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8 daysrseq: Revert to historical performance killing behaviourThomas Gleixner
commit b9eac6a9d93c952c4b7775a24d5c7a1bbf4c3c00 upstream. The recent RSEQ optimization work broke the TCMalloc abuse of the RSEQ ABI as it not longer unconditionally updates the CPU, node, mm_cid fields, which are documented as read only for user space. Due to the observed behavior of the kernel it was possible for TCMalloc to overwrite the cpu_id_start field for their own purposes and rely on the kernel to update it unconditionally after each context switch and before signal delivery. The RSEQ ABI only guarantees that these fields are updated when the data changes, i.e. the task is migrated or the MMCID of the task changes due to switching from or to per CPU ownership mode. The optimization work eliminated the unconditional updates and reduced them to the documented ABI guarantees, which results in a massive performance win for syscall, scheduling heavy work loads, which in turn breaks the TCMalloc expectations. There have been several options discussed to restore the TCMalloc functionality while preserving the optimization benefits. They all end up in a series of hard to maintain workarounds, which in the worst case introduce overhead for everyone, e.g. in the scheduler. The requirements of TCMalloc and the optimization work are diametral and the required work arounds are a maintainence burden. They end up as fragile constructs, which are blocking further optimization work and are pretty much guaranteed to cause more subtle issues down the road. The optimization work heavily depends on the generic entry code, which is not used by all architectures yet. So the rework preserved the original mechanism moslty unmodified to keep the support for architectures, which handle rseq in their own exit to user space loop. That code is currently optimized out by the compiler on architectures which use the generic entry code. This allows to revert back to the original behaviour by replacing the compile time constant conditions with a runtime condition where required, which disables the optimization and the dependend time slice extension feature until the run-time condition can be enabled in the RSEQ registration code on a per task basis again. The following changes are required to restore the original behavior, which makes TCMalloc work again: 1) Replace the compile time constant conditionals with runtime conditionals where appropriate to prevent the compiler from optimizing the legacy mode out 2) Enforce unconditional update of IDs on context switch for the non-optimized v1 mode 3) Enforce update of IDs in the pre signal delivery path for the non-optimized v1 mode 4) Enforce update of IDs in the membarrier(RSEQ) IPI for the non-optimized v1 mode 5) Make time slice and future extensions depend on optimized v2 mode This brings back the full performance problems, but preserves the v2 optimization code and for generic entry code using architectures also the TIF_RSEQ optimization which avoids a full evaluation of the exit to user mode loop in many cases. Fixes: 566d8015f7ee ("rseq: Avoid CPU/MM CID updates when no event pending") Reported-by: Mathias Stearn <mathias@mongodb.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Tested-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CAHnCjA25b+nO2n5CeifknSKHssJpPrjnf+dtr7UgzRw4Zgu=oA@mail.gmail.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260428224427.517051752%40kernel.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayscgroup/cpuset: Reserve DL bandwidth only for root-domain movesGuopeng Zhang
commit 5dd74441cbf42c22e874450eb6a6bbb19390a216 upstream. cpuset_can_attach() currently adds the bandwidth of all migrating SCHED_DEADLINE tasks to sum_migrate_dl_bw. If the source and destination cpuset effective CPU masks do not overlap, the whole sum is then reserved in the destination root domain. set_cpus_allowed_dl(), however, subtracts bandwidth from the source root domain only when the affinity change really moves the task between root domains. A DL task can move between cpusets that are still in the same root domain, so including that task in sum_migrate_dl_bw can reserve destination bandwidth without a matching source-side subtraction. Share the root-domain move test with set_cpus_allowed_dl(). Keep nr_migrate_dl_tasks counting all migrating deadline tasks for cpuset DL task accounting, but add to sum_migrate_dl_bw only for tasks that need a root-domain bandwidth move. Keep using the destination cpuset effective CPU mask and leave the broader can_attach()/attach() transaction model unchanged. Fixes: 2ef269ef1ac0 ("cgroup/cpuset: Free DL BW in case can_attach() fails") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10+ Signed-off-by: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn> Reviewed-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
8 dayssched/fair: Fix wakeup_preempt_fair() for not waking up taskVincent Guittot
[ Upstream commit 9f6d929ee2c6f0266edb564bcd2bd47fd6e884a8 ] Make sure to only call pick_next_entity() on an non-empty cfs_rq. The assumption that p is always enqueued and not delayed, is only true for wakeup. If p was moved while delayed, pick_next_entity() will dequeue it and the cfs might become empty. Test if there are still queued tasks before trying again to determine if p could be the next one to be picked. There are at least 2 cases: When cfs becomes idle, it tries to pull tasks but if those pulled tasks are delayed, they will be dequeued when attached to cfs. attach_tasks() -> attach_task() -> wakeup_preempt(rq, p, 0); A misfit task running on cfs A triggers a load balance to be pulled on a better cpu, the load balance on cfs B starts an active load balance to pulled the running misfit task. If there is a delayed dequeue task on cfs A, it can be pulled instead of the previously running misfit task. attach_one_task() -> attach_task() -> wakeup_preempt(rq, p, 0); Fixes: ac8e69e69363 ("sched/fair: Fix wakeup_preempt_fair() vs delayed dequeue") Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260503104503.1732682-1-vincent.guittot@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayssched/fair: Clear rel_deadline when initializing forked entitiesZicheng Qu
