(p, rq->active);
-		}
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-	if (!--p->time_slice) {
-		dequeue_task(p, rq->active);
+	rq->cache_ticks++;
+
+	if (rq->preempted && rq->cache_ticks >= cache_delay)
 		set_tsk_need_resched(p);
-		p->prio = effective_prio(p);
-		p->time_slice = task_timeslice(p);
-		p->first_time_slice = 0;
-
-		if (!rq->expired_timestamp)
-			rq->expired_timestamp = jiffies;
-		if (!TASK_INTERACTIVE(p) || EXPIRED_STARVING(rq)) {
-			enqueue_task(p, rq->expired);
-			if (p->static_prio < rq->best_expired_prio)
-				rq->best_expired_prio = p->static_prio;
-		} else
-			enqueue_task(p, rq->active);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * Prevent a too long timeslice allowing a task to monopolize
-		 * the CPU. We do this by splitting up the timeslice into
-		 * smaller pieces.
-		 *
-		 * Note: this does not mean the task's timeslices expire or
-		 * get lost in any way, they just might be preempted by
-		 * another task of equal priority. (one with higher
-		 * priority would have preempted this task already.) We
-		 * requeue this task to the end of the list on this priority
-		 * level, which is in essence a round-robin of tasks with
-		 * equal priority.
-		 *
-		 * This only applies to tasks in the interactive
-		 * delta range with at least TIMESLICE_GRANULARITY to requeue.
-		 */
-		if (TASK_INTERACTIVE(p) && !((task_timeslice(p) -
-			p->time_slice) % TIMESLICE_GRANULARITY(p)) &&
-			(p->time_slice >= TIMESLICE_GRANULARITY(p)) &&
-			(p->array == rq->active)) {
-
-			dequeue_task(p, rq->active);
-			set_tsk_need_resched(p);
-			p->prio = effective_prio(p);
-			enqueue_task(p, rq->active);
-		}
-	}
-out_unlock:
+
 	spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
 out:
 	rebalance_tick(cpu, rq, NOT_IDLE);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
-static inline void wake_sleeping_dependent(int this_cpu, runqueue_t *this_rq)
+static void wake_sleeping_dependent(int this_cpu, runqueue_t *this_rq)
 {
 	struct sched_domain *sd = this_rq->sd;
 	cpumask_t sibling_map;
@@ -2513,7 +2303,6 @@ static inline void wake_sleeping_depende
 	spin_unlock(&this_rq->lock);
 
 	cpus_and(sibling_map, sd->span, cpu_online_map);
-
 	for_each_cpu_mask(i, sibling_map)
 		spin_lock(&cpu_rq(i)->lock);
 	/*
@@ -2541,11 +2330,10 @@ static inline void wake_sleeping_depende
 	 */
 }
 
-static inline int dependent_sleeper(int this_cpu, runqueue_t *this_rq)
+static int dependent_sleeper(int this_cpu, runqueue_t *this_rq)
 {
 	struct sched_domain *sd = this_rq->sd;
 	cpumask_t sibling_map;
-	prio_array_t *array;
 	int ret = 0, i;
 	task_t *p;
 
@@ -2568,12 +2356,8 @@ static inline int dependent_sleeper(int 
 	 */
 	if (!this_rq->nr_running)
 		goto out_unlock;
-	array = this_rq->active;
-	if (!array->nr_active)
-		array = this_rq->expired;
-	BUG_ON(!array->nr_active);
 
-	p = list_entry(array->queue[sched_find_first_bit(array->bitmap)].next,
+	p = list_entry(this_rq->queue[sched_find_first_bit(this_rq->bitmap)].next,
 		task_t, run_list);
 
 	for_each_cpu_mask(i, sibling_map) {
@@ -2588,8 +2372,8 @@ static inline int dependent_sleeper(int 
 		 * task from using an unfair proportion of the
 		 * physical cpu's resources. -ck
 		 */
-		if (((smt_curr->time_slice * (100 - sd->per_cpu_gain) / 100) >
-			task_timeslice(p) || rt_task(smt_curr)) &&
+		if (((smt_curr->slice * (100 - sd->per_cpu_gain) / 100) >
+			slice(p) || rt_task(smt_curr)) &&
 			p->mm && smt_curr->mm && !rt_task(p))
 				ret = 1;
 
