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<title>sched/core: Fix psi_dequeue() for Proxy Execution</title>
<updated>2025-12-18T13:03:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>John Stultz</name>
<email>jstultz@google.com</email>
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<published>2025-12-05T01:27:09+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit c2ae8b0df2d1bb7a063f9e356e4e9a06cd4afe11 ]

Currently, if the sleep flag is set, psi_dequeue() doesn't
change any of the psi_flags.

This is because psi_task_switch() will clear TSK_ONCPU as well
as other potential flags (TSK_RUNNING), and the assumption is
that a voluntary sleep always consists of a task being dequeued
followed shortly there after with a psi_sched_switch() call.

Proxy Execution changes this expectation, as mutex-blocked tasks
that would normally sleep stay on the runqueue. But in the case
where the mutex-owning task goes to sleep, or the owner is on a
remote cpu, we will then deactivate the blocked task shortly
after.

In that situation, the mutex-blocked task will have had its
TSK_ONCPU cleared when it was switched off the cpu, but it will
stay TSK_RUNNING. Then if we later dequeue it (as currently done
if we hit a case find_proxy_task() can't yet handle, such as the
case of the owner being on another rq or a sleeping owner)
psi_dequeue() won't change any state (leaving it TSK_RUNNING),
as it incorrectly expects a psi_task_switch() call to
immediately follow.

Later on when the task get woken/re-enqueued, and psi_flags are
set for TSK_RUNNING, we hit an error as the task is already
TSK_RUNNING:

  psi: inconsistent task state! task=188:kworker/28:0 cpu=28 psi_flags=4 clear=0 set=4

To resolve this, extend the logic in psi_dequeue() so that
if the sleep flag is set, we also check if psi_flags have
TSK_ONCPU set (meaning the psi_task_switch is imminent) before
we do the shortcut return.

If TSK_ONCPU is not set, that means we've already switched away,
and this psi_dequeue call needs to clear the flags.

Fixes: be41bde4c3a8 ("sched: Add an initial sketch of the find_proxy_task() function")
Reported-by: K Prateek Nayak &lt;kprateek.nayak@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak &lt;kprateek.nayak@amd.com&gt;
Tested-by: Haiyue Wang &lt;haiyuewa@163.com&gt;
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner &lt;hannes@cmpxchg.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251205012721.756394-1-jstultz@google.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251117185550.365156-1-kprateek.nayak@amd.com/
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit c2ae8b0df2d1bb7a063f9e356e4e9a06cd4afe11 ]

Currently, if the sleep flag is set, psi_dequeue() doesn't
change any of the psi_flags.

This is because psi_task_switch() will clear TSK_ONCPU as well
as other potential flags (TSK_RUNNING), and the assumption is
that a voluntary sleep always consists of a task being dequeued
followed shortly there after with a psi_sched_switch() call.

Proxy Execution changes this expectation, as mutex-blocked tasks
that would normally sleep stay on the runqueue. But in the case
where the mutex-owning task goes to sleep, or the owner is on a
remote cpu, we will then deactivate the blocked task shortly
after.

In that situation, the mutex-blocked task will have had its
TSK_ONCPU cleared when it was switched off the cpu, but it will
stay TSK_RUNNING. Then if we later dequeue it (as currently done
if we hit a case find_proxy_task() can't yet handle, such as the
case of the owner being on another rq or a sleeping owner)
psi_dequeue() won't change any state (leaving it TSK_RUNNING),
as it incorrectly expects a psi_task_switch() call to
immediately follow.

Later on when the task get woken/re-enqueued, and psi_flags are
set for TSK_RUNNING, we hit an error as the task is already
TSK_RUNNING:

  psi: inconsistent task state! task=188:kworker/28:0 cpu=28 psi_flags=4 clear=0 set=4

To resolve this, extend the logic in psi_dequeue() so that
if the sleep flag is set, we also check if psi_flags have
TSK_ONCPU set (meaning the psi_task_switch is imminent) before
we do the shortcut return.

If TSK_ONCPU is not set, that means we've already switched away,
and this psi_dequeue call needs to clear the flags.