[ Upstream commit 3da56dc063cd77b9c0b40add930767fab4e389f3 ] A yield-triggered crash can happen when a newly forked sched_entity enters the fair class with se->rel_deadline unexpectedly set. The failing sequence is: 1. A task is forked while se->rel_deadline is still set. 2. __sched_fork() initializes vruntime, vlag and other sched_entity state, but does not clear rel_deadline. 3. On the first enqueue, enqueue_entity() calls place_entity(). 4. Because se->rel_deadline is set, place_entity() treats se->deadline as a relative deadline and converts it to an absolute deadline by adding the current vruntime. 5. However, the forked entity's deadline is not a valid inherited relative deadline for this new scheduling instance, so the conversion produces an abnormally large deadline. 6. If the task later calls sched_yield(), yield_task_fair() advances se->vruntime to se->deadline. 7. The inflated vruntime is then used by the following enqueue path, where the vruntime-derived key can overflow when multiplied by the entity weight. 8. This corrupts cfs_rq->sum_w_vruntime, breaks EEVDF eligibility calculation, and can eventually make all entities appear ineligible. pick_next_entity() may then return NULL unexpectedly, leading to a later NULL dereference. A captured trace shows the effect clearly. Before yield, the entity's vruntime was around: 9834017729983308 After yield_task_fair() executed: se->vruntime = se->deadline the vruntime jumped to: 19668035460670230 and the deadline was later advanced further to: 19668035463470230 This shows that the deadline had already become abnormally large before yield_task_fair() copied it into vruntime. rel_deadline is only meaningful when se->deadline really carries a relative deadline that still needs to be placed against vruntime. A freshly forked sched_entity should not inherit or retain this state. Clear se->rel_deadline in __sched_fork(), together with the other sched_entity runtime state, so that the first enqueue does not interpret the new entity's deadline as a stale relative deadline. Fixes: 82e9d0456e06 ("sched/fair: Avoid re-setting virtual deadline on 'migrations'") Analyzed-by: Hui Tang <tanghui20@huawei.com> Analyzed-by: Zhang Qiao <zhangqiao22@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Zicheng Qu <quzicheng@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260424071113.1199600-1-quzicheng@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayssched/fair: Fix wakeup_preempt_fair() vs delayed dequeueVincent Guittot
[ Upstream commit ac8e69e693631689d74d8f1ebee6f84f737f797f ] Similar to how pick_next_entity() must dequeue delayed entities, so too must wakeup_preempt_fair(). Any delayed task being found means it is eligible and hence past the 0-lag point, ready for removal. Worse, by not removing delayed entities from consideration, it can skew the preemption decision, with the end result that a short slice wakeup will not result in a preemption. tip/sched/core tip/sched/core +this patch cyclictest slice (ms) (default)2.8 8 8 hackbench slice (ms) (default)2.8 20 20 Total Samples | 22559 22595 22683 Average (us) | 157 64( 59%) 59( 8%) Median (P50) (us) | 57 57( 0%) 58(- 2%) 90th Percentile (us) | 64 60( 6%) 60( 0%) 99th Percentile (us) | 2407 67( 97%) 67( 0%) 99.9th Percentile (us) | 3400 2288( 33%) 727( 68%) Maximum (us) | 5037 9252(-84%) 7461( 19%) Fixes: f12e148892ed ("sched/fair: Prepare pick_next_task() for delayed dequeue") Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422093400.319251-1-vincent.guittot@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayssched_ext: Fix ops.cgroup_move() invocation kf_mask and rq trackingTejun Heo
[ Upstream commit b470e37c1fad72731be6f437e233cb6b16618f41 ] sched_move_task() invokes ops.cgroup_move() inside task_rq_lock(tsk), so @p's rq lock is held. The SCX_CALL_OP_TASK invocation mislabels this: - kf_mask = SCX_KF_UNLOCKED (== 0), claiming no lock is held. - rq = NULL, so update_locked_rq() doesn't run and scx_locked_rq() returns NULL. Switch to SCX_KF_REST and pass task_rq(p), matching ops.set_cpumask() from set_cpus_allowed_scx(). Three effects: - scx_bpf_task_cgroup() becomes callable (was rejected by scx_kf_allowed(__SCX_KF_RQ_LOCKED)). Safe; rq lock is held. - scx_bpf_dsq_move() is now rejected (was allowed via the unlocked branch). Calling it while holding an unrelated task's rq lock is risky; rejection is correct. - scx_bpf_select_cpu_*() previously took the unlocked branch in select_cpu_from_kfunc() and called task_rq_lock(p, &rf), which would deadlock against the already-held pi_lock. Now it takes the locked-rq branch and is rejected with -EPERM via the existing kf_allowed(SCX_KF_SELECT_CPU | SCX_KF_ENQUEUE) check. Latent deadlock fix. No in-tree scheduler is known to call any of these from ops.cgroup_move(). v2: Add Fixes: tag (Andrea Righi). Fixes: 18853ba782be ("sched_ext: Track currently locked rq") Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayssched_ext: Track @p's rq lock across set_cpus_allowed_scx -> ops.set_cpumaskTejun Heo
[ Upstream commit 9fb457074f6d118b30458624223abef985725a88 ] The SCX_CALL_OP_TASK call site passes rq=NULL incorrectly, leaving scx_locked_rq() unset. Pass task_rq(p) instead so update_locked_rq() reflects reality. v2: Add Fixes: tag (Andrea Righi). Fixes: 18853ba782be ("sched_ext: Track currently locked rq") Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayssched/rt: Skip group schedulable check with rt_group_sched=0Michal Koutný
[ Upstream commit 8b016dcec9365675be81d26be88f2c09cf983bd4 ] The warning from the commit 87f1fb77d87a6 ("sched: Add RT_GROUP WARN checks for non-root task_groups") is wrong -- it assumes that only task_groups with rt_rq are traversed, however, the schedulability check would iterate all task_groups even when rt_group_sched=0 is disabled at boot time but some non-root task_groups exist. The schedulability check is supposed to validate: a) that children don't overcommit its parent, b) no RT task group overcommits global RT limit. but with rt_group_sched=0 there is no (non-trivial) hierarchy of RT groups, therefore skip the validation altogether. Otherwise, writes to the global sched_rt_runtime_us knob will be rejected with incorrect validation error. This fix is immaterial with CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=n. Fixes: 87f1fb77d87a6 ("sched: Add RT_GROUP WARN checks for non-root task_groups") Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323-sched-rert_groups-v3-1-1e7d5ed6b249@suse.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayssched: Make class_schedulers avoid pushing current, and get rid of ↵John Stultz
proxy_tag_curr() [ Upstream commit e0ca8991b2de6c9dfe6fcd8a0364951b2bd56797 ] With proxy-execution, the scheduler selects the donor, but for blocked donors, we end up running the lock owner. This caused some complexity, because the class schedulers make sure to remove the task they pick from their pushable task lists, which prevents the donor from being migrated, but there wasn't then anything to prevent rq->curr from being migrated if rq->curr != rq->donor. This was sort of hacked around by calling proxy_tag_curr() on the rq->curr task if we were running something other then the donor. proxy_tag_curr() did a dequeue/enqueue pair on the rq->curr task, allowing the class schedulers to remove it from their pushable list. The dequeue/enqueue pair was wasteful, and additonally K Prateek highlighted that we didn't properly undo things when we stopped proxying, leaving the lock owner off the pushable list. After some alternative approaches were considered, Peter suggested just having the RT/DL classes just avoid migrating when task_on_cpu(). So rework pick_next_pushable_dl_task() and the rt pick_next_pushable_task() functions so that they skip over the first pushable task if it is on_cpu. Then just drop all of the proxy_tag_curr() logic. Fixes: be39617e38e0 ("sched: Fix proxy/current (push,pull)ability") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/e735cae0-2cc9-4bae-b761-fcb082ed3e94@amd.com/ Reported-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260324191337.1841376-2-jstultz@google.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayssched/topology: Compute sd_weight considering cpuset partitionsK Prateek Nayak
