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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/rt.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 406a9c20b210..a774b4dbf291 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -58,7 +58,15 @@ static void start_rt_bandwidth(struct rt_bandwidth *rt_b)
raw_spin_lock(&rt_b->rt_runtime_lock);
if (!rt_b->rt_period_active) {
rt_b->rt_period_active = 1;
- hrtimer_forward_now(&rt_b->rt_period_timer, rt_b->rt_period);
+ /*
+ * SCHED_DEADLINE updates the bandwidth, as a run away
+ * RT task with a DL task could hog a CPU. But DL does
+ * not reset the period. If a deadline task was running
+ * without an RT task running, it can cause RT tasks to
+ * throttle when they start up. Kick the timer right away
+ * to update the period.
+ */
+ hrtimer_forward_now(&rt_b->rt_period_timer, ns_to_ktime(0));
hrtimer_start_expires(&rt_b->rt_period_timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
}
raw_spin_unlock(&rt_b->rt_runtime_lock);
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