Fixes: be41bde4c3a8 ("sched: Add an initial sketch of the find_proxy_task() function")
Reported-by: K Prateek Nayak &lt;kprateek.nayak@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak &lt;kprateek.nayak@amd.com&gt;
Tested-by: Haiyue Wang &lt;haiyuewa@163.com&gt;
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner &lt;hannes@cmpxchg.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251205012721.756394-1-jstultz@google.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251117185550.365156-1-kprateek.nayak@amd.com/
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched/fair: Fix unfairness caused by stalled tg_load_avg_contrib when the last task migrates out</title>
<updated>2025-12-18T13:03:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>xupengbo</name>
<email>xupengbo@oppo.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-27T02:22:07+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ca125231dd29fc0678dd3622e9cdea80a51dffe4 ]

When a task is migrated out, there is a probability that the tg-&gt;load_avg
value will become abnormal. The reason is as follows:

1. Due to the 1ms update period limitation in update_tg_load_avg(), there
   is a possibility that the reduced load_avg is not updated to tg-&gt;load_avg
   when a task migrates out.

2. Even though __update_blocked_fair() traverses the leaf_cfs_rq_list and
   calls update_tg_load_avg() for cfs_rqs that are not fully decayed, the key
   function cfs_rq_is_decayed() does not check whether
   cfs-&gt;tg_load_avg_contrib is null. Consequently, in some cases,
   __update_blocked_fair() removes cfs_rqs whose avg.load_avg has not been
   updated to tg-&gt;load_avg.

Add a check of cfs_rq-&gt;tg_load_avg_contrib in cfs_rq_is_decayed(),
which fixes the case (2.) mentioned above.

Fixes: 1528c661c24b ("sched/fair: Ratelimit update to tg-&gt;load_avg")
Signed-off-by: xupengbo &lt;xupengbo@oppo.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aaron Lu &lt;ziqianlu@bytedance.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Tested-by: Aaron Lu &lt;ziqianlu@bytedance.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827022208.14487-1-xupengbo@oppo.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit ca125231dd29fc0678dd3622e9cdea80a51dffe4 ]

When a task is migrated out, there is a probability that the tg-&gt;load_avg
value will become abnormal. The reason is as follows:

1. Due to the 1ms update period limitation in update_tg_load_avg(), there
   is a possibility that the reduced load_avg is not updated to tg-&gt;load_avg
   when a task migrates out.

2. Even though __update_blocked_fair() traverses the leaf_cfs_rq_list and
   calls update_tg_load_avg() for cfs_rqs that are not fully decayed, the key
   function cfs_rq_is_decayed() does not check whether
   cfs-&gt;tg_load_avg_contrib is null. Consequently, in some cases,
   __update_blocked_fair() removes cfs_rqs whose avg.load_avg has not been
   updated to tg-&gt;load_avg.

Add a check of cfs_rq-&gt;tg_load_avg_contrib in cfs_rq_is_decayed(),
which fixes the case (2.) mentioned above.

Fixes: 1528c661c24b ("sched/fair: Ratelimit update to tg-&gt;load_avg")
Signed-off-by: xupengbo &lt;xupengbo@oppo.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aaron Lu &lt;ziqianlu@bytedance.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Tested-by: Aaron Lu &lt;ziqianlu@bytedance.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827022208.14487-1-xupengbo@oppo.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched/fair: Forfeit vruntime on yield</title>
<updated>2025-12-18T13:02:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fernand Sieber</name>
<email>sieberf@amazon.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-18T15:05:28+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 79104becf42baeeb4a3f2b106f954b9fc7c10a3c ]

If a task yields, the scheduler may decide to pick it again. The task in
turn may decide to yield immediately or shortly after, leading to a tight
loop of yields.

If there's another runnable task as this point, the deadline will be
increased by the slice at each loop. This can cause the deadline to runaway
pretty quickly, and subsequent elevated run delays later on as the task
doesn't get picked again. The reason the scheduler can pick the same task
again and again despite its deadline increasing is because it may be the
only eligible task at that point.

Fix this by making the task forfeiting its remaining vruntime and pushing
the deadline one slice ahead. This implements yield behavior more
authentically.

We limit the forfeiting to eligible tasks. This is because core scheduling
prefers running ineligible tasks rather than force idling. As such, without
the condition, we can end up on a yield loop which makes the vruntime
increase rapidly, leading to anomalous run delays later down the line.

