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<title>sched_ext: Read scx_root under scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem in cgroup setters</title>
<updated>2026-05-17T15:15:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2026-05-13T16:33:22+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 80afd4c84bc8f5e80145ce35279f5ce53f6043db ]

scx_group_set_{weight,idle,bandwidth}() cache scx_root before acquiring
scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem, so the pointer can be stale by the time the op runs.
If the loaded scheduler is disabled and freed (via RCU work) and another is
enabled between the naked load and the rwsem acquire, the reader sees
scx_cgroup_enabled=true (the new scheduler's) but dereferences the freed one
- UAF on SCX_HAS_OP(sch, ...) / SCX_CALL_OP(sch, ...).

scx_cgroup_enabled is toggled only under scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem write
(scx_cgroup_{init,exit}), so reading scx_root inside the rwsem read section
correlates @sch with the enabled snapshot.

Fixes: a5bd6ba30b33 ("sched_ext: Use cgroup_lock/unlock() to synchronize against cgroup operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.18+
Reported-by: Chris Mason &lt;clm@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 80afd4c84bc8f5e80145ce35279f5ce53f6043db ]

scx_group_set_{weight,idle,bandwidth}() cache scx_root before acquiring
scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem, so the pointer can be stale by the time the op runs.
If the loaded scheduler is disabled and freed (via RCU work) and another is
enabled between the naked load and the rwsem acquire, the reader sees
scx_cgroup_enabled=true (the new scheduler's) but dereferences the freed one
- UAF on SCX_HAS_OP(sch, ...) / SCX_CALL_OP(sch, ...).

scx_cgroup_enabled is toggled only under scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem write
(scx_cgroup_{init,exit}), so reading scx_root inside the rwsem read section
correlates @sch with the enabled snapshot.

Fixes: a5bd6ba30b33 ("sched_ext: Use cgroup_lock/unlock() to synchronize against cgroup operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.18+
Reported-by: Chris Mason &lt;clm@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched/ext: Implement cgroup_set_idle() callback</title>
<updated>2026-05-17T15:15:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>zhidao su</name>
<email>suzhidao@xiaomi.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-13T16:33:21+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 347ed2d566dabb06c7970fff01129c4f59995ed6 ]

Implement the missing cgroup_set_idle() callback that was marked as a
TODO. This allows BPF schedulers to be notified when a cgroup's idle
state changes, enabling them to adjust their scheduling behavior
accordingly.

The implementation follows the same pattern as other cgroup callbacks
like cgroup_set_weight() and cgroup_set_bandwidth(). It checks if the
BPF scheduler has implemented the callback and invokes it with the
appropriate parameters.

Fixes a spelling error in the cgroup_set_bandwidth() documentation.

tj: s/scx_cgroup_rwsem/scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem/ to fix build breakage.

Signed-off-by: zhidao su &lt;soolaugust@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 80afd4c84bc8 ("sched_ext: Read scx_root under scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem in cgroup setters")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 347ed2d566dabb06c7970fff01129c4f59995ed6 ]

Implement the missing cgroup_set_idle() callback that was marked as a
TODO. This allows BPF schedulers to be notified when a cgroup's idle
state changes, enabling them to adjust their scheduling behavior
accordingly.

The implementation follows the same pattern as other cgroup callbacks
like cgroup_set_weight() and cgroup_set_bandwidth(). It checks if the
BPF scheduler has implemented the callback and invokes it with the
appropriate parameters.

Fixes a spelling error in the cgroup_set_bandwidth() documentation.

tj: s/scx_cgroup_rwsem/scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem/ to fix build breakage.

Signed-off-by: zhidao su &lt;soolaugust@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 80afd4c84bc8 ("sched_ext: Read scx_root under scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem in cgroup setters")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Fix stale direct dispatch state in ddsp_dsq_id</title>
<updated>2026-04-11T12:26:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrea Righi</name>
<email>arighi@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-08T12:47:41+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 7e0ffb72de8aa3b25989c2d980e81b829c577010 ]

@p-&gt;scx.ddsp_dsq_id can be left set (non-SCX_DSQ_INVALID) triggering a
spurious warning in mark_direct_dispatch() when the next wakeup's
ops.select_cpu() calls scx_bpf_dsq_insert(), such as:

 WARNING: kernel/sched/ext.c:1273 at scx_dsq_insert_commit+0xcd/0x140

The root cause is that ddsp_dsq_id was only cleared in dispatch_enqueue(),
which is not reached in all paths that consume or cancel a direct dispatch
verdict.