@@ -2598,8 +2382,8 @@ static inline int dependent_sleeper(int 
 		 * or wake it up if it has been put to sleep for priority
 		 * reasons.
 		 */
-		if ((((p->time_slice * (100 - sd->per_cpu_gain) / 100) >
-			task_timeslice(smt_curr) || rt_task(p)) &&
+		if ((((p->slice * (100 - sd->per_cpu_gain) / 100) > 
+			slice(smt_curr) || rt_task(p)) && 
 			smt_curr->mm && p->mm && !rt_task(smt_curr)) ||
 			(smt_curr == smt_rq->idle && smt_rq->nr_running))
 				resched_task(smt_curr);
@@ -2628,10 +2412,8 @@ asmlinkage void __sched schedule(void)
 	long *switch_count;
 	task_t *prev, *next;
 	runqueue_t *rq;
-	prio_array_t *array;
 	struct list_head *queue;
 	unsigned long long now;
-	unsigned long run_time;
 	int cpu, idx;
 
 	/*
@@ -2660,23 +2442,23 @@ need_resched:
 		dump_stack();
 	}
 
-	release_kernel_lock(prev);
 	schedstat_inc(rq, sched_cnt);
 	now = sched_clock();
-	if (likely(now - prev->timestamp < NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG))
-		run_time = now - prev->timestamp;
-	else
-		run_time = NS_MAX_SLEEP_AVG;
-
-	/*
-	 * Tasks with interactive credits get charged less run_time
-	 * at high sleep_avg to delay them losing their interactive
-	 * status
-	 */
-	if (HIGH_CREDIT(prev))
-		run_time /= (CURRENT_BONUS(prev) ? : 1);
-
+	prev->runtime = NS_TO_US(now - prev->timestamp) ? : 1;
 	spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
+	if (prev != rq->idle && prev->policy != SCHED_FIFO &&
+		system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
+			if (prev->runtime >= prev->slice)
+				slice_expired(prev, rq);
+			else if (prev->runtime >= prev->time_slice)
+				time_slice_expired(prev, rq);
+			else {
+				 prev->slice -= prev->runtime;
+				 prev->time_slice -= prev->runtime;
+			}
+	}
+	prev->timestamp = now;
+	release_kernel_lock(prev);
 
 	/*
 	 * if entering off of a kernel preemption go straight
@@ -2698,7 +2480,6 @@ go_idle:
 		idle_balance(cpu, rq);
 		if (!rq->nr_running) {
 			next = rq->idle;
-			rq->expired_timestamp = 0;
 			wake_sleeping_dependent(cpu, rq);
 			/*
 			 * wake_sleeping_dependent() might have released
@@ -2723,51 +2504,39 @@ go_idle:
 			goto go_idle;
 	}
 
-	array = rq->active;
-	if (unlikely(!array->nr_active)) {
-		/*
-		 * Switch the active and expired arrays.
-		 */
-		schedstat_inc(rq, sched_switch);
-		rq->active = rq->expired;
-		rq->expired = array;
-		array = rq->active;
-		rq->expired_timestamp = 0;
-		rq->best_expired_prio = MAX_PRIO;
-	} else
-		schedstat_inc(rq, sched_noswitch);
+	schedstat_inc(rq, sched_noswitch);
 
-	idx = sched_find_first_bit(array->bitmap);
-	queue = array->queue + idx;
+	idx = sched_find_first_bit(rq->bitmap);
+	queue = rq->queue + idx;
 	next = list_entry(queue->next, task_t, run_list);
 
-	if (!rt_task(next) && next->activated > 0) {
-		unsigned long long delta = now - next->timestamp;
-
-		if (next->activated == 1)
-			delta = delta * (ON_RUNQUEUE_WEIGHT * 128 / 100) / 128;
-
-		array = next->array;
-		dequeue_task(next, array);
-		recalc_task_prio(next, next->timestamp + delta);
-		enqueue_task(next, array);
-	}
-	next->activated = 0;
 switch_tasks:
 	prefetch(next);
 	clear_tsk_need_resched(prev);
 	rcu_qsctr_inc(task_cpu(prev));
 
-	prev->sleep_avg -= run_time;
-	if ((long)prev->sleep_avg <= 0) {
-		prev->sleep_avg = 0;
-		if (!(HIGH_CREDIT(prev) || LOW_CREDIT(prev)))
-			prev->interactive_credit--;
+	sched_info_switch(prev, next);
+	if (next == rq->idle || next->policy == SCHED_FIFO)
+		del_expiry_timer(cpu, rq);
+	else {
+		unsigned long task_expires = (next->time_slice ? : 1) - 1;
+		task_expires = US_TO_JIFFIES(task_expires) + jiffies + 1;
+		if (task_expires != rq->task_expires)
+			set_expiry_timer(cpu, rq, task_expires);
+	}
+	if (next->flags & PF_YIELDED && task_queued(next)) {
+		int newprio = effective_prio(next);
+		next->flags &= ~PF_YIELDED;
+		if (newprio != next->prio) {
+			dequeue_task(next, rq);
+			next->prio = effective_prio(next);
+			enqueue_task_head(next, rq);
+		}
 	}
-	prev->timestamp = now;
 