[ Upstream commit 8e8e23dea43e64ddafbd1246644c3219209be113 ] The "sd_weight" used for calculating the load balancing interval, and its limits, considers the span weight of the entire topology level without accounting for cpuset partitions. For example, consider a large system of 128CPUs divided into 8 * 16CPUs partition which is typical when deploying virtual machines: [ PKG Domain: 128CPUs ] [Partition0: 16CPUs][Partition1: 16CPUs] ... [Partition7: 16CPUs] Although each partition only contains 16CPUs, the load balancing interval is set to a minimum of 128 jiffies considering the span of the entire domain with 128CPUs which can lead to longer imbalances within the partition although balancing within is cheaper with 16CPUs. Compute the "sd_weight" after computing the "sd_span" considering the cpu_map covered by the partition, and set the load balancing interval, and its limits accordingly. For the above example, the balancing intervals for the partitions PKG domain changes as follows: before after balance_interval 128 16 min_interval 128 16 max_interval 256 32 Intervals are now proportional to the CPUs in the partitioned domain as was intended by the original formula. Fixes: cb83b629bae03 ("sched/numa: Rewrite the CONFIG_NUMA sched domain support") Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260312044434.1974-2-kprateek.nayak@amd.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
8 dayscpufreq: Pass the policy to cpufreq_driver->adjust_perf()K Prateek Nayak
[ Upstream commit c03791085adcd61fa9b766ab303c7d0941d7378d ] cpufreq_cpu_get() can sleep on PREEMPT_RT in presence of concurrent writer(s), however amd-pstate depends on fetching the cpudata via the policy's driver data which necessitates grabbing the reference. Since schedutil governor can call "cpufreq_driver->update_perf()" during sched_tick/enqueue/dequeue with rq_lock held and IRQs disabled, fetching the policy object using the cpufreq_cpu_get() helper in the scheduler fast-path leads to "BUG: scheduling while atomic" on PREEMPT_RT [1]. Pass the cached cpufreq policy object in sg_policy to the update_perf() instead of just the CPU. The CPU can be inferred using "policy->cpu". The lifetime of cpufreq_policy object outlasts that of the governor and the cpufreq driver (allocated when the CPU is onlined and only reclaimed when the CPU is offlined / the CPU device is removed) which makes it safe to be referenced throughout the governor's lifetime. Closes:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250731092316.3191-1-spasswolf@web.de/ [1] Fixes: 1d215f0319c2 ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add fast switch function for AMD P-State") Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki <spasswolf@web.de> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Acked-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> # Rust Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260316081849.19368-3-kprateek.nayak@amd.com Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-05-17sched_ext: Skip tasks with stale task_rq in bypass_lb_cpu()Tejun Heo
commit da2d81b4118a74e65d2335e221a38d665902a98c upstream. bypass_lb_cpu() transfers tasks between per-CPU bypass DSQs without migrating them - task_cpu() only updates when the donee later consumes the task via move_remote_task_to_local_dsq(). If the LB timer fires again before consumption and the new DSQ becomes a donor, @p is still on the previous CPU and task_rq(@p) != donor_rq. @p can't be moved without its own rq locked. Skip such tasks. Fixes: 95d1df610cdc ("sched_ext: Implement load balancer for bypass mode") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.19+ Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> [ arighi: replace donor_rq with rq, not present in v7.0.y ] Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-05-17sched_ext: Use HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT to detect isolcpus= domain isolationAndrea Righi
commit 6ae315d37924435516d697ea7dde0b799a5928e0 upstream. scx_enable() refuses to attach a BPF scheduler when isolcpus=domain is in effect by comparing housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN) against cpu_possible_mask. Since commit 27c3a5967f05 ("sched/isolation: Convert housekeeping cpumasks to rcu pointers"), HK_TYPE_DOMAIN's cpumask is RCU protected and dereferencing it requires either RCU read lock, the cpu_hotplug write lock, or the cpuset lock; scx_enable() holds none of these, so booting with isolcpus=domain and attaching any BPF scheduler triggers the following lockdep splat: ============================= WARNING: suspicious RCU usage ----------------------------- kernel/sched/isolation.c:60 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! 1 lock held by scx_flash/281: #0: ffffffff8379fce0 (update_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: bpf_struct_ops_link_create+0x134/0x1c0 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0 lockdep_rcu_suspicious.cold+0x37/0x70 housekeeping_cpumask+0xcd/0xe0 scx_enable.isra.0+0x17/0x120 bpf_scx_reg+0x5e/0x80 bpf_struct_ops_link_create+0x151/0x1c0 __sys_bpf+0x1e4b/0x33c0 __x64_sys_bpf+0x21/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x117/0xf80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f In addition, commit 03ff73510169 ("cpuset: Update HK_TYPE_DOMAIN cpumask from cpuset") made HK_TYPE_DOMAIN include cpuset isolated partitions as well, which means the current check also rejects BPF schedulers when a cpuset partition is active. That contradicts the original intent of commit 9f391f94a173 ("sched_ext: Disallow loading BPF scheduler if isolcpus= domain isolation is in effect"), which explicitly noted that cpuset partitions are honored through per-task cpumasks and should not be rejected. Switch to housekeeping_enabled(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT), which reads only the housekeeping flag bit (no RCU dereference) and reflects exactly the boot-time isolcpus= configuration that the error message refers to. Fixes: 27c3a5967f05 ("sched/isolation: Convert housekeeping cpumasks to rcu pointers") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.0+ Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-05-14sched_ext: Use dsq->first_task instead of list_empty() in dispatch_enqueue() ↵Tejun Heo