Fix it by clearing it at the right places:

 - direct_dispatch(): cache the direct dispatch state in local variables
   and clear it before dispatch_enqueue() on the synchronous path. For
   the deferred path, the direct dispatch state must remain set until
   process_ddsp_deferred_locals() consumes them.

 - process_ddsp_deferred_locals(): cache the dispatch state in local
   variables and clear it before calling dispatch_to_local_dsq(), which
   may migrate the task to another rq.

 - do_enqueue_task(): clear the dispatch state on the enqueue path
   (local/global/bypass fallbacks), where the direct dispatch verdict is
   ignored.

 - dequeue_task_scx(): clear the dispatch state after dispatch_dequeue()
   to handle both the deferred dispatch cancellation and the holding_cpu
   race, covering all cases where a pending direct dispatch is
   cancelled.

 - scx_disable_task(): clear the direct dispatch state when
   transitioning a task out of the current scheduler. Waking tasks may
   have had the direct dispatch state set by the outgoing scheduler's
   ops.select_cpu() and then been queued on a wake_list via
   ttwu_queue_wakelist(), when SCX_OPS_ALLOW_QUEUED_WAKEUP is set. Such
   tasks are not on the runqueue and are not iterated by scx_bypass(),
   so their direct dispatch state won't be cleared. Without this clear,
   any subsequent SCX scheduler that tries to direct dispatch the task
   will trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE() in mark_direct_dispatch().

Fixes: 5b26f7b920f7 ("sched_ext: Allow SCX_DSQ_LOCAL_ON for direct dispatches")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Cc: Daniel Hodges &lt;hodgesd@meta.com&gt;
Cc: Patrick Somaru &lt;patsomaru@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 7e0ffb72de8aa3b25989c2d980e81b829c577010 ]

@p-&gt;scx.ddsp_dsq_id can be left set (non-SCX_DSQ_INVALID) triggering a
spurious warning in mark_direct_dispatch() when the next wakeup's
ops.select_cpu() calls scx_bpf_dsq_insert(), such as:

 WARNING: kernel/sched/ext.c:1273 at scx_dsq_insert_commit+0xcd/0x140

The root cause is that ddsp_dsq_id was only cleared in dispatch_enqueue(),
which is not reached in all paths that consume or cancel a direct dispatch
verdict.

Fix it by clearing it at the right places:

 - direct_dispatch(): cache the direct dispatch state in local variables
   and clear it before dispatch_enqueue() on the synchronous path. For
   the deferred path, the direct dispatch state must remain set until
   process_ddsp_deferred_locals() consumes them.

 - process_ddsp_deferred_locals(): cache the dispatch state in local
   variables and clear it before calling dispatch_to_local_dsq(), which
   may migrate the task to another rq.

 - do_enqueue_task(): clear the dispatch state on the enqueue path
   (local/global/bypass fallbacks), where the direct dispatch verdict is
   ignored.

 - dequeue_task_scx(): clear the dispatch state after dispatch_dequeue()
   to handle both the deferred dispatch cancellation and the holding_cpu
   race, covering all cases where a pending direct dispatch is
   cancelled.

 - scx_disable_task(): clear the direct dispatch state when
   transitioning a task out of the current scheduler. Waking tasks may
   have had the direct dispatch state set by the outgoing scheduler's
   ops.select_cpu() and then been queued on a wake_list via
   ttwu_queue_wakelist(), when SCX_OPS_ALLOW_QUEUED_WAKEUP is set. Such
   tasks are not on the runqueue and are not iterated by scx_bypass(),
   so their direct dispatch state won't be cleared. Without this clear,
   any subsequent SCX scheduler that tries to direct dispatch the task
   will trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE() in mark_direct_dispatch().

Fixes: 5b26f7b920f7 ("sched_ext: Allow SCX_DSQ_LOCAL_ON for direct dispatches")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Cc: Daniel Hodges &lt;hodgesd@meta.com&gt;
Cc: Patrick Somaru &lt;patsomaru@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Refactor do_enqueue_task() local and global DSQ paths</title>
<updated>2026-04-11T12:26:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-08T12:47:40+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 3546119f18647d7ddbba579737d8a222b430cb1c ]

The local and global DSQ enqueue paths in do_enqueue_task() share the same
slice refill logic. Factor out the common code into a shared enqueue label.
This makes adding new enqueue cases easier. No functional changes.

Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 7e0ffb72de8a ("sched_ext: Fix stale direct dispatch state in ddsp_dsq_id")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 3546119f18647d7ddbba579737d8a222b430cb1c ]

The local and global DSQ enqueue paths in do_enqueue_task() share the same
slice refill logic. Factor out the common code into a shared enqueue label.
This makes adding new enqueue cases easier. No functional changes.

Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 7e0ffb72de8a ("sched_ext: Fix stale direct dispatch state in ddsp_dsq_id")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Use WRITE_ONCE() for the write side of dsq-&gt;seq update</title>
<updated>2026-04-02T11:23:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>zhidao su</name>
<email>soolaugust@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-04T05:37:30+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 7a8464555d2e5f038758bb19e72ab4710b79e9cd ]

bpf_iter_scx_dsq_new() reads dsq-&gt;seq via READ_ONCE() without holding
any lock, making dsq-&gt;seq a lock-free concurrently accessed variable.
However, dispatch_enqueue(), the sole writer of dsq-&gt;seq, uses a plain
increment without the matching WRITE_ONCE() on the write side:

    dsq-&gt;seq++;
    ^^^^^^^^^^^
    plain write -- KCSAN data race

The KCSAN documentation requires that if one accessor uses READ_ONCE()
or WRITE_ONCE() on a variable to annotate lock-free access, all other
accesses must also use the appropriate accessor. A plain write leaves
the pair incomplete and will trigger KCSAN warnings.

Fix by using WRITE_ONCE() for the write side of the update:

    WRITE_ONCE(dsq-&gt;seq, dsq-&gt;seq + 1);

This is consistent with bpf_iter_scx_dsq_new() and makes the
concurrent access annotation complete and KCSAN-clean.

Signed-off-by: zhidao su &lt;suzhidao@xiaomi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 7a8464555d2e5f038758bb19e72ab4710b79e9cd ]

bpf_iter_scx_dsq_new() reads dsq-&gt;seq via READ_ONCE() without holding
any lock, making dsq-&gt;seq a lock-free concurrently accessed variable.
However, dispatch_enqueue(), the sole writer of dsq-&gt;seq, uses a plain
increment without the matching WRITE_ONCE() on the write side:

    dsq-&gt;seq++;
    ^^^^^^^^^^^
    plain write -- KCSAN data race

The KCSAN documentation requires that if one accessor uses READ_ONCE()
or WRITE_ONCE() on a variable to annotate lock-free access, all other
accesses must also use the appropriate accessor. A plain write leaves
the pair incomplete and will trigger KCSAN warnings.

Fix by using WRITE_ONCE() for the write side of the update:

    WRITE_ONCE(dsq-&gt;seq, dsq-&gt;seq + 1);

This is consistent with bpf_iter_scx_dsq_new() and makes the
concurrent access annotation complete and KCSAN-clean.

Signed-off-by: zhidao su &lt;suzhidao@xiaomi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Disable preemption between scx_claim_exit() and kicking helper work</title>
<updated>2026-03-25T10:10:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-17T17:21:52+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 83236b2e43dba00bee5b82eb5758816b1a674f6a ]

scx_claim_exit() atomically sets exit_kind, which prevents scx_error() from
triggering further error handling. After claiming exit, the caller must kick
the helper kthread work which initiates bypass mode and teardown.

If the calling task gets preempted between claiming exit and kicking the
helper work, and the BPF scheduler fails to schedule it back (since error
handling is now disabled), the helper work is never queued, bypass mode
never activates, tasks stop being dispatched, and the system wedges.

Disable preemption across scx_claim_exit() and the subsequent work kicking
in all callers - scx_disable() and scx_vexit(). Add
lockdep_assert_preemption_disabled() to scx_claim_exit() to enforce the
requirement.

Fixes: f0e1a0643a59 ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 83236b2e43dba00bee5b82eb5758816b1a674f6a ]

scx_claim_exit() atomically sets exit_kind, which prevents scx_error() from
triggering further error handling. After claiming exit, the caller must kick
the helper kthread work which initiates bypass mode and teardown.