-	sched_info_switch(prev, next);
 	if (likely(prev != next)) {
+		rq->preempted = 0;
+		rq->cache_ticks = 0;
 		next->timestamp = now;
 		rq->nr_switches++;
 		rq->curr = next;
@@ -3030,9 +2799,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sleep_on_timeout);
 void set_user_nice(task_t *p, long nice)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	prio_array_t *array;
 	runqueue_t *rq;
-	int old_prio, new_prio, delta;
+	int queued, old_prio, new_prio, delta;
 
 	if (TASK_NICE(p) == nice || nice < -20 || nice > 19)
 		return;
@@ -3051,9 +2819,8 @@ void set_user_nice(task_t *p, long nice)
 		p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(nice);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	array = p->array;
-	if (array)
-		dequeue_task(p, array);
+	if ((queued = task_queued(p)))
+		dequeue_task(p, rq);
 
 	old_prio = p->prio;
 	new_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(nice);
@@ -3061,8 +2828,8 @@ void set_user_nice(task_t *p, long nice)
 	p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(nice);
 	p->prio += delta;
 
-	if (array) {
-		enqueue_task(p, array);
+	if (queued) {
+		enqueue_task(p, rq);
 		/*
 		 * If the task increased its priority or is running and
 		 * lowered its priority, then reschedule its CPU:
@@ -3167,7 +2934,7 @@ static inline task_t *find_process_by_pi
 /* Actually do priority change: must hold rq lock. */
 static void __setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy, int prio)
 {
-	BUG_ON(p->array);
+	BUG_ON(task_queued(p));
 	p->policy = policy;
 	p->rt_priority = prio;
 	if (policy != SCHED_NORMAL)
@@ -3183,8 +2950,7 @@ static int setscheduler(pid_t pid, int p
 {
 	struct sched_param lp;
 	int retval = -EINVAL;
-	int oldprio;
-	prio_array_t *array;
+	int queued, oldprio;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	runqueue_t *rq;
 	task_t *p;
@@ -3245,13 +3011,12 @@ static int setscheduler(pid_t pid, int p
 	if (retval)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	array = p->array;
-	if (array)
+	if ((queued = task_queued(p)))
 		deactivate_task(p, task_rq(p));
 	retval = 0;
 	oldprio = p->prio;
 	__setscheduler(p, policy, lp.sched_priority);
-	if (array) {
+	if (queued) {
 		__activate_task(p, task_rq(p));
 		/*
 		 * Reschedule if we are currently running on this runqueue and
@@ -3261,8 +3026,8 @@ static int setscheduler(pid_t pid, int p
 		if (task_running(rq, p)) {
 			if (p->prio > oldprio)
 				resched_task(rq->curr);
-		} else if (TASK_PREEMPTS_CURR(p, rq))
-			resched_task(rq->curr);
+		} else
+			preempt(p, rq);
 	}
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -3496,36 +3261,26 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sched_getaffinity(pi
 /**
  * sys_sched_yield - yield the current processor to other threads.
  *
- * this function yields the current CPU by moving the calling thread
- * to the expired array. If there are no other threads running on this
- * CPU then this function will return.
+ * this function yields the current CPU by dropping the priority of current
+ * to the lowest priority and setting the PF_YIELDED flag.
  */
 asmlinkage long sys_sched_yield(void)
 {
 	runqueue_t *rq = this_rq_lock();
-	prio_array_t *array = current->array;
-	prio_array_t *target = rq->expired;
 
 	schedstat_inc(rq, yld_cnt);
 	/*
-	 * We implement yielding by moving the task into the expired
-	 * queue.
-	 *
-	 * (special rule: RT tasks will just roundrobin in the active
-	 *  array.)
+	 * (special rule: RT tasks will just roundrobin.)
 	 */
-	if (rt_task(current))
-		target = rq->active;
-
-	if (current->array->nr_active == 1) {
-		schedstat_inc(rq, yld_act_empty);
-		if (!rq->expired->nr_active)
-			schedstat_inc(rq, yld_both_empty);
-	} else if (!rq->expired->nr_active)
-		schedstat_inc(rq, yld_exp_empty);
-
-	dequeue_task(current, array);
-	enqueue_task(current, target);
+	dequeue_task(current, rq);
+	current->slice = slice(current);
+	current->time_slice = RR_INTERVAL();
+	if (likely(!rt_task(current))) {
+		current->flags |= PF_YIELDED;
+		current->prio = MAX_PRIO - 1;
+	}
+	current->burst = 0;
+	enqueue_task(current, rq);
 