Fixes: 147f3efaa24182 ("sched/fair: Implement an EEVDF-like scheduling  policy")
Signed-off-by: Fernand Sieber &lt;sieberf@amazon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250401123622.584018-1-sieberf@amazon.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250911095113.203439-1-sieberf@amazon.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916140228.452231-1-sieberf@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 79104becf42baeeb4a3f2b106f954b9fc7c10a3c ]

If a task yields, the scheduler may decide to pick it again. The task in
turn may decide to yield immediately or shortly after, leading to a tight
loop of yields.

If there's another runnable task as this point, the deadline will be
increased by the slice at each loop. This can cause the deadline to runaway
pretty quickly, and subsequent elevated run delays later on as the task
doesn't get picked again. The reason the scheduler can pick the same task
again and again despite its deadline increasing is because it may be the
only eligible task at that point.

Fix this by making the task forfeiting its remaining vruntime and pushing
the deadline one slice ahead. This implements yield behavior more
authentically.

We limit the forfeiting to eligible tasks. This is because core scheduling
prefers running ineligible tasks rather than force idling. As such, without
the condition, we can end up on a yield loop which makes the vruntime
increase rapidly, leading to anomalous run delays later down the line.

Fixes: 147f3efaa24182 ("sched/fair: Implement an EEVDF-like scheduling  policy")
Signed-off-by: Fernand Sieber &lt;sieberf@amazon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250401123622.584018-1-sieberf@amazon.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250911095113.203439-1-sieberf@amazon.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916140228.452231-1-sieberf@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc6-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext</title>
<updated>2025-11-20T19:04:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-20T19:04:37+00:00</published>
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Pull sched_ext fix from Tejun Heo:
 "One low risk and obvious fix: scx_enable() was dereferencing an error
  pointer on helper kthread creation failure. Fixed"

* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc6-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext:
  sched_ext: Fix scx_enable() crash on helper kthread creation failure
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Pull sched_ext fix from Tejun Heo:
 "One low risk and obvious fix: scx_enable() was dereferencing an error
  pointer on helper kthread creation failure. Fixed"

* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc6-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext:
  sched_ext: Fix scx_enable() crash on helper kthread creation failure
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Fix scx_enable() crash on helper kthread creation failure</title>
<updated>2025-11-20T18:45:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Saket Kumar Bhaskar</name>
<email>skb99@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-19T10:37:22+00:00</published>
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A crash was observed when the sched_ext selftests runner was
terminated with Ctrl+\ while test 15 was running:

NIP [c00000000028fa58] scx_enable.constprop.0+0x358/0x12b0
LR [c00000000028fa2c] scx_enable.constprop.0+0x32c/0x12b0
Call Trace:
scx_enable.constprop.0+0x32c/0x12b0 (unreliable)
bpf_struct_ops_link_create+0x18c/0x22c
__sys_bpf+0x23f8/0x3044
sys_bpf+0x2c/0x6c
system_call_exception+0x124/0x320
system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec

kthread_run_worker() returns an ERR_PTR() on failure rather than NULL,
but the current code in scx_alloc_and_add_sched() only checks for a NULL
helper. Incase of failure on SIGQUIT, the error is not handled in
scx_alloc_and_add_sched() and scx_enable() ends up dereferencing an
error pointer.

Error handling is fixed in scx_alloc_and_add_sched() to propagate
PTR_ERR() into ret, so that scx_enable() jumps to the existing error
path, avoiding random dereference on failure.

Fixes: bff3b5aec1b7 ("sched_ext: Move disable machinery into scx_sched")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.16+
Reported-and-tested-by: Samir Mulani &lt;samir@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saket Kumar Bhaskar &lt;skb99@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vishal Chourasia &lt;vishalc@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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A crash was observed when the sched_ext selftests runner was
terminated with Ctrl+\ while test 15 was running:

NIP [c00000000028fa58] scx_enable.constprop.0+0x358/0x12b0
LR [c00000000028fa2c] scx_enable.constprop.0+0x32c/0x12b0
Call Trace:
scx_enable.constprop.0+0x32c/0x12b0 (unreliable)
bpf_struct_ops_link_create+0x18c/0x22c
__sys_bpf+0x23f8/0x3044
sys_bpf+0x2c/0x6c
system_call_exception+0x124/0x320
system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec

kthread_run_worker() returns an ERR_PTR() on failure rather than NULL,
but the current code in scx_alloc_and_add_sched() only checks for a NULL
helper. Incase of failure on SIGQUIT, the error is not handled in
scx_alloc_and_add_sched() and scx_enable() ends up dereferencing an
error pointer.