FIFO-tail commit 2f2ea77092660b53bfcbc4acc590b57ce9ab5dce upstream. dispatch_enqueue()'s FIFO-tail path used list_empty(&dsq->list) to decide whether to set dsq->first_task on enqueue. dsq->list can contain parked BPF iterator cursors (SCX_DSQ_LNODE_ITER_CURSOR), so list_empty() is not a reliable "no real task" check. If the last real task is unlinked while a cursor is parked, first_task becomes NULL; the next FIFO-tail enqueue then sees list_empty() == false and skips the first_task update, leaving scx_bpf_dsq_peek() returning NULL for a non-empty DSQ. Test dsq->first_task directly, which already tracks only real tasks and is maintained under dsq->lock. Fixes: 44f5c8ec5b9a ("sched_ext: Add lockless peek operation for DSQs") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.19+ Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Cc: Ryan Newton <newton@meta.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-05-14sched_ext: idle: Recheck prev_cpu after narrowing allowed maskDavid Carlier
commit b34c82777a2c0648ee053595f4b290fd5249b093 upstream. scx_select_cpu_dfl() narrows @allowed to @cpus_allowed & @p->cpus_ptr when the BPF caller supplies a @cpus_allowed that differs from @p->cpus_ptr and @p doesn't have full affinity. However, @is_prev_allowed was computed against the original (wider) @cpus_allowed, so the prev_cpu fast paths could pick a @prev_cpu that is in @cpus_allowed but not in @p->cpus_ptr, violating the intended invariant that the returned CPU is always usable by @p. The kernel masks this via the SCX_EV_SELECT_CPU_FALLBACK fallback, but the behavior contradicts the documented contract. Move the @is_prev_allowed evaluation past the narrowing block so it tests against the final @allowed mask. Fixes: ee9a4e92799d ("sched_ext: idle: Properly handle invalid prev_cpu during idle selection") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.16+ Assisted-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-05-14sched_ext: Read scx_root under scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem in cgroup settersTejun Heo
commit 80afd4c84bc8f5e80145ce35279f5ce53f6043db upstream. 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 <clm@meta.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-05-07sched: Use u64 for bandwidth ratio calculationsJoseph Salisbury
commit c6e80201e057dfb7253385e60bf541121bf5dc33 upstream. to_ratio() computes BW_SHIFT-scaled bandwidth ratios from u64 period and runtime values, but it returns unsigned long. tg_rt_schedulable() also stores the current group limit and the accumulated child sum in unsigned long. On 32-bit builds, large bandwidth ratios can be truncated and the RT group sum can wrap when enough siblings are present. That can let an overcommitted RT hierarchy pass the schedulability check, and it also narrows the helper result for other callers. Return u64 from to_ratio() and use u64 for the RT group totals so bandwidth ratios are preserved and compared at full width on both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. Fixes: b40b2e8eb521 ("sched: rt: multi level group constraints") Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5 Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260403210014.2713404-1-joseph.salisbury@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-04-08sched/deadline: Use revised wakeup rule for dl_serverPeter Zijlstra
John noted that commit 115135422562 ("sched/deadline: Fix 'stuck' dl_server") unfixed the issue from commit a3a70caf7906 ("sched/deadline: Fix dl_server behaviour"). The issue in commit 115135422562 was for wakeups of the server after the deadline; in which case you *have* to start a new period. The case for a3a70caf7906 is wakeups before the deadline. Now, because the server is effectively running a least-laxity policy, it means that any wakeup during the runnable phase means dl_entity_overflow() will be true. This means we need to adjust the runtime to allow it to still run until the existing deadline expires. Use the revised wakeup rule for dl_defer entities. Fixes: 115135422562 ("sched/deadline: Fix 'stuck' dl_server") Reported-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Tested-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260404102244.GB22575@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
2026-04-05Merge tag 'sched-urgent-2026-04-05' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar: - Fix zero_vruntime tracking again (Peter Zijlstra) - Fix avg_vruntime() usage in sched_debug (Peter Zijlstra) * tag 'sched-urgent-2026-04-05' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched/debug: Fix avg_vruntime() usage sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking fix
2026-04-03Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc6-fixes-2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext Pull sched_ext fixes from Tejun Heo: "These are late but both fix subtle yet critical problems and the blast radius is limited strictly to sched_ext. - Fix stale direct dispatch state in ddsp_dsq_id which can cause spurious warnings in mark_direct_dispatch() on task wakeup - Fix is_bpf_migration_disabled() false negative on non-PREEMPT_RCU configs which can lead to incorrectly dispatching migration- disabled tasks to remote CPUs" * tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc6-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext: sched_ext: Fix stale direct dispatch state in ddsp_dsq_id sched_ext: Fix is_bpf_migration_disabled() false negative on non-PREEMPT_RCU
2026-04-03sched_ext: Fix stale direct dispatch state in ddsp_dsq_idAndrea Righi
@p->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 <hodgesd@meta.com> Cc: Patrick Somaru <patsomaru@meta.com> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-04-02sched_ext: Fix is_bpf_migration_disabled() false negative on non-PREEMPT_RCUChangwoo Min
Since commit 8e4f0b1ebcf2 ("bpf: use rcu_read_lock_dont_migrate() for trampoline.c"), the BPF prolog (__bpf_prog_enter) calls migrate_disable() only when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU is enabled, via rcu_read_lock_dont_migrate(). Without CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU, the prolog never touches migration_disabled, so migration_disabled == 1 always means the task is truly migration-disabled regardless of whether it is the current task. The old unconditional p == current check was a false negative in this case, potentially allowing a migration-disabled task to be dispatched to a remote CPU and triggering scx_error in task_can_run_on_remote_rq(). Only apply the p == current disambiguation when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU is enabled, where the ambiguity with the BPF prolog still exists. Fixes: 8e4f0b1ebcf2 ("bpf: use rcu_read_lock_dont_migrate() for trampoline.c") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.18+ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250821090609.42508-8-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn/ Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-04-02sched/debug: Fix avg_vruntime() usagePeter Zijlstra