 	/*
 	 * Since we are going to call schedule() anyway, there's
@@ -3664,7 +3419,7 @@ long sys_sched_rr_get_interval(pid_t pid
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	jiffies_to_timespec(p->policy & SCHED_FIFO ?
-				0 : task_timeslice(p), &t);
+				0 : slice(p), &t);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	retval = copy_to_user(interval, &t, sizeof(t)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 out_nounlock:
@@ -3777,11 +3532,9 @@ void __devinit init_idle(task_t *idle, i
 	runqueue_t *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	idle->sleep_avg = 0;
-	idle->interactive_credit = 0;
-	idle->array = NULL;
 	idle->prio = MAX_PRIO;
 	idle->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+	idle->burst = 0;
 	set_task_cpu(idle, cpu);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
@@ -3893,7 +3646,7 @@ static void __migrate_task(struct task_s
 		goto out;
 
 	set_task_cpu(p, dest_cpu);
-	if (p->array) {
+	if (task_queued(p)) {
 		/*
 		 * Sync timestamp with rq_dest's before activating.
 		 * The same thing could be achieved by doing this step
@@ -3904,8 +3657,7 @@ static void __migrate_task(struct task_s
 				+ rq_dest->timestamp_last_tick;
 		deactivate_task(p, rq_src);
 		activate_task(p, rq_dest, 0);
-		if (TASK_PREEMPTS_CURR(p, rq_dest))
-			resched_task(rq_dest->curr);
+		preempt(p, rq_dest);
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -4090,17 +3842,14 @@ static void migrate_dead(unsigned int de
 /* release_task() removes task from tasklist, so we won't find dead tasks. */
 static void migrate_dead_tasks(unsigned int dead_cpu)
 {
-	unsigned arr, i;
+	unsigned i;
 	struct runqueue *rq = cpu_rq(dead_cpu);
 
-	for (arr = 0; arr < 2; arr++) {
-		for (i = 0; i < MAX_PRIO; i++) {
-			struct list_head *list = &rq->arrays[arr].queue[i];
-			while (!list_empty(list))
-				migrate_dead(dead_cpu,
-					     list_entry(list->next, task_t,
-							run_list));
-		}
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_PRIO; i++) {
+		struct list_head *list = &rq->queue[i];
+		while (!list_empty(list))
+			migrate_dead(dead_cpu, list_entry(list->next, task_t,
+				run_list));
 	}
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
@@ -4680,7 +4429,7 @@ int in_sched_functions(unsigned long add
 void __init sched_init(void)
 {
 	runqueue_t *rq;
-	int i, j, k;
+	int i, j;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/* Set up an initial dummy domain for early boot */
@@ -4698,16 +4447,16 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 	sched_group_init.cpumask = CPU_MASK_ALL;
 	sched_group_init.next = &sched_group_init;
 	sched_group_init.cpu_power = SCHED_LOAD_SCALE;
+
+	cache_delay = cache_decay_ticks * 5;
 #endif
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
-		prio_array_t *array;
-
 		rq = cpu_rq(i);
 		spin_lock_init(&rq->lock);
-		rq->active = rq->arrays;
-		rq->expired = rq->arrays + 1;
-		rq->best_expired_prio = MAX_PRIO;
+
+		rq->cache_ticks = 0;
+		rq->preempted = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 		rq->sd = &sched_domain_init;
@@ -4718,16 +4467,13 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->migration_queue);
 #endif
 		atomic_set(&rq->nr_iowait, 0);
-
-		for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
-			array = rq->arrays + j;
-			for (k = 0; k < MAX_PRIO; k++) {
-				INIT_LIST_HEAD(array->queue + k);
-				__clear_bit(k, array->bitmap);
-			}
-			// delimiter for bitsearch
-			__set_bit(MAX_PRIO, array->bitmap);
-		}
+		for (j = 0; j <= MAX_PRIO; j++)
+			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->queue[j]);
+		memset(rq->bitmap, 0, BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_PRIO+1)*sizeof(long));
+		/*
+		 * delimiter for bitsearch
+		 */
+		__set_bit(MAX_PRIO, rq->bitmap);
 	}
 
 	/*
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc3/kernel/sysctl.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc3.orig/kernel/sysctl.c	2004-10-04 16:52:08.597158696 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc3/kernel/sysctl.c	2004-10-04 16:52:21.013271160 +1000
@@ -619,6 +619,22 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler   = &proc_unknown_nmi_panic,
 	},
 #endif
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_INTERACTIVE,
+		.procname	= "interactive",
+		.data		= &sched_interactive,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof (int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_COMPUTE,
+		.procname	= "compute",
+		.data		= &sched_compute,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof (int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