Error handling is fixed in scx_alloc_and_add_sched() to propagate
PTR_ERR() into ret, so that scx_enable() jumps to the existing error
path, avoiding random dereference on failure.

Fixes: bff3b5aec1b7 ("sched_ext: Move disable machinery into scx_sched")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.16+
Reported-and-tested-by: Samir Mulani &lt;samir@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saket Kumar Bhaskar &lt;skb99@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi &lt;arighi@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vishal Chourasia &lt;vishalc@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext</title>
<updated>2025-11-17T17:01:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-17T17:01:22+00:00</published>
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Pull sched_ext fixes from Tejun Heo:
 "Five fixes addressing PREEMPT_RT compatibility and locking issues.

  Three commits fix potential deadlocks and sleeps in atomic contexts on
  RT kernels by converting locks to raw spinlocks and ensuring IRQ work
  runs in hard-irq context. The remaining two fix unsafe locking in the
  debug dump path and a variable dereference typo"

* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext:
  sched_ext: Use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to initialize rq-&gt;scx.kick_cpus_irq_work
  sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn()
  sched/ext: convert scx_tasks_lock to raw spinlock
  sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state()
  sched_ext: Fix use of uninitialized variable in scx_bpf_cpuperf_set()
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Pull sched_ext fixes from Tejun Heo:
 "Five fixes addressing PREEMPT_RT compatibility and locking issues.

  Three commits fix potential deadlocks and sleeps in atomic contexts on
  RT kernels by converting locks to raw spinlocks and ensuring IRQ work
  runs in hard-irq context. The remaining two fix unsafe locking in the
  debug dump path and a variable dereference typo"

* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext:
  sched_ext: Use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to initialize rq-&gt;scx.kick_cpus_irq_work
  sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn()
  sched/ext: convert scx_tasks_lock to raw spinlock
  sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state()
  sched_ext: Fix use of uninitialized variable in scx_bpf_cpuperf_set()
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to initialize rq-&gt;scx.kick_cpus_irq_work</title>
<updated>2025-11-17T15:07:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zqiang</name>
<email>qiang.zhang@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-17T12:53:10+00:00</published>
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For PREEMPT_RT kernels, the kick_cpus_irq_workfn() be invoked in
the per-cpu irq_work/* task context and there is no rcu-read critical
section to protect. this commit therefore use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to
initialize the per-cpu rq-&gt;scx.kick_cpus_irq_work in the
init_sched_ext_class().

Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang.zhang@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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For PREEMPT_RT kernels, the kick_cpus_irq_workfn() be invoked in
the per-cpu irq_work/* task context and there is no rcu-read critical
section to protect. this commit therefore use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to
initialize the per-cpu rq-&gt;scx.kick_cpus_irq_work in the
init_sched_ext_class().

Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang.zhang@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn()</title>
<updated>2025-11-13T18:29:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zqiang</name>
<email>qiang.zhang@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-13T11:43:55+00:00</published>
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For PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the deferred_irq_workfn() is executed in
the per-cpu irq_work/* task context and not disable-irq, if the rq
returned by container_of() is current CPU's rq, the following scenarios
may occur:

lock(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock);
&lt;Interrupt&gt;
  lock(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock);

This commit use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to replace init_irq_work() to
initialize rq-&gt;scx.deferred_irq_work, make the deferred_irq_workfn()
is always invoked in hard-irq context.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang.zhang@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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For PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the deferred_irq_workfn() is executed in
the per-cpu irq_work/* task context and not disable-irq, if the rq
returned by container_of() is current CPU's rq, the following scenarios
may occur:

lock(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock);
&lt;Interrupt&gt;
  lock(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock);

This commit use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to replace init_irq_work() to
initialize rq-&gt;scx.deferred_irq_work, make the deferred_irq_workfn()
is always invoked in hard-irq context.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang.zhang@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched/ext: convert scx_tasks_lock to raw spinlock</title>
<updated>2025-11-12T18:42:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Emil Tsalapatis</name>
<email>etsal@meta.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-12T18:42:02+00:00</published>
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Update scx_task_locks so that it's safe to lock/unlock in a
non-sleepable context in PREEMPT_RT kernels. scx_task_locks is
(non-raw) spinlock used to protect the list of tasks under SCX.
This list is updated during from finish_task_switch(), which
cannot sleep. Regular spinlocks can be locked in such a context
in non-RT kernels, but are sleepable under when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y.

