diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 86025b6..6c19679 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
  * Given this task model, there are a multiplicity of scheduling algorithms
  * and policies, that can be used to ensure all the tasks will make their
  * timing constraints.
+ *
+ * As of now, the SCHED_DEADLINE policy (sched_dl scheduling class) is the
+ * only user of this new interface. More information about the algorithm
+ * available in the scheduling class file or in Documentation/.
  */
 struct sched_attr {
 	u32 size;
@@ -1088,6 +1092,45 @@
 #endif
 };
 
+struct sched_dl_entity {
+	struct rb_node	rb_node;
+
+	/*
+	 * Original scheduling parameters. Copied here from sched_attr
+	 * during sched_setscheduler2(), they will remain the same until
+	 * the next sched_setscheduler2().
+	 */
+	u64 dl_runtime;		/* maximum runtime for each instance	*/
+	u64 dl_deadline;	/* relative deadline of each instance	*/
+
+	/*
+	 * Actual scheduling parameters. Initialized with the values above,
+	 * they are continously updated during task execution. Note that
+	 * the remaining runtime could be < 0 in case we are in overrun.
+	 */
+	s64 runtime;		/* remaining runtime for this instance	*/
+	u64 deadline;		/* absolute deadline for this instance	*/
+	unsigned int flags;	/* specifying the scheduler behaviour	*/
+
+	/*
+	 * Some bool flags:
+	 *
+	 * @dl_throttled tells if we exhausted the runtime. If so, the
+	 * task has to wait for a replenishment to be performed at the
+	 * next firing of dl_timer.
+	 *
+	 * @dl_new tells if a new instance arrived. If so we must
+	 * start executing it with full runtime and reset its absolute
+	 * deadline;
+	 */
+	int dl_throttled, dl_new;
+
+	/*
+	 * Bandwidth enforcement timer. Each -deadline task has its
+	 * own bandwidth to be enforced, thus we need one timer per task.
+	 */
+	struct hrtimer dl_timer;
+};
 
 struct rcu_node;
 
@@ -1124,6 +1167,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED
 	struct task_group *sched_task_group;
 #endif
+	struct sched_dl_entity dl;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
 	/* list of struct preempt_notifier: */
@@ -2099,7 +2143,7 @@
 #else
  static inline void kick_process(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
 #endif
-extern void sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p);
+extern int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p);
 extern void sched_dead(struct task_struct *p);
 
 extern void proc_caches_init(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/deadline.h b/include/linux/sched/deadline.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d303b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/sched/deadline.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef _SCHED_DEADLINE_H
+#define _SCHED_DEADLINE_H
+
+/*
+ * SCHED_DEADLINE tasks has negative priorities, reflecting
+ * the fact that any of them has higher prio than RT and
+ * NORMAL/BATCH tasks.
+ */
+
+#define MAX_DL_PRIO		0
+
+static inline int dl_prio(int prio)
+{
+	if (unlikely(prio < MAX_DL_PRIO))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int dl_task(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return dl_prio(p->prio);
+}
+
+#endif /* _SCHED_DEADLINE_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
index 5a0f945..2d5e49a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #define SCHED_BATCH		3
 /* SCHED_ISO: reserved but not implemented yet */
 #define SCHED_IDLE		5
+#define SCHED_DEADLINE		6
 /* Can be ORed in to make sure the process is reverted back to SCHED_NORMAL on fork */
 #define SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK     0x40000000
 
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 6023d15..e6c0f1a 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1311,7 +1311,9 @@
 #endif
 
 	/* Perform scheduler related setup. Assign this task to a CPU. */
-	sched_fork(clone_flags, p);
+	retval = sched_fork(clone_flags, p);
+	if (retval)
+		goto bad_fork_cleanup_policy;
 
 	retval = perf_event_init_task(p);
 	if (retval)
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 383319b..0909436 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sched/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
+#include <linux/sched/deadline.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 
@@ -1610,7 +1611,7 @@
 	unsigned long slack;
 
 	slack = current->timer_slack_ns;
-	if (rt_task(current))
+	if (dl_task(current) || rt_task(current))
 		slack = 0;
 
 	hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, clockid, mode);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/Makefile b/kernel/sched/Makefile
index 7b62140..b039035 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/sched/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 CFLAGS_core.o := $(PROFILING) -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 endif
 
-obj-y += core.o proc.o clock.o cputime.o idle_task.o fair.o rt.o stop_task.o
+obj-y += core.o proc.o clock.o cputime.o
+obj-y += idle_task.o fair.o rt.o deadline.o stop_task.o
 obj-y += wait.o completion.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpupri.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP) += auto_group.o
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 8174f88..203aecd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -899,7 +899,9 @@
 {
 	int prio;
 