John reported that stress-ng-yield could make his machine unhappy and managed to bisect it to commit b3d99f43c72b ("sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking"). The commit in question changes avg_vruntime() from a function that is a pure reader, to a function that updates variables. This turns an unlocked sched/debug usage of this function from a minor mistake into a data corruptor. Fixes: af4cf40470c2 ("sched/fair: Add cfs_rq::avg_vruntime") Fixes: b3d99f43c72b ("sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking") Reported-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Tested-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401132355.196370805@infradead.org
2026-04-02sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking fixPeter Zijlstra
John reported that stress-ng-yield could make his machine unhappy and managed to bisect it to commit b3d99f43c72b ("sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking"). The combination of yield and that commit was specific enough to hypothesize the following scenario: Suppose we have 2 runnable tasks, both doing yield. Then one will be eligible and one will not be, because the average position must be in between these two entities. Therefore, the runnable task will be eligible, and be promoted a full slice (all the tasks do is yield after all). This causes it to jump over the other task and now the other task is eligible and current is no longer. So we schedule. Since we are runnable, there is no {de,en}queue. All we have is the __{en,de}queue_entity() from {put_prev,set_next}_task(). But per the fingered commit, those two no longer move zero_vruntime. All that moves zero_vruntime are tick and full {de,en}queue. This means, that if the two tasks playing leapfrog can reach the critical speed to reach the overflow point inside one tick's worth of time, we're up a creek. Additionally, when multiple cgroups are involved, there is no guarantee the tick will in fact hit every cgroup in a timely manner. Statistically speaking it will, but that same statistics does not rule out the possibility of one cgroup not getting a tick for a significant amount of time -- however unlikely. Therefore, just like with the yield() case, force an update at the end of every slice. This ensures the update is never more than a single slice behind and the whole thing is within 2 lag bounds as per the comment on entity_key(). Fixes: b3d99f43c72b ("sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking") Reported-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Tested-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401132355.081530332@infradead.org
2026-03-31Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc6-fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext Pull sched_ext fixes from Tejun Heo: - Fix SCX_KICK_WAIT deadlock where multiple CPUs waiting for each other in hardirq context form a cycle. Move the wait to a balance callback which can drop the rq lock and process IPIs. - Fix inconsistent NUMA node lookup in scx_select_cpu_dfl() where the waker_node used cpu_to_node() while prev_cpu used scx_cpu_node_if_enabled(), leading to undefined behavior when per-node idle tracking is disabled. * tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext: selftests/sched_ext: Add cyclic SCX_KICK_WAIT stress test sched_ext: Fix SCX_KICK_WAIT deadlock by deferring wait to balance callback sched_ext: Fix inconsistent NUMA node lookup in scx_select_cpu_dfl()
2026-03-30sched_ext: Fix SCX_KICK_WAIT deadlock by deferring wait to balance callbackTejun Heo
SCX_KICK_WAIT busy-waits in kick_cpus_irq_workfn() using smp_cond_load_acquire() until the target CPU's kick_sync advances. Because the irq_work runs in hardirq context, the waiting CPU cannot reschedule and its own kick_sync never advances. If multiple CPUs form a wait cycle, all CPUs deadlock. Replace the busy-wait in kick_cpus_irq_workfn() with resched_curr() to force the CPU through do_pick_task_scx(), which queues a balance callback to perform the wait. The balance callback drops the rq lock and enables IRQs following the sched_core_balance() pattern, so the CPU can process IPIs while waiting. The local CPU's kick_sync is advanced on entry to do_pick_task_scx() and continuously during the wait, ensuring any CPU that starts waiting for us sees the advancement and cannot form cyclic dependencies. Fixes: 90e55164dad4 ("sched_ext: Implement SCX_KICK_WAIT") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+ Reported-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260316100249.1651641-1-christian.loehle@arm.com Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Tested-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>
2026-03-21sched_ext: Fix inconsistent NUMA node lookup in scx_select_cpu_dfl()Cheng-Yang Chou
In the WAKE_SYNC path of scx_select_cpu_dfl(), waker_node was computed with cpu_to_node(), while node (for prev_cpu) was computed with scx_cpu_node_if_enabled(). When scx_builtin_idle_per_node is disabled, idle_cpumask(waker_node) is called with a real node ID even though per-node idle tracking is disabled, resulting in undefined behavior. Fix by using scx_cpu_node_if_enabled() for waker_node as well, ensuring both variables are computed consistently. Fixes: 48849271e6611 ("sched_ext: idle: Per-node idle cpumasks") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.15+ Signed-off-by: Cheng-Yang Chou <yphbchou0911@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-16sched: idle: Consolidate the handling of two special casesRafael J. Wysocki
There are two special cases in the idle loop that are handled inconsistently even though they are analogous. The first one is when a cpuidle driver is absent and the default CPU idle time power management implemented by the architecture code is used. In that case, the scheduler tick is stopped every time before invoking default_idle_call(). The second one is when a cpuidle driver is present, but there is only one idle state in its table. In that case, the scheduler tick is never stopped at all. Since each of these approaches has its drawbacks, reconcile them with the help of one simple heuristic. Namely, stop the tick if the CPU has been woken up by it in the previous iteration of the idle loop, or let it tick otherwise. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io> Reviewed-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com> Fixes: ed98c3491998 ("sched: idle: Do not stop the tick before cpuidle_idle_call()") [ rjw: Added Fixes tag, changelog edits ] Link: https://patch.msgid.link/4741364.LvFx2qVVIh@rafael.j.wysocki Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2026-03-15Merge tag 'sched-urgent-2026-03-15' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar: "More MM-CID fixes, mostly fixing hangs/races: - Fix CID hangs due to a race between concurrent forks - Fix vfork()/CLONE_VM MMCID bug causing hangs - Remove pointless preemption guard - Fix CID task list walk performance regression on large systems by removing the known-flaky and slow counting logic using for_each_process_thread() in mm_cid_*fixup_tasks_to_cpus(), and implementing a simple sched_mm_cid::node list instead" * tag 'sched-urgent-2026-03-15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched/mmcid: Avoid full tasklist walks sched/mmcid: Remove pointless preempt guard sched/mmcid: Handle vfork()/CLONE_VM correctly sched/mmcid: Prevent CID stalls due to concurrent forks