If the calling task gets preempted between claiming exit and kicking the
helper work, and the BPF scheduler fails to schedule it back (since error
handling is now disabled), the helper work is never queued, bypass mode
never activates, tasks stop being dispatched, and the system wedges.

Disable preemption across scx_claim_exit() and the subsequent work kicking
in all callers - scx_disable() and scx_vexit(). Add
lockdep_assert_preemption_disabled() to scx_claim_exit() to enforce the
requirement.

Fixes: f0e1a0643a59 ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Simplify breather mechanism with scx_aborting flag</title>
<updated>2026-03-25T10:10:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-17T17:21:51+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit a69040ed57f50156e5452474d25c79b9e62075d0 ]

The breather mechanism was introduced in 62dcbab8b0ef ("sched_ext: Avoid
live-locking bypass mode switching") and e32c260195e6 ("sched_ext: Enable the
ops breather and eject BPF scheduler on softlockup") to prevent live-locks by
injecting delays when CPUs are trapped in dispatch paths.

Currently, it uses scx_breather_depth (atomic_t) and scx_in_softlockup
(unsigned long) with separate increment/decrement and cleanup operations. The
breather is only activated when aborting, so tie it directly to the exit
mechanism. Replace both variables with scx_aborting flag set when exit is
claimed and cleared after bypass is enabled. Introduce scx_claim_exit() to
consolidate exit_kind claiming and breather enablement. This eliminates
scx_clear_softlockup() and simplifies scx_softlockup() and scx_bypass().

The breather mechanism will be replaced by a different abort mechanism in a
future patch. This simplification prepares for that change.

Reviewed-by: Dan Schatzberg &lt;schatzberg.dan@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 83236b2e43db ("sched_ext: Disable preemption between scx_claim_exit() and kicking helper work")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit a69040ed57f50156e5452474d25c79b9e62075d0 ]

The breather mechanism was introduced in 62dcbab8b0ef ("sched_ext: Avoid
live-locking bypass mode switching") and e32c260195e6 ("sched_ext: Enable the
ops breather and eject BPF scheduler on softlockup") to prevent live-locks by
injecting delays when CPUs are trapped in dispatch paths.

Currently, it uses scx_breather_depth (atomic_t) and scx_in_softlockup
(unsigned long) with separate increment/decrement and cleanup operations. The
breather is only activated when aborting, so tie it directly to the exit
mechanism. Replace both variables with scx_aborting flag set when exit is
claimed and cleared after bypass is enabled. Introduce scx_claim_exit() to
consolidate exit_kind claiming and breather enablement. This eliminates
scx_clear_softlockup() and simplifies scx_softlockup() and scx_bypass().

The breather mechanism will be replaced by a different abort mechanism in a
future patch. This simplification prepares for that change.

Reviewed-by: Dan Schatzberg &lt;schatzberg.dan@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 83236b2e43db ("sched_ext: Disable preemption between scx_claim_exit() and kicking helper work")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Fix starvation of scx_enable() under fair-class saturation</title>
<updated>2026-03-25T10:10:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2026-03-17T17:29:35+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit b06ccbabe2506fd70b9167a644978b049150224a ]

During scx_enable(), the READY -&gt; ENABLED task switching loop changes the
calling thread's sched_class from fair to ext. Since fair has higher
priority than ext, saturating fair-class workloads can indefinitely starve
the enable thread, hanging the system. This was introduced when the enable
path switched from preempt_disable() to scx_bypass() which doesn't protect
against fair-class starvation. Note that the original preempt_disable()
protection wasn't complete either - in partial switch modes, the calling
thread could still be starved after preempt_enable() as it may have been
switched to ext class.

Fix it by offloading the enable body to a dedicated system-wide RT
(SCHED_FIFO) kthread which cannot be starved by either fair or ext class
tasks. scx_enable() lazily creates the kthread on first use and passes the
ops pointer through a struct scx_enable_cmd containing the kthread_work,
then synchronously waits for completion.

The workfn runs on a different kthread from sch-&gt;helper (which runs
disable_work), so it can safely flush disable_work on the error path
without deadlock.

