diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 7f52283..5f64fed 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
 	 */
 	unsigned long nr_uninterruptible;
 
-	struct task_struct *curr, *idle;
+	struct task_struct *curr, *idle, *stop;
 	unsigned long next_balance;
 	struct mm_struct *prev_mm;
 
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@
 
 static const struct sched_class rt_sched_class;
 
-#define sched_class_highest (&rt_sched_class)
+#define sched_class_highest (&stop_sched_class)
 #define for_each_class(class) \
    for (class = sched_class_highest; class; class = class->next)
 
@@ -1917,10 +1917,41 @@
 #include "sched_idletask.c"
 #include "sched_fair.c"
 #include "sched_rt.c"
+#include "sched_stoptask.c"
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 # include "sched_debug.c"
 #endif
 
+void sched_set_stop_task(int cpu, struct task_struct *stop)
+{
+	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO - 1 };
+	struct task_struct *old_stop = cpu_rq(cpu)->stop;
+
+	if (stop) {
+		/*
+		 * Make it appear like a SCHED_FIFO task, its something
+		 * userspace knows about and won't get confused about.
+		 *
+		 * Also, it will make PI more or less work without too
+		 * much confusion -- but then, stop work should not
+		 * rely on PI working anyway.
+		 */
+		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(stop, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+
+		stop->sched_class = &stop_sched_class;
+	}
+
+	cpu_rq(cpu)->stop = stop;
+
+	if (old_stop) {
+		/*
+		 * Reset it back to a normal scheduling class so that
+		 * it can die in pieces.
+		 */
+		old_stop->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * __normal_prio - return the priority that is based on the static prio
  */
@@ -3720,17 +3751,13 @@
 			return p;
 	}
 
-	class = sched_class_highest;
-	for ( ; ; ) {
+	for_each_class(class) {
 		p = class->pick_next_task(rq);
 		if (p)
 			return p;
-		/*
-		 * Will never be NULL as the idle class always
-		 * returns a non-NULL p:
-		 */
-		class = class->next;
 	}
+
+	BUG(); /* the idle class will always have a runnable task */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4659,6 +4686,15 @@
 	 */
 	rq = __task_rq_lock(p);
 
+	/*
+	 * Changing the policy of the stop threads its a very bad idea
+	 */
+	if (p == rq->stop) {
+		__task_rq_unlock(rq);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
 	if (user) {
 		/*