-	if (task_has_rt_policy(p))
+	if (task_has_dl_policy(p))
+		prio = MAX_DL_PRIO-1;
+	else if (task_has_rt_policy(p))
 		prio = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 - p->rt_priority;
 	else
 		prio = __normal_prio(p);
@@ -1717,6 +1719,12 @@
 	memset(&p->se.statistics, 0, sizeof(p->se.statistics));
 #endif
 
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&p->dl.rb_node);
+	hrtimer_init(&p->dl.dl_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+	p->dl.dl_runtime = p->dl.runtime = 0;
+	p->dl.dl_deadline = p->dl.deadline = 0;
+	p->dl.flags = 0;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->rt.run_list);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
@@ -1768,7 +1776,7 @@
 /*
  * fork()/clone()-time setup:
  */
-void sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
+int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int cpu = get_cpu();
@@ -1790,7 +1798,7 @@
 	 * Revert to default priority/policy on fork if requested.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(p->sched_reset_on_fork)) {
-		if (task_has_rt_policy(p)) {
+		if (task_has_dl_policy(p) || task_has_rt_policy(p)) {
 			p->policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
 			p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(0);
 			p->rt_priority = 0;
@@ -1807,8 +1815,14 @@
 		p->sched_reset_on_fork = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!rt_prio(p->prio))
+	if (dl_prio(p->prio)) {
+		put_cpu();
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	} else if (rt_prio(p->prio)) {
+		p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
+	} else {
 		p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class;
+	}
 
 	if (p->sched_class->task_fork)
 		p->sched_class->task_fork(p);
@@ -1837,6 +1851,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	put_cpu();
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2768,7 +2783,7 @@
 	struct rq *rq;
 	const struct sched_class *prev_class;
 
-	BUG_ON(prio < 0 || prio > MAX_PRIO);
+	BUG_ON(prio > MAX_PRIO);
 
 	rq = __task_rq_lock(p);
 
@@ -2800,7 +2815,9 @@
 	if (running)
 		p->sched_class->put_prev_task(rq, p);
 
-	if (rt_prio(prio))
+	if (dl_prio(prio))
+		p->sched_class = &dl_sched_class;
+	else if (rt_prio(prio))
 		p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
 	else
 		p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class;
@@ -2835,9 +2852,9 @@
 	 * The RT priorities are set via sched_setscheduler(), but we still
 	 * allow the 'normal' nice value to be set - but as expected
 	 * it wont have any effect on scheduling until the task is
-	 * SCHED_FIFO/SCHED_RR:
+	 * SCHED_DEADLINE, SCHED_FIFO or SCHED_RR:
 	 */
-	if (task_has_rt_policy(p)) {
+	if (task_has_dl_policy(p) || task_has_rt_policy(p)) {
 		p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(nice);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -2992,6 +3009,27 @@
 	return pid ? find_task_by_vpid(pid) : current;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function initializes the sched_dl_entity of a newly becoming
+ * SCHED_DEADLINE task.
+ *
+ * Only the static values are considered here, the actual runtime and the
+ * absolute deadline will be properly calculated when the task is enqueued
+ * for the first time with its new policy.
+ */
+static void
+__setparam_dl(struct task_struct *p, const struct sched_attr *attr)
+{
+	struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se = &p->dl;
+
+	init_dl_task_timer(dl_se);
+	dl_se->dl_runtime = attr->sched_runtime;
+	dl_se->dl_deadline = attr->sched_deadline;
+	dl_se->flags = attr->sched_flags;
+	dl_se->dl_throttled = 0;
+	dl_se->dl_new = 1;
+}
+
 /* Actually do priority change: must hold pi & rq lock. */
 static void __setscheduler(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
 			   const struct sched_attr *attr)
@@ -3000,7 +3038,9 @@
 
 	p->policy = policy;
 
-	if (rt_policy(policy))
+	if (dl_policy(policy))
+		__setparam_dl(p, attr);
+	else if (rt_policy(policy))
 		p->rt_priority = attr->sched_priority;
 	else
 		p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(attr->sched_nice);
@@ -3008,13 +3048,39 @@
 	p->normal_prio = normal_prio(p);
 	p->prio = rt_mutex_getprio(p);
 