Fixes: 8c2090c504e9 ("sched_ext: Initialize in bypass mode")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit b06ccbabe2506fd70b9167a644978b049150224a ]

During scx_enable(), the READY -&gt; ENABLED task switching loop changes the
calling thread's sched_class from fair to ext. Since fair has higher
priority than ext, saturating fair-class workloads can indefinitely starve
the enable thread, hanging the system. This was introduced when the enable
path switched from preempt_disable() to scx_bypass() which doesn't protect
against fair-class starvation. Note that the original preempt_disable()
protection wasn't complete either - in partial switch modes, the calling
thread could still be starved after preempt_enable() as it may have been
switched to ext class.

Fix it by offloading the enable body to a dedicated system-wide RT
(SCHED_FIFO) kthread which cannot be starved by either fair or ext class
tasks. scx_enable() lazily creates the kthread on first use and passes the
ops pointer through a struct scx_enable_cmd containing the kthread_work,
then synchronously waits for completion.

The workfn runs on a different kthread from sch-&gt;helper (which runs
disable_work), so it can safely flush disable_work on the error path
without deadlock.

Fixes: 8c2090c504e9 ("sched_ext: Initialize in bypass mode")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>sched_ext: Fix enqueue_task_scx() truncation of upper enqueue flags</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T15:08:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-07T14:53:32+00:00</published>
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commit 57ccf5ccdc56954f2a91a7f66684fd31c566bde5 upstream.

enqueue_task_scx() takes int enq_flags from the sched_class interface.
SCX enqueue flags starting at bit 32 (SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT and above) are
silently truncated when passed through activate_task(). extra_enq_flags
was added as a workaround - storing high bits in rq-&gt;scx.extra_enq_flags
and OR-ing them back in enqueue_task_scx(). However, the OR target is
still the int parameter, so the high bits are lost anyway.

The current impact is limited as the only affected flag is SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT
which is informational to the BPF scheduler - its loss means the scheduler
doesn't know about preemption but doesn't cause incorrect behavior.

Fix by renaming the int parameter to core_enq_flags and introducing a
u64 enq_flags local that merges both sources. All downstream functions
already take u64 enq_flags.

Fixes: f0e1a0643a59 ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Acked-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 57ccf5ccdc56954f2a91a7f66684fd31c566bde5 upstream.

enqueue_task_scx() takes int enq_flags from the sched_class interface.
SCX enqueue flags starting at bit 32 (SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT and above) are
silently truncated when passed through activate_task(). extra_enq_flags
was added as a workaround - storing high bits in rq-&gt;scx.extra_enq_flags
and OR-ing them back in enqueue_task_scx(). However, the OR target is
still the int parameter, so the high bits are lost anyway.

The current impact is limited as the only affected flag is SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT
which is informational to the BPF scheduler - its loss means the scheduler
doesn't know about preemption but doesn't cause incorrect behavior.

Fix by renaming the int parameter to core_enq_flags and introducing a
u64 enq_flags local that merges both sources. All downstream functions
already take u64 enq_flags.

Fixes: f0e1a0643a59 ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Acked-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_init()</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T15:08:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Cheng-Yang Chou</name>
<email>yphbchou0911@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-03T14:35:30+00:00</published>
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commit 1336b579f6079fb8520be03624fcd9ba443c930b upstream.

The iterator css_for_each_descendant_pre() walks the cgroup hierarchy
under cgroup_lock(). It does not increment the reference counts on
yielded css structs.

According to the cgroup documentation, css_put() should only be used
to release a reference obtained via css_get() or css_tryget_online().
Since the iterator does not use either of these to acquire a reference,
calling css_put() in the error path of scx_cgroup_init() causes a
refcount underflow.

Remove the unbalanced css_put() to prevent a potential Use-After-Free
(UAF) vulnerability.

Fixes: 819513666966 ("sched_ext: Add cgroup support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Cheng-Yang Chou &lt;yphbchou0911@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 1336b579f6079fb8520be03624fcd9ba443c930b upstream.

The iterator css_for_each_descendant_pre() walks the cgroup hierarchy
under cgroup_lock(). It does not increment the reference counts on
yielded css structs.

According to the cgroup documentation, css_put() should only be used
to release a reference obtained via css_get() or css_tryget_online().
Since the iterator does not use either of these to acquire a reference,
calling css_put() in the error path of scx_cgroup_init() causes a
refcount underflow.

Remove the unbalanced css_put() to prevent a potential Use-After-Free
(UAF) vulnerability.

Fixes: 819513666966 ("sched_ext: Add cgroup support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Cheng-Yang Chou &lt;yphbchou0911@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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