2026-03-13Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc3-fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext Pull sched_ext fixes from Tejun Heo: - Fix data races flagged by KCSAN: add missing READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations for lock-free accesses to module parameters and dsq->seq - Fix silent truncation of upper 32 enqueue flags (SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT and above) when passed through the int sched_class interface - Documentation updates: scheduling class precedence, task ownership state machine, example scheduler descriptions, config list cleanup - Selftest fix for format specifier and buffer length in file_write_long() * tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc3-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext: sched_ext: Use WRITE_ONCE() for the write side of scx_enable helper pointer sched_ext: Fix enqueue_task_scx() truncation of upper enqueue flags sched_ext: Documentation: Update sched-ext.rst sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for scx_slice_bypass_us in scx_bypass() sched_ext: Documentation: Mention scheduling class precedence sched_ext: Document task ownership state machine sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for lock-free reads of module param variables sched_ext/selftests: Fix format specifier and buffer length in file_write_long() sched_ext: Use WRITE_ONCE() for the write side of dsq->seq update
2026-03-11sched/mmcid: Avoid full tasklist walksThomas Gleixner
Chasing vfork()'ed tasks on a CID ownership mode switch requires a full task list walk, which is obviously expensive on large systems. Avoid that by keeping a list of tasks using a mm MMCID entity in mm::mm_cid and walk this list instead. This removes the proven to be flaky counting logic and avoids a full task list walk in the case of vfork()'ed tasks. Fixes: fbd0e71dc370 ("sched/mmcid: Provide CID ownership mode fixup functions") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310202526.183824481@kernel.org
2026-03-11sched/mmcid: Remove pointless preempt guardThomas Gleixner
This is a leftover from the early versions of this function where it could be invoked without mm::mm_cid::lock held. Remove it and add lockdep asserts instead. Fixes: 653fda7ae73d ("sched/mmcid: Switch over to the new mechanism") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310202526.116363613@kernel.org
2026-03-11sched/mmcid: Handle vfork()/CLONE_VM correctlyThomas Gleixner
Matthieu and Jiri reported stalls where a task endlessly loops in mm_get_cid() when scheduling in. It turned out that the logic which handles vfork()'ed tasks is broken. It is invoked when the number of tasks associated to a process is smaller than the number of MMCID users. It then walks the task list to find the vfork()'ed task, but accounts all the already processed tasks as well. If that double processing brings the number of to be handled tasks to 0, the walk stops and the vfork()'ed task's CID is not fixed up. As a consequence a subsequent schedule in fails to acquire a (transitional) CID and the machine stalls. Cure this by removing the accounting condition and make the fixup always walk the full task list if it could not find the exact number of users in the process' thread list. Fixes: fbd0e71dc370 ("sched/mmcid: Provide CID ownership mode fixup functions") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/b24ffcb3-09d5-4e48-9070-0b69bc654281@kernel.org Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org> Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310202526.048657665@kernel.org
2026-03-11sched/mmcid: Prevent CID stalls due to concurrent forksThomas Gleixner
A newly forked task is accounted as MMCID user before the task is visible in the process' thread list and the global task list. This creates the following problem: CPU1 CPU2 fork() sched_mm_cid_fork(tnew1) tnew1->mm.mm_cid_users++; tnew1->mm_cid.cid = getcid() -> preemption fork() sched_mm_cid_fork(tnew2) tnew2->mm.mm_cid_users++; // Reaches the per CPU threshold mm_cid_fixup_tasks_to_cpus() for_each_other(current, p) .... As tnew1 is not visible yet, this fails to fix up the already allocated CID of tnew1. As a consequence a subsequent schedule in might fail to acquire a (transitional) CID and the machine stalls. Move the invocation of sched_mm_cid_fork() after the new task becomes visible in the thread and the task list to prevent this. This also makes it symmetrical vs. exit() where the task is removed as CID user before the task is removed from the thread and task lists. Fixes: fbd0e71dc370 ("sched/mmcid: Provide CID ownership mode fixup functions") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310202525.969061974@kernel.org
2026-03-10sched: idle: Make skipping governor callbacks more consistentRafael J. Wysocki
If the cpuidle governor .select() callback is skipped because there is only one idle state in the cpuidle driver, the .reflect() callback should be skipped as well, at least for consistency (if not for correctness), so do it. Fixes: e5c9ffc6ae1b ("cpuidle: Skip governor when only one idle state is available") Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/12857700.O9o76ZdvQC@rafael.j.wysocki
2026-03-09sched_ext: Use WRITE_ONCE() for the write side of scx_enable helper pointerzhidao su