Convert scx_task_locks into a raw spinlock, which is not sleepable
even on RT kernels.

Sample backtrace:

&lt;TASK&gt;
dump_stack_lvl+0x83/0xa0
__might_resched+0x14a/0x200
rt_spin_lock+0x61/0x1c0
? sched_ext_dead+0x2d/0xf0
? lock_release+0xc6/0x280
sched_ext_dead+0x2d/0xf0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x254/0x360
__schedule+0x584/0x11d0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? tick_nohz_idle_exit+0x7e/0x120
schedule_idle+0x23/0x40
cpu_startup_entry+0x29/0x30
start_secondary+0xf8/0x100
common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148
&lt;/TASK&gt;

Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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Update scx_task_locks so that it's safe to lock/unlock in a
non-sleepable context in PREEMPT_RT kernels. scx_task_locks is
(non-raw) spinlock used to protect the list of tasks under SCX.
This list is updated during from finish_task_switch(), which
cannot sleep. Regular spinlocks can be locked in such a context
in non-RT kernels, but are sleepable under when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y.

Convert scx_task_locks into a raw spinlock, which is not sleepable
even on RT kernels.

Sample backtrace:

&lt;TASK&gt;
dump_stack_lvl+0x83/0xa0
__might_resched+0x14a/0x200
rt_spin_lock+0x61/0x1c0
? sched_ext_dead+0x2d/0xf0
? lock_release+0xc6/0x280
sched_ext_dead+0x2d/0xf0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x254/0x360
__schedule+0x584/0x11d0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? tick_nohz_idle_exit+0x7e/0x120
schedule_idle+0x23/0x40
cpu_startup_entry+0x29/0x30
start_secondary+0xf8/0x100
common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148
&lt;/TASK&gt;

Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state()</title>
<updated>2025-11-12T16:28:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zqiang</name>
<email>qiang.zhang@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-12T07:33:28+00:00</published>
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For built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the dump_lock will be converted
sleepable spinlock and not disable-irq, so the following scenarios occur:

inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -&gt; {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
irq_work/0/27 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock){?...}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
{IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
   lock_acquire+0x1e1/0x510
   _raw_spin_lock_nested+0x42/0x80
   raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
   sched_tick+0xae/0x7b0
   update_process_times+0x14c/0x1b0
   tick_periodic+0x62/0x1f0
   tick_handle_periodic+0x48/0xf0
   timer_interrupt+0x55/0x80
   __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x20a/0x5c0
   handle_irq_event_percpu+0x18/0xc0
   handle_irq_event+0xb5/0x150
   handle_level_irq+0x220/0x460
   __common_interrupt+0xa2/0x1e0
   common_interrupt+0xb0/0xd0
   asm_common_interrupt+0x2b/0x40
   _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x45/0x80
   __setup_irq+0xc34/0x1a30
   request_threaded_irq+0x214/0x2f0
   hpet_time_init+0x3e/0x60
   x86_late_time_init+0x5b/0xb0
   start_kernel+0x308/0x410
   x86_64_start_reservations+0x1c/0x30
   x86_64_start_kernel+0x96/0xa0
   common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148

 other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

        CPU0
        ----
   lock(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock);
   &lt;Interrupt&gt;
     lock(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock);