-	if (rt_prio(p->prio))
+	if (dl_prio(p->prio))
+		p->sched_class = &dl_sched_class;
+	else if (rt_prio(p->prio))
 		p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
 	else
 		p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class;
 
 	set_load_weight(p);
 }
+
+static void
+__getparam_dl(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_attr *attr)
+{
+	struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se = &p->dl;
+
+	attr->sched_priority = p->rt_priority;
+	attr->sched_runtime = dl_se->dl_runtime;
+	attr->sched_deadline = dl_se->dl_deadline;
+	attr->sched_flags = dl_se->flags;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function validates the new parameters of a -deadline task.
+ * We ask for the deadline not being zero, and greater or equal
+ * than the runtime.
+ */
+static bool
+__checkparam_dl(const struct sched_attr *attr)
+{
+	return attr && attr->sched_deadline != 0 &&
+	       (s64)(attr->sched_deadline - attr->sched_runtime) >= 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * check the target process has a UID that matches the current process's
  */
@@ -3053,7 +3119,8 @@
 		reset_on_fork = !!(policy & SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK);
 		policy &= ~SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK;
 
-		if (policy != SCHED_FIFO && policy != SCHED_RR &&
+		if (policy != SCHED_DEADLINE &&
+				policy != SCHED_FIFO && policy != SCHED_RR &&
 				policy != SCHED_NORMAL && policy != SCHED_BATCH &&
 				policy != SCHED_IDLE)
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -3068,7 +3135,8 @@
 	    (p->mm && attr->sched_priority > MAX_USER_RT_PRIO-1) ||
 	    (!p->mm && attr->sched_priority > MAX_RT_PRIO-1))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (rt_policy(policy) != (attr->sched_priority != 0))
+	if ((dl_policy(policy) && !__checkparam_dl(attr)) ||
+	    (rt_policy(policy) != (attr->sched_priority != 0)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
@@ -3143,6 +3211,8 @@
 			goto change;
 		if (rt_policy(policy) && attr->sched_priority != p->rt_priority)
 			goto change;
+		if (dl_policy(policy))
+			goto change;
 
 		task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &flags);
 		return 0;
@@ -3453,6 +3523,10 @@
 	if (retval)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	if (task_has_dl_policy(p)) {
+		retval = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 	lp.sched_priority = p->rt_priority;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -3510,7 +3584,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * sys_sched_getattr - same as above, but with extended "sched_param"
+ * sys_sched_getattr - similar to sched_getparam, but with sched_attr
  * @pid: the pid in question.
  * @attr: structure containing the extended parameters.
  * @size: sizeof(attr) for fwd/bwd comp.
@@ -3539,7 +3613,9 @@
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	attr.sched_policy = p->policy;
-	if (task_has_rt_policy(p))
+	if (task_has_dl_policy(p))
+		__getparam_dl(p, &attr);
+	else if (task_has_rt_policy(p))
 		attr.sched_priority = p->rt_priority;
 	else
 		attr.sched_nice = TASK_NICE(p);
@@ -3965,6 +4041,7 @@
 	case SCHED_RR:
 		ret = MAX_USER_RT_PRIO-1;
 		break;
+	case SCHED_DEADLINE:
 	case SCHED_NORMAL:
 	case SCHED_BATCH:
 	case SCHED_IDLE:
@@ -3991,6 +4068,7 @@
 	case SCHED_RR:
 		ret = 1;
 		break;
+	case SCHED_DEADLINE:
 	case SCHED_NORMAL:
 	case SCHED_BATCH:
 	case SCHED_IDLE:
@@ -6472,6 +6550,7 @@
 		rq->calc_load_update = jiffies + LOAD_FREQ;
 		init_cfs_rq(&rq->cfs);
 		init_rt_rq(&rq->rt, rq);
+		init_dl_rq(&rq->dl, rq);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 		root_task_group.shares = ROOT_TASK_GROUP_LOAD;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list);
@@ -6659,7 +6738,7 @@
 		p->se.statistics.block_start	= 0;
 #endif
 