scx_enable() uses double-checked locking to lazily initialize a static kthread_worker pointer. The fast path reads helper locklessly: if (!READ_ONCE(helper)) { // lockless read -- no helper_mutex The write side initializes helper under helper_mutex, but previously used a plain assignment: helper = kthread_run_worker(0, "scx_enable_helper"); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ plain write -- KCSAN data race with READ_ONCE() above Since READ_ONCE() on the fast path and the plain write on the initialization path access the same variable without a common lock, they constitute a data race. KCSAN requires that all sides of a lock-free access use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() consistently. Use a temporary variable to stage the result of kthread_run_worker(), and only WRITE_ONCE() into helper after confirming the pointer is valid. This avoids a window where a concurrent caller on the fast path could observe an ERR pointer via READ_ONCE(helper) before the error check completes. Fixes: b06ccbabe250 ("sched_ext: Fix starvation of scx_enable() under fair-class saturation") Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com> Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-07Merge tag 'sched-urgent-2026-03-08' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull scheduler fix from Ingo Molnar: "Fix a DL scheduler bug that may corrupt internal metrics during PI and setscheduler() syscalls, resulting in kernel warnings and misbehavior. Found during stress-testing" * tag 'sched-urgent-2026-03-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched/deadline: Fix missing ENQUEUE_REPLENISH during PI de-boosting
2026-03-07sched_ext: Fix enqueue_task_scx() truncation of upper enqueue flagsTejun Heo
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->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 <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-06sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for scx_slice_bypass_us in scx_bypass()David Carlier
Commit 0927780c90ce ("sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for lock-free reads of module param variables") annotated the plain reads of scx_slice_bypass_us and scx_bypass_lb_intv_us in bypass_lb_cpu(), but missed a third site in scx_bypass(): WRITE_ONCE(scx_slice_dfl, scx_slice_bypass_us * NSEC_PER_USEC); scx_slice_bypass_us is a module parameter writable via sysfs in process context through set_slice_us() -> param_set_uint_minmax(), which performs a plain store without holding bypass_lock. scx_bypass() reads the variable under bypass_lock, but since the writer does not take that lock, the two accesses are concurrent. WRITE_ONCE() only applies volatile semantics to the store of scx_slice_dfl -- the val expression containing scx_slice_bypass_us is evaluated as a plain read, providing no protection against concurrent writes. Wrap the read with READ_ONCE() to complete the annotation started by commit 0927780c90ce and make the access KCSAN-clean, consistent with the existing READ_ONCE(scx_slice_bypass_us) in bypass_lb_cpu(). Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-05sched_ext: Document task ownership state machineAndrea Righi
The task ownership state machine in sched_ext is quite hard to follow from the code alone. The interaction of ownership states, memory ordering rules and cross-CPU "lock dancing" makes the overall model subtle. Extend the documentation next to scx_ops_state to provide a more structured and self-contained description of the state transitions and their synchronization rules. The new reference should make the code easier to reason about and maintain and can help future contributors understand the overall task-ownership workflow. Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-05sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for lock-free reads of module param variableszhidao su
bypass_lb_cpu() reads scx_bypass_lb_intv_us and scx_slice_bypass_us without holding any lock, in timer callback context where module parameter writes via sysfs can happen concurrently: min_delta_us = scx_bypass_lb_intv_us / SCX_BYPASS_LB_MIN_DELTA_DIV; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ plain read -- KCSAN data race if (delta < DIV_ROUND_UP(min_delta_us, scx_slice_bypass_us)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ plain read -- KCSAN data race scx_bypass_lb_intv_us already uses READ_ONCE() in scx_bypass_lb_timerfn() and scx_bypass() for its other lock-free read sites, leaving bypass_lb_cpu() inconsistent. scx_slice_bypass_us has the same lock-free access pattern in the same function. Fix both plain reads by using READ_ONCE() to complete the concurrent access annotation and make the code KCSAN-clean. Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-04sched_ext: Use WRITE_ONCE() for the write side of dsq->seq updatezhidao su
bpf_iter_scx_dsq_new() reads dsq->seq via READ_ONCE() without holding any lock, making dsq->seq a lock-free concurrently accessed variable. However, dispatch_enqueue(), the sole writer of dsq->seq, uses a plain increment without the matching WRITE_ONCE() on the write side: dsq->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->seq, dsq->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 <suzhidao@xiaomi.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-04sched/deadline: Fix missing ENQUEUE_REPLENISH during PI de-boostingJuri Lelli
Running stress-ng --schedpolicy 0 on an RT kernel on a big machine might lead to the following WARNINGs (edited). sched: DL de-boosted task PID 22725: REPLENISH flag missing WARNING: CPU: 93 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/deadline.c:239 dequeue_task_dl+0x15c/0x1f8 ... (running_bw underflow) Call trace: dequeue_task_dl+0x15c/0x1f8 (P) dequeue_task+0x80/0x168 deactivate_task+0x24/0x50 push_dl_task+0x264/0x2e0 dl_task_timer+0x1b0/0x228 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x188/0x378 hrtimer_interrupt+0xfc/0x260 ... The problem is that when a SCHED_DEADLINE task (lock holder) is changed to a lower priority class via sched_setscheduler(), it may fail to properly inherit the parameters of potential DEADLINE donors if it didn't already inherit them in the past (shorter deadline than donor's at that time). This might lead to bandwidth accounting corruption, as enqueue_task_dl() won't recognize the lock holder as boosted. The scenario occurs when: 1. A DEADLINE task (donor) blocks on a PI mutex held by another DEADLINE task (holder), but the holder doesn't inherit parameters (e.g., it already has a shorter deadline) 2. sched_setscheduler() changes the holder from DEADLINE to a lower class while still holding the mutex 3. The holder should now inherit DEADLINE parameters from the donor and be enqueued with ENQUEUE_REPLENISH, but this doesn't happen Fix the issue by introducing __setscheduler_dl_pi(), which detects when a DEADLINE (proper or boosted) task gets setscheduled to a lower priority class. In case, the function makes the task inherit DEADLINE parameters of the donoer (pi_se) and sets ENQUEUE_REPLENISH flag to ensure proper bandwidth accounting during the next enqueue operation. Fixes: 2279f540ea7d ("sched/deadline: Fix priority inheritance with multiple scheduling classes") Reported-by: Bruno Goncalves <bgoncalv@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302-upstream-fix-deadline-piboost-b4-v3-1-6ba32184a9e0@redhat.com
