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Peter Zijlstra
0754d5caac sched: Deadline has dynamic priority
[ Upstream commit e008ec6c79 ]

While FIFO/RR have static priority, DEADLINE is a dynamic priority
scheme. Notably it has static priority -1. Do not assume the priority
doesn't change for deadline tasks just because the static priority
doesn't change.

This ensures DL always sees {DE,EN}QUEUE_MOVE where appropriate.

Fixes: ff77e46853 ("sched/rt: Fix PI handling vs. sched_setscheduler()")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com>
Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260114130528.GB831285@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-01-23 11:21:23 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
f32d9e475a sched/deadline: Avoid double update_rq_clock()
[ Upstream commit 4de9ff7606 ]

When setup_new_dl_entity() is called from enqueue_task_dl() ->
enqueue_dl_entity(), the rq-clock should already be updated, and
calling update_rq_clock() again is not right.

Move the update_rq_clock() to the one other caller of
setup_new_dl_entity(): sched_init_dl_server().

Fixes: 9f239df555 ("sched/deadline: Initialize dl_servers after SMP")
Reported-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260113115622.GA831285@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-01-23 11:21:23 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
98a26893fa sched/fair: Proportional newidle balance
commit 33cf66d883 upstream.

Add a randomized algorithm that runs newidle balancing proportional to
its success rate.

This improves schbench significantly:

 6.18-rc4:			2.22 Mrps/s
 6.18-rc4+revert:		2.04 Mrps/s
 6.18-rc4+revert+random:	2.18 Mrps/S

Conversely, per Adam Li this affects SpecJBB slightly, reducing it by 1%:

 6.17:			-6%
 6.17+revert:		 0%
 6.17+revert+random:	-1%

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Tested-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/6825c50d-7fa7-45d8-9b81-c6e7e25738e2@meta.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251107161739.770122091@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-11 15:26:19 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
d4ffb9ce8e sched/fair: Small cleanup to update_newidle_cost()
commit 08d473dd87 upstream.

Simplify code by adding a few variables.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Tested-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251107161739.655208666@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-11 15:26:19 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
c7ca7e0ff6 sched/fair: Small cleanup to sched_balance_newidle()
commit e78e70dbf6 upstream.

Pull out the !sd check to simplify code.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Tested-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251107161739.525916173@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-11 15:26:19 +01:00
Liang Jie
f9cb8a49f7 sched_ext: fix uninitialized ret on alloc_percpu() failure
[ Upstream commit b0101ccb5b ]

Smatch reported:

  kernel/sched/ext.c:5332 scx_alloc_and_add_sched() warn: passing zero to 'ERR_PTR'

In scx_alloc_and_add_sched(), the alloc_percpu() failure path jumps to
err_free_gdsqs without initializing @ret. That can lead to returning
ERR_PTR(0), which violates the ERR_PTR() convention and confuses
callers.

Set @ret to -ENOMEM before jumping to the error path when
alloc_percpu() fails.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202512141601.yAXDAeA9-lkp@intel.com/
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Fixes: c201ea1578 ("sched_ext: Move event_stats_cpu into scx_sched")
Signed-off-by: Liang Jie <liangjie@lixiang.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-01-08 10:16:43 +01:00
Zqiang
aeabe44c50 sched_ext: Fix incorrect sched_class settings for per-cpu migration tasks
[ Upstream commit 1dd6c84f1c ]

When loading the ebpf scheduler, the tasks in the scx_tasks list will
be traversed and invoke __setscheduler_class() to get new sched_class.
however, this would also incorrectly set the per-cpu migration
task's->sched_class to rt_sched_class, even after unload, the per-cpu
migration task's->sched_class remains sched_rt_class.

The log for this issue is as follows:

./scx_rustland --stats 1
[  199.245639][  T630] sched_ext: "rustland" does not implement cgroup cpu.weight
[  199.269213][  T630] sched_ext: BPF scheduler "rustland" enabled
04:25:09 [INFO] RustLand scheduler attached

bpftrace -e 'iter:task /strcontains(ctx->task->comm, "migration")/
{ printf("%s:%d->%pS\n", ctx->task->comm, ctx->task->pid, ctx->task->sched_class); }'
Attaching 1 probe...
migration/0:24->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/1:27->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/2:33->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/3:39->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/4:45->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/5:52->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/6:58->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/7:64->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0

sched_ext: BPF scheduler "rustland" disabled (unregistered from user space)
EXIT: unregistered from user space
04:25:21 [INFO] Unregister RustLand scheduler

bpftrace -e 'iter:task /strcontains(ctx->task->comm, "migration")/
{ printf("%s:%d->%pS\n", ctx->task->comm, ctx->task->pid, ctx->task->sched_class); }'
Attaching 1 probe...
migration/0:24->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/1:27->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/2:33->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/3:39->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/4:45->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/5:52->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/6:58->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0
migration/7:64->rt_sched_class+0x0/0xe0

This commit therefore generate a new scx_setscheduler_class() and
add check for stop_sched_class to replace __setscheduler_class().

Fixes: f0e1a0643a ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
[ Adjust context ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-08 10:16:41 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
b29d5e3a56 sched/eevdf: Fix min_vruntime vs avg_vruntime
[ Upstream commit 79f3f9bedd ]

Basically, from the constraint that the sum of lag is zero, you can
infer that the 0-lag point is the weighted average of the individual
vruntime, which is what we're trying to compute:

        \Sum w_i * v_i
  avg = --------------
           \Sum w_i

Now, since vruntime takes the whole u64 (worse, it wraps), this
multiplication term in the numerator is not something we can compute;
instead we do the min_vruntime (v0 henceforth) thing like:

  v_i = (v_i - v0) + v0

This does two things:
 - it keeps the key: (v_i - v0) 'small';
 - it creates a relative 0-point in the modular space.

If you do that subtitution and work it all out, you end up with:

        \Sum w_i * (v_i - v0)
  avg = --------------------- + v0
              \Sum w_i

Since you cannot very well track a ratio like that (and not suffer
terrible numerical problems) we simpy track the numerator and
denominator individually and only perform the division when strictly
needed.

Notably, the numerator lives in cfs_rq->avg_vruntime and the denominator
lives in cfs_rq->avg_load.

The one extra 'funny' is that these numbers track the entities in the
tree, and current is typically outside of the tree, so avg_vruntime()
adds current when needed before doing the division.

(vruntime_eligible() elides the division by cross-wise multiplication)

Anyway, as mentioned above, we currently use the CFS era min_vruntime
for this purpose. However, this thing can only move forward, while the
above avg can in fact move backward (when a non-eligible task leaves,
the average becomes smaller), this