-		if (!rt_task(p)) {
+		if (!dl_task(p) && !rt_task(p)) {
 			/*
 			 * Renice negative nice level userspace
 			 * tasks back to 0:
diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93d82b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -0,0 +1,684 @@
+/*
+ * Deadline Scheduling Class (SCHED_DEADLINE)
+ *
+ * Earliest Deadline First (EDF) + Constant Bandwidth Server (CBS).
+ *
+ * Tasks that periodically executes their instances for less than their
+ * runtime won't miss any of their deadlines.
+ * Tasks that are not periodic or sporadic or that tries to execute more
+ * than their reserved bandwidth will be slowed down (and may potentially
+ * miss some of their deadlines), and won't affect any other task.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Dario Faggioli <raistlin@linux.it>,
+ *                    Michael Trimarchi <michael@amarulasolutions.com>,
+ *                    Fabio Checconi <fchecconi@gmail.com>
+ */
+#include "sched.h"
+
+static inline int dl_time_before(u64 a, u64 b)
+{
+	return (s64)(a - b) < 0;
+}
+
+static inline struct task_struct *dl_task_of(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	return container_of(dl_se, struct task_struct, dl);
+}
+
+static inline struct rq *rq_of_dl_rq(struct dl_rq *dl_rq)
+{
+	return container_of(dl_rq, struct rq, dl);
+}
+
+static inline struct dl_rq *dl_rq_of_se(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p = dl_task_of(dl_se);
+	struct rq *rq = task_rq(p);
+
+	return &rq->dl;
+}
+
+static inline int on_dl_rq(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	return !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&dl_se->rb_node);
+}
+
+static inline int is_leftmost(struct task_struct *p, struct dl_rq *dl_rq)
+{
+	struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se = &p->dl;
+
+	return dl_rq->rb_leftmost == &dl_se->rb_node;
+}
+
+void init_dl_rq(struct dl_rq *dl_rq, struct rq *rq)
+{
+	dl_rq->rb_root = RB_ROOT;
+}
+
+static void enqueue_task_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags);
+static void __dequeue_task_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags);
+static void check_preempt_curr_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
+				  int flags);
+
+/*
+ * We are being explicitly informed that a new instance is starting,
+ * and this means that:
+ *  - the absolute deadline of the entity has to be placed at
+ *    current time + relative deadline;
+ *  - the runtime of the entity has to be set to the maximum value.
+ *
+ * The capability of specifying such event is useful whenever a -deadline
+ * entity wants to (try to!) synchronize its behaviour with the scheduler's
+ * one, and to (try to!) reconcile itself with its own scheduling
+ * parameters.
+ */
+static inline void setup_new_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	struct dl_rq *dl_rq = dl_rq_of_se(dl_se);
+	struct rq *rq = rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq);
+
+	WARN_ON(!dl_se->dl_new || dl_se->dl_throttled);
+
+	/*
+	 * We use the regular wall clock time to set deadlines in the
+	 * future; in fact, we must consider execution overheads (time
+	 * spent on hardirq context, etc.).
+	 */
+	dl_se->deadline = rq_clock(rq) + dl_se->dl_deadline;
+	dl_se->runtime = dl_se->dl_runtime;
+	dl_se->dl_new = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Pure Earliest Deadline First (EDF) scheduling does not deal with the
+ * possibility of a entity lasting more than what it declared, and thus
+ * exhausting its runtime.
+ *
+ * Here we are interested in making runtime overrun possible, but we do
+ * not want a entity which is misbehaving to affect the scheduling of all
+ * other entities.
+ * Therefore, a budgeting strategy called Constant Bandwidth Server (CBS)
+ * is used, in order to confine each entity within its own bandwidth.
+ *
+ * This function deals exactly with that, and ensures that when the runtime
+ * of a entity is replenished, its deadline is also postponed. That ensures
+ * the overrunning entity can't interfere with other entity in the system and
+ * can't make them miss their deadlines. Reasons why this kind of overruns
+ * could happen are, typically, a entity voluntarily trying to overcome its
+ * runtime, or it just underestimated it during sched_setscheduler_ex().
+ */
+static void replenish_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	struct dl_rq *dl_rq = dl_rq_of_se(dl_se);
+	struct rq *rq = rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq);
+
+	/*
+	 * We keep moving the deadline away until we get some
+	 * available runtime for the entity. This ensures correct
+	 * handling of situations where the runtime overrun is
+	 * arbitrary large.
+	 */
+	while (dl_se->runtime <= 0) {
+		dl_se->deadline += dl_se->dl_deadline;
+		dl_se->runtime += dl_se->dl_runtime;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point, the deadline really should be "in
+	 * the future" with respect to rq->clock. If it's
+	 * not, we are, for some reason, lagging too much!
+	 * Anyway, after having warn userspace abut that,
+	 * we still try to keep the things running by
+	 * resetting the deadline and the budget of the
+	 * entity.
+	 */
+	if (dl_time_before(dl_se->deadline, rq_clock(rq))) {
+		static bool lag_once = false;
+
+		if (!lag_once) {
+			lag_once = true;
+			printk_sched("sched: DL replenish lagged to much\n");
+		}
+		dl_se->deadline = rq_clock(rq) + dl_se->dl_deadline;
+		dl_se->runtime = dl_se->dl_runtime;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Here we check if --at time t-- an entity (which is probably being