2026-03-03Merge tag 'cgroup-for-7.0-rc2-fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup Pull cgroup fixes from Tejun Heo: - Fix circular locking dependency in cpuset partition code by deferring housekeeping_update() calls to a workqueue instead of calling them directly under cpus_read_lock - Fix null-ptr-deref in rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked() when generate_sched_domains() returns NULL due to kmalloc failure - Fix incorrect cpuset behavior for effective_xcpus in partition_xcpus_del() and cpuset_update_tasks_cpumask() in update_cpumasks_hier() - Fix race between task migration and cgroup iteration * tag 'cgroup-for-7.0-rc2-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup: cgroup/cpuset: fix null-ptr-deref in rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked cgroup/cpuset: Call housekeeping_update() without holding cpus_read_lock cgroup/cpuset: Defer housekeeping_update() calls from CPU hotplug to workqueue cgroup/cpuset: Move housekeeping_update()/rebuild_sched_domains() together kselftest/cgroup: Simplify test_cpuset_prs.sh by removing "S+" command cgroup/cpuset: Set isolated_cpus_updating only if isolated_cpus is changed cgroup/cpuset: Clarify exclusion rules for cpuset internal variables cgroup/cpuset: Fix incorrect use of cpuset_update_tasks_cpumask() in update_cpumasks_hier() cgroup/cpuset: Fix incorrect change to effective_xcpus in partition_xcpus_del() cgroup: fix race between task migration and iteration
2026-03-03Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc2-fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext Pull sched_ext fixes from Tejun Heo: - Fix starvation of scx_enable() under fair-class saturation by offloading the enable path to an RT kthread - Fix out-of-bounds access in idle mask initialization on systems with non-contiguous NUMA node IDs - Fix a preemption window during scheduler exit and a refcount underflow in cgroup init error path - Fix SCX_EFLAG_INITIALIZED being a no-op flag - Add READ_ONCE() annotations for KCSAN-clean lockless accesses and replace naked scx_root dereferences with container_of() in kobject callbacks - Tooling and selftest fixes: compilation issues with clang 17, strtoul() misuse, unused options cleanup, and Kconfig sync * tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc2-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext: sched_ext: Fix starvation of scx_enable() under fair-class saturation sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_init() selftests/sched_ext: Fix peek_dsq.bpf.c compile error for clang 17 selftests/sched_ext: Add -fms-extensions to bpf build flags tools/sched_ext: Add -fms-extensions to bpf build flags sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for plain reads of scx_watchdog_timeout sched_ext: Replace naked scx_root dereferences in kobject callbacks sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for the read side of dsq->nr update tools/sched_ext: fix strtoul() misuse in scx_hotplug_seq() sched_ext: Fix SCX_EFLAG_INITIALIZED being a no-op flag sched_ext: Fix out-of-bounds access in scx_idle_init_masks() sched_ext: Disable preemption between scx_claim_exit() and kicking helper work tools/sched_ext: Add Kconfig to sync with upstream tools/sched_ext: Sync README.md Kconfig with upstream scx selftests/sched_ext: Remove duplicated unistd.h include in rt_stall.c tools/sched_ext: scx_sdt: Remove unused '-f' option tools/sched_ext: scx_central: Remove unused '-p' option selftests/sched_ext: Fix unused-result warning for read() selftests/sched_ext: Abort test loop on signal
2026-03-03sched_ext: Fix starvation of scx_enable() under fair-class saturationTejun Heo
During scx_enable(), the READY -> 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->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 <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-03sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_init()Cheng-Yang Chou
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 <yphbchou0911@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-02sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for plain reads of scx_watchdog_timeoutzhidao su
scx_watchdog_timeout is written with WRITE_ONCE() in scx_enable(): WRITE_ONCE(scx_watchdog_timeout, timeout); However, three read-side accesses use plain reads without the matching READ_ONCE(): /* check_rq_for_timeouts() - L2824 */ last_runnable + scx_watchdog_timeout /* scx_watchdog_workfn() - L2852 */ scx_watchdog_timeout / 2 /* scx_enable() - L5179 */ scx_watchdog_timeout / 2 The KCSAN documentation requires that if one accessor uses WRITE_ONCE() to annotate lock-free access, all other accesses must also use the appropriate accessor. Plain reads alongside WRITE_ONCE() leave the pair incomplete and can trigger KCSAN warnings. Note that scx_tick() already uses the correct READ_ONCE() annotation: last_check + READ_ONCE(scx_watchdog_timeout) Fix the three remaining plain reads to match, making all accesses to scx_watchdog_timeout consistently annotated and KCSAN-clean. Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-02sched_ext: Replace naked scx_root dereferences in kobject callbackszhidao su
scx_attr_ops_show() and scx_uevent() access scx_root->ops.name directly. This is problematic for two reasons: 1. The file-level comment explicitly identifies naked scx_root dereferences as a temporary measure that needs to be replaced with proper per-instance access. 2. scx_attr_events_show(), the neighboring sysfs show function in the same group, already uses the correct pattern: struct scx_sched *sch = container_of(kobj, struct scx_sched, kobj); Having inconsistent access patterns in the same sysfs/uevent group is error-prone. The kobject embedded in struct scx_sched is initialized as: kobject_init_and_add(&sch->kobj, &scx_ktype, NULL, "root"); so container_of(kobj, struct scx_sched, kobj) correctly retrieves the owning scx_sched instance in both callbacks. Replace the naked scx_root dereferences with container_of()-based access, consistent with scx_attr_events_show() and in preparation for proper multi-instance scx_sched support. Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-03-02sched_ext: Use READ_ONCE() for the read side of dsq->nr updatezhidao su
scx_bpf_dsq_nr_queued() reads dsq->nr via READ_ONCE() without holding any lock, making dsq->nr a lock-free concurrently accessed variable. However, dsq_mod_nr(), the sole writer of dsq->nr, only uses WRITE_ONCE() on the write side without the matching READ_ONCE() on the read side: WRITE_ONCE(dsq->nr, dsq->nr + delta); ^^^^^^^ plain read -- 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 read on the right-hand side of WRITE_ONCE() leaves the pair incomplete and will trigger KCSAN warnings. Fix by using READ_ONCE() for the read side of the update: WRITE_ONCE(dsq->nr, READ_ONCE(dsq->nr) + delta); This is consistent with scx_bpf_dsq_nr_queued() and makes the concurrent access annotation complete and KCSAN-clean. Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>