Hi, In sched.c:try_to_wake_up() (2.6) we have: if (sync) __activate_task(p, rq); I'd like to know why we don't recalculate a task priority on a synchronous wake up. Thanks. Guillaume -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/