+ * [re]activated or, in general, enqueued) can use its remaining runtime
+ * and its current deadline _without_ exceeding the bandwidth it is
+ * assigned (function returns true if it can't). We are in fact applying
+ * one of the CBS rules: when a task wakes up, if the residual runtime
+ * over residual deadline fits within the allocated bandwidth, then we
+ * can keep the current (absolute) deadline and residual budget without
+ * disrupting the schedulability of the system. Otherwise, we should
+ * refill the runtime and set the deadline a period in the future,
+ * because keeping the current (absolute) deadline of the task would
+ * result in breaking guarantees promised to other tasks.
+ *
+ * This function returns true if:
+ *
+ *   runtime / (deadline - t) > dl_runtime / dl_deadline ,
+ *
+ * IOW we can't recycle current parameters.
+ */
+static bool dl_entity_overflow(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, u64 t)
+{
+	u64 left, right;
+
+	/*
+	 * left and right are the two sides of the equation above,
+	 * after a bit of shuffling to use multiplications instead
+	 * of divisions.
+	 *
+	 * Note that none of the time values involved in the two
+	 * multiplications are absolute: dl_deadline and dl_runtime
+	 * are the relative deadline and the maximum runtime of each
+	 * instance, runtime is the runtime left for the last instance
+	 * and (deadline - t), since t is rq->clock, is the time left
+	 * to the (absolute) deadline. Even if overflowing the u64 type
+	 * is very unlikely to occur in both cases, here we scale down
+	 * as we want to avoid that risk at all. Scaling down by 10
+	 * means that we reduce granularity to 1us. We are fine with it,
+	 * since this is only a true/false check and, anyway, thinking
+	 * of anything below microseconds resolution is actually fiction
+	 * (but still we want to give the user that illusion >;).
+	 */
+	left = (dl_se->dl_deadline >> 10) * (dl_se->runtime >> 10);
+	right = ((dl_se->deadline - t) >> 10) * (dl_se->dl_runtime >> 10);
+
+	return dl_time_before(right, left);
+}
+
+/*
+ * When a -deadline entity is queued back on the runqueue, its runtime and
+ * deadline might need updating.
+ *
+ * The policy here is that we update the deadline of the entity only if:
+ *  - the current deadline is in the past,
+ *  - using the remaining runtime with the current deadline would make
+ *    the entity exceed its bandwidth.
+ */
+static void update_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	struct dl_rq *dl_rq = dl_rq_of_se(dl_se);
+	struct rq *rq = rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq);
+
+	/*
+	 * The arrival of a new instance needs special treatment, i.e.,
+	 * the actual scheduling parameters have to be "renewed".
+	 */
+	if (dl_se->dl_new) {
+		setup_new_dl_entity(dl_se);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (dl_time_before(dl_se->deadline, rq_clock(rq)) ||
+	    dl_entity_overflow(dl_se, rq_clock(rq))) {
+		dl_se->deadline = rq_clock(rq) + dl_se->dl_deadline;
+		dl_se->runtime = dl_se->dl_runtime;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * If the entity depleted all its runtime, and if we want it to sleep
+ * while waiting for some new execution time to become available, we
+ * set the bandwidth enforcement timer to the replenishment instant
+ * and try to activate it.
+ *
+ * Notice that it is important for the caller to know if the timer
+ * actually started or not (i.e., the replenishment instant is in
+ * the future or in the past).
+ */
+static int start_dl_timer(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	struct dl_rq *dl_rq = dl_rq_of_se(dl_se);
+	struct rq *rq = rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq);
+	ktime_t now, act;
+	ktime_t soft, hard;
+	unsigned long range;
+	s64 delta;
+
+	/*
+	 * We want the timer to fire at the deadline, but considering
+	 * that it is actually coming from rq->clock and not from
+	 * hrtimer's time base reading.
+	 */
+	act = ns_to_ktime(dl_se->deadline);
+	now = hrtimer_cb_get_time(&dl_se->dl_timer);
+	delta = ktime_to_ns(now) - rq_clock(rq);
+	act = ktime_add_ns(act, delta);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the expiry time already passed, e.g., because the value
+	 * chosen as the deadline is too small, don't even try to
+	 * start the timer in the past!
+	 */
+	if (ktime_us_delta(act, now) < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&dl_se->dl_timer, act);
+
+	soft = hrtimer_get_softexpires(&dl_se->dl_timer);
+	hard = hrtimer_get_expires(&dl_se->dl_timer);
+	range = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(hard, soft));
+	__hrtimer_start_range_ns(&dl_se->dl_timer, soft,
+				 range, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS, 0);
+
+	return hrtimer_active(&dl_se->dl_timer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the bandwidth enforcement timer callback. If here, we know
+ * a task is not on its dl_rq, since the fact that the timer was running
+ * means the task is throttled and needs a runtime replenishment.
+ *
+ * However, what we actually do depends on the fact the task is active,
+ * (it is on its rq) or has been removed from there by a call to
+ * dequeue_task_dl(). In the former case we must issue the runtime
+ * replenishment and add the task back to the dl_rq; in the latter, we just
+ * do nothing but clearing dl_throttled, so that runtime and deadline
+ * updating (and the queueing back to dl_rq) will be done by the
+ * next call to enqueue_task_dl().
+ */
+static enum hrtimer_restart dl_task_timer(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+	struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se = container_of(timer,