  *** DEADLOCK ***

 stack backtrace:
 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 27 Comm: irq_work/0
 Call Trace:
  &lt;TASK&gt;
  dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xd0
  dump_stack+0x14/0x20
  print_usage_bug+0x42e/0x690
  mark_lock.part.44+0x867/0xa70
  ? __pfx_mark_lock.part.44+0x10/0x10
  ? string_nocheck+0x19c/0x310
  ? number+0x739/0x9f0
  ? __pfx_string_nocheck+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_check_pointer+0x10/0x10
  ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x15/0x30
  ? sched_clock_noinstr+0xd/0x20
  ? local_clock_noinstr+0x1c/0xe0
  __lock_acquire+0xc4b/0x62b0
  ? __pfx_format_decode+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_string+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10
  lock_acquire+0x1e1/0x510
  ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
  ? __pfx_lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
  ? dump_line+0x12e/0x270
  ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x20/0x40
  _raw_spin_lock_nested+0x42/0x80
  ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
  raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
  scx_dump_state+0x3b3/0x1270
  ? finish_task_switch+0x27e/0x840
  scx_ops_error_irq_workfn+0x67/0x80
  irq_work_single+0x113/0x260
  irq_work_run_list.part.3+0x44/0x70
  run_irq_workd+0x6b/0x90
  ? __pfx_run_irq_workd+0x10/0x10
  smpboot_thread_fn+0x529/0x870
  ? __pfx_smpboot_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
  kthread+0x305/0x3f0
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork+0x40/0x70
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
  &lt;/TASK&gt;

This commit therefore use rq_lock_irqsave/irqrestore() to replace
rq_lock/unlock() in the scx_dump_state().

Fixes: 07814a9439a3 ("sched_ext: Print debug dump after an error exit")
Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang.zhang@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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For built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the dump_lock will be converted
sleepable spinlock and not disable-irq, so the following scenarios occur:

inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -&gt; {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
irq_work/0/27 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock){?...}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
{IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
   lock_acquire+0x1e1/0x510
   _raw_spin_lock_nested+0x42/0x80
   raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
   sched_tick+0xae/0x7b0
   update_process_times+0x14c/0x1b0
   tick_periodic+0x62/0x1f0
   tick_handle_periodic+0x48/0xf0
   timer_interrupt+0x55/0x80
   __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x20a/0x5c0
   handle_irq_event_percpu+0x18/0xc0
   handle_irq_event+0xb5/0x150
   handle_level_irq+0x220/0x460
   __common_interrupt+0xa2/0x1e0
   common_interrupt+0xb0/0xd0
   asm_common_interrupt+0x2b/0x40
   _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x45/0x80
   __setup_irq+0xc34/0x1a30
   request_threaded_irq+0x214/0x2f0
   hpet_time_init+0x3e/0x60
   x86_late_time_init+0x5b/0xb0
   start_kernel+0x308/0x410
   x86_64_start_reservations+0x1c/0x30
   x86_64_start_kernel+0x96/0xa0
   common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148

 other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

        CPU0
        ----
   lock(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock);
   &lt;Interrupt&gt;
     lock(&amp;rq-&gt;__lock);

  *** DEADLOCK ***

 stack backtrace:
 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 27 Comm: irq_work/0
 Call Trace:
  &lt;TASK&gt;
  dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xd0
  dump_stack+0x14/0x20
  print_usage_bug+0x42e/0x690
  mark_lock.part.44+0x867/0xa70
  ? __pfx_mark_lock.part.44+0x10/0x10
  ? string_nocheck+0x19c/0x310
  ? number+0x739/0x9f0
  ? __pfx_string_nocheck+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_check_pointer+0x10/0x10
  ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x15/0x30
  ? sched_clock_noinstr+0xd/0x20
  ? local_clock_noinstr+0x1c/0xe0
  __lock_acquire+0xc4b/0x62b0
  ? __pfx_format_decode+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_string+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10
  lock_acquire+0x1e1/0x510
  ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
  ? __pfx_lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
  ? dump_line+0x12e/0x270
  ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x20/0x40
  _raw_spin_lock_nested+0x42/0x80
  ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
  raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
  scx_dump_state+0x3b3/0x1270
  ? finish_task_switch+0x27e/0x840
  scx_ops_error_irq_workfn+0x67/0x80
  irq_work_single+0x113/0x260
  irq_work_run_list.part.3+0x44/0x70
  run_irq_workd+0x6b/0x90
  ? __pfx_run_irq_workd+0x10/0x10
  smpboot_thread_fn+0x529/0x870
  ? __pfx_smpboot_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
  kthread+0x305/0x3f0
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork+0x40/0x70
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
  &lt;/TASK&gt;

This commit therefore use rq_lock_irqsave/irqrestore() to replace
rq_lock/unlock() in the scx_dump_state().

Fixes: 07814a9439a3 ("sched_ext: Print debug dump after an error exit")
Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang.zhang@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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