2 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libcore/task/mod.rs b/src/libcore/task/mod.rs
index 9a0063b746a..a6c03638713 100644
--- a/src/libcore/task/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/task/mod.rs
@@ -1226,3 +1226,12 @@ fn test_spawn_thread_on_demand() {
 
     port.recv();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_simple_newsched_spawn() {
+    use rt::run_in_newsched_task;
+
+    do run_in_newsched_task {
+        spawn(||())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libcore/task/spawn.rs b/src/libcore/task/spawn.rs
index c71f7d26d40..47e38602995 100644
--- a/src/libcore/task/spawn.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/task/spawn.rs
@@ -531,6 +531,35 @@ fn gen_child_taskgroup(linked: bool, supervised: bool)
 }
 
 pub fn spawn_raw(opts: TaskOpts, f: ~fn()) {
+    use rt::*;
+
+    match context() {
+        OldTaskContext => {
+            spawn_raw_oldsched(opts, f)
+        }
+        TaskContext => {
+            spawn_raw_newsched(opts, f)
+        }
+        SchedulerContext => {
+            fail!(~"can't spawn from scheduler context")
+        }
+        GlobalContext => {
+            fail!(~"can't spawn from global context")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn spawn_raw_newsched(opts: TaskOpts, f: ~fn()) {
+    use rt::sched::*;
+
+    // XXX: How to schedule a new task is a policy decision that shouldn't be made here
+    let mut sched = Scheduler::take_local();
+    let task = ~Task::new(&mut sched.stack_pool, f);
+    sched.resume_task_from_running_task_direct(task);
+}
+
+fn spawn_raw_oldsched(opts: TaskOpts, f: ~fn()) {
+
     let (child_tg, ancestors, is_main) =
         gen_child_taskgroup(opts.linked, opts.supervised);