+						     struct sched_dl_entity,
+						     dl_timer);
+	struct task_struct *p = dl_task_of(dl_se);
+	struct rq *rq = task_rq(p);
+	raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to take care of a possible races here. In fact, the
+	 * task might have changed its scheduling policy to something
+	 * different from SCHED_DEADLINE or changed its reservation
+	 * parameters (through sched_setscheduler()).
+	 */
+	if (!dl_task(p) || dl_se->dl_new)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	sched_clock_tick();
+	update_rq_clock(rq);
+	dl_se->dl_throttled = 0;
+	if (p->on_rq) {
+		enqueue_task_dl(rq, p, ENQUEUE_REPLENISH);
+		if (task_has_dl_policy(rq->curr))
+			check_preempt_curr_dl(rq, p, 0);
+		else
+			resched_task(rq->curr);
+	}
+unlock:
+	raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
+
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
+void init_dl_task_timer(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	struct hrtimer *timer = &dl_se->dl_timer;
+
+	if (hrtimer_active(timer)) {
+		hrtimer_try_to_cancel(timer);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	hrtimer_init(timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+	timer->function = dl_task_timer;
+}
+
+static
+int dl_runtime_exceeded(struct rq *rq, struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	int dmiss = dl_time_before(dl_se->deadline, rq_clock(rq));
+	int rorun = dl_se->runtime <= 0;
+
+	if (!rorun && !dmiss)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we are beyond our current deadline and we are still
+	 * executing, then we have already used some of the runtime of
+	 * the next instance. Thus, if we do not account that, we are
+	 * stealing bandwidth from the system at each deadline miss!
+	 */
+	if (dmiss) {
+		dl_se->runtime = rorun ? dl_se->runtime : 0;
+		dl_se->runtime -= rq_clock(rq) - dl_se->deadline;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Update the current task's runtime statistics (provided it is still
+ * a -deadline task and has not been removed from the dl_rq).
+ */
+static void update_curr_dl(struct rq *rq)
+{
+	struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
+	struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se = &curr->dl;
+	u64 delta_exec;
+
+	if (!dl_task(curr) || !on_dl_rq(dl_se))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Consumed budget is computed considering the time as
+	 * observed by schedulable tasks (excluding time spent
+	 * in hardirq context, etc.). Deadlines are instead
+	 * computed using hard walltime. This seems to be the more
+	 * natural solution, but the full ramifications of this
+	 * approach need further study.
+	 */
+	delta_exec = rq_clock_task(rq) - curr->se.exec_start;
+	if (unlikely((s64)delta_exec < 0))
+		delta_exec = 0;
+
+	schedstat_set(curr->se.statistics.exec_max,
+		      max(curr->se.statistics.exec_max, delta_exec));
+
+	curr->se.sum_exec_runtime += delta_exec;
+	account_group_exec_runtime(curr, delta_exec);
+
+	curr->se.exec_start = rq_clock_task(rq);
+	cpuacct_charge(curr, delta_exec);
+
+	dl_se->runtime -= delta_exec;
+	if (dl_runtime_exceeded(rq, dl_se)) {
+		__dequeue_task_dl(rq, curr, 0);
+		if (likely(start_dl_timer(dl_se)))
+			dl_se->dl_throttled = 1;
+		else
+			enqueue_task_dl(rq, curr, ENQUEUE_REPLENISH);
+
+		if (!is_leftmost(curr, &rq->dl))
+			resched_task(curr);
+	}
+}
+
+static void __enqueue_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	struct dl_rq *dl_rq = dl_rq_of_se(dl_se);
+	struct rb_node **link = &dl_rq->rb_root.rb_node;
+	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
+	struct sched_dl_entity *entry;
+	int leftmost = 1;
+
+	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&dl_se->rb_node));
+
+	while (*link) {
+		parent = *link;
+		entry = rb_entry(parent, struct sched_dl_entity, rb_node);
+		if (dl_time_before(dl_se->deadline, entry->deadline))
+			link = &parent->rb_left;
+		else {
+			link = &parent->rb_right;
+			leftmost = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (leftmost)
+		dl_rq->rb_leftmost = &dl_se->rb_node;
+
+	rb_link_node(&dl_se->rb_node, parent, link);
+	rb_insert_color(&dl_se->rb_node, &dl_rq->rb_root);
+
+	dl_rq->dl_nr_running++;
+}
+
+static void __dequeue_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	struct dl_rq *dl_rq = dl_rq_of_se(dl_se);
+
+	if (RB_EMPTY_NODE(&dl_se->rb_node))
+		return;
+
+	if (dl_rq->rb_leftmost == &dl_se->rb_node) {
+		struct rb_node *next_node;
+
+		next_node = rb_next(&dl_se->rb_node);
+		dl_rq->rb_leftmost = next_node;
+	}
+
+	rb_erase(&dl_se->rb_node, &dl_rq->rb_root);
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&dl_se->rb_node);
+
+	dl_rq->dl_nr_running--;
+}
+
+static void
+enqueue_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, int flags)
+{
+	BUG_ON(on_dl_rq(dl_se));
+
+	/*
+	 * If this is a wakeup or a new instance, the scheduling
+	 * parameters of the task might need updating. Otherwise,
+	 * we want a replenishment of its runtime.
+	 */
+	if (!dl_se->dl_new && flags & ENQUEUE_REPLENISH)
+		replenish_dl_entity(dl_se);
+	else
+		update_dl_entity(dl_se);
+
+	__enqueue_dl_entity(dl_se);
+}
+
+static void dequeue_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+	__dequeue_dl_entity(dl_se);
+}
+
+static void enqueue_task_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If p is throttled, we do nothing. In fact, if it exhausted
+	 * its budget it needs a replenishment and, since it now is on
+	 * its rq, the bandwidth timer callback (which clearly has not
+	 * run yet) will take care of this.
+	 */
+	if (p->dl.dl_throttled)
+		return;
+
+	enqueue_dl_entity(&p->dl, flags);
+	inc_nr_running(rq);
+}
+
+static void __dequeue_task_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
+{
+	dequeue_dl_entity(&p->dl);
+}
+
+static void dequeue_task_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
+{
+	update_curr_dl(rq);
+	__dequeue_task_dl(rq, p, flags);
+
+	dec_nr_running(rq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Yield task semantic for -deadline tasks is:
+ *
+ *   get off from the CPU until our next instance, with
+ *   a new runtime. This is of little use now, since we
+ *   don't have a bandwidth reclaiming mechanism. Anyway,
+ *   bandwidth reclaiming is planned for the future, and
+ *   yield_task_dl will indicate that some spare budget
+ *   is available for other task instances to use it.
+ */
+static void yield_task_dl(struct rq *rq)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p = rq->curr;
+
+	/*
+	 * We make the task go to sleep until its current deadline by
+	 * forcing its runtime to zero. This way, update_curr_dl() stops
+	 * it and the bandwidth timer will wake it up and will give it
+	 * new scheduling parameters (thanks to dl_new=1).
+	 */
+	if (p->dl.runtime > 0) {
+		rq->curr->dl.dl_new = 1;
+		p->dl.runtime = 0;
+	}
+	update_curr_dl(rq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Only called when both the current and waking task are -deadline
+ * tasks.
+ */
+static void check_preempt_curr_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
+				  int flags)
+{
+	if (dl_time_before(p->dl.deadline, rq->curr->dl.deadline))
+		resched_task(rq->curr);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK
+static void start_hrtick_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	s64 delta = p->dl.dl_runtime - p->dl.runtime;
+
+	if (delta > 10000)
+		hrtick_start(rq, p->dl.runtime);
+}
+#endif
+
+static struct sched_dl_entity *pick_next_dl_entity(struct rq *rq,
+						   struct dl_rq *dl_rq)
+{
+	struct rb_node *left = dl_rq->rb_leftmost;
+
+	if (!left)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return rb_entry(left, struct sched_dl_entity, rb_node);
+}
+
+struct task_struct *pick_next_task_dl(struct rq *rq)
+{
+	struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se;
+	struct task_struct *p;
+	struct dl_rq *dl_rq;
+
+	dl_rq = &rq->dl;
+
+	if (unlikely(!dl_rq->dl_nr_running))
+		return NULL;
+
+	dl_se = pick_next_dl_entity(rq, dl_rq);
+	BUG_ON(!dl_se);
+
+	p = dl_task_of(dl_se);
+	p->se.exec_start = rq_clock_task(rq);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK
+	if (hrtick_enabled(rq))
+		start_hrtick_dl(rq, p);
+#endif
+	return p;
+}
+
+static void put_prev_task_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	update_curr_dl(rq);
+}
+
+static void task_tick_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int queued)
+{
+	update_curr_dl(rq);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK
+	if (hrtick_enabled(rq) && queued && p->dl.runtime > 0)
+		start_hrtick_dl(rq, p);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void task_fork_dl(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	/*
+	 * SCHED_DEADLINE tasks cannot fork and this is achieved through
+	 * sched_fork()
+	 */
+}
+
+static void task_dead_dl(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	struct hrtimer *timer = &p->dl.dl_timer;
+
+	if (hrtimer_active(timer))
+		hrtimer_try_to_cancel(timer);
+}
+
+static void set_curr_task_dl(struct rq *rq)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p = rq->curr;
+
+	p->se.exec_start = rq_clock_task(rq);
+}
+
+static void switched_from_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	if (hrtimer_active(&p->dl.dl_timer))
+		hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&p->dl.dl_timer);
+}
+
+static void switched_to_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If p is throttled, don't consider the possibility
+	 * of preempting rq->curr, the check will be done right
+	 * after its runtime will get replenished.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(p->dl.dl_throttled))
+		return;
+
+	if (p->on_rq || rq->curr != p) {
+		if (task_has_dl_policy(rq->curr))
+			check_preempt_curr_dl(rq, p, 0);
+		else
+			resched_task(rq->curr);
+	}
+}
+
+static void prio_changed_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
+			    int oldprio)
+{
+	switched_to_dl(rq, p);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static int
+select_task_rq_dl(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int sd_flag, int flags)
+{
+	return task_cpu(p);
+}
+#endif
+
+const struct sched_class dl_sched_class = {
+	.next			= &rt_sched_class,
+	.enqueue_task		= enqueue_task_dl,
+	.dequeue_task		= dequeue_task_dl,
+	.yield_task		= yield_task_dl,
+
+	.check_preempt_curr	= check_preempt_curr_dl,
+
+	.pick_next_task		= pick_next_task_dl,
+	.put_prev_task		= put_prev_task_dl,
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	.select_task_rq		= select_task_rq_dl,
+#endif
+
+	.set_curr_task		= set_curr_task_dl,
+	.task_tick		= task_tick_dl,
+	.task_fork              = task_fork_dl,
+	.task_dead		= task_dead_dl,
+
+	.prio_changed           = prio_changed_dl,
+	.switched_from		= switched_from_dl,
+	.switched_to		= switched_to_dl,
+};
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index df023db..83eb539 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sched/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
+#include <linux/sched/deadline.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
@@ -91,11 +92,21 @@
 	return policy == SCHED_FIFO || policy == SCHED_RR;
 }
 
+static inline int dl_policy(int policy)
+{
+	return policy == SCHED_DEADLINE;
+}
+
 static inline int task_has_rt_policy(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	return rt_policy(p->policy);
 }
 
+static inline int task_has_dl_policy(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return dl_policy(p->policy);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is the priority-queue data structure of the RT scheduling class:
  */
@@ -367,6 +378,15 @@
 #endif
 };
 
+/* Deadline class' related fields in a runqueue */
+struct dl_rq {
+	/* runqueue is an rbtree, ordered by deadline */
+	struct rb_root rb_root;
+	struct rb_node *rb_leftmost;
+
+	unsigned long dl_nr_running;
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 /*
@@ -435,6 +455,7 @@
 
 	struct cfs_rq cfs;
 	struct rt_rq rt;
+	struct dl_rq dl;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 	/* list of leaf cfs_rq on this cpu: */
@@ -991,6 +1012,7 @@
 #else
 #define ENQUEUE_WAKING		0
 #endif
+#define ENQUEUE_REPLENISH	8
 
 #define DEQUEUE_SLEEP		1
 
@@ -1046,6 +1068,7 @@
    for (class = sched_class_highest; class; class = class->next)
 
 extern const struct sched_class stop_sched_class;
+extern const struct sched_class dl_sched_class;
 extern const struct sched_class rt_sched_class;
 extern const struct sched_class fair_sched_class;
 extern const struct sched_class idle_sched_class;
@@ -1081,6 +1104,8 @@
 extern struct rt_bandwidth def_rt_bandwidth;
 extern void init_rt_bandwidth(struct rt_bandwidth *rt_b, u64 period, u64 runtime);
 
+extern void init_dl_task_timer(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se);
+
 extern void update_idle_cpu_load(struct rq *this_rq);
 
 extern void init_task_runnable_average(struct task_struct *p);
@@ -1357,6 +1382,7 @@
 
 extern void init_cfs_rq(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq);
 extern void init_rt_rq(struct rt_rq *rt_rq, struct rq *rq);
+extern void init_dl_rq(struct dl_rq *dl_rq, struct rq *rq);
 
 extern void cfs_bandwidth_usage_inc(void);
 extern void cfs_bandwidth_usage_dec(void);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/stop_task.c b/kernel/sched/stop_task.c
index 47197de..fdb6bb0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/stop_task.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/stop_task.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
  * Simple, special scheduling class for the per-CPU stop tasks:
  */
 const struct sched_class stop_sched_class = {
-	.next			= &rt_sched_class,
+	.next			= &dl_sched_class,
 
 	.enqueue_task		= enqueue_task_stop,
 	.dequeue_task		= dequeue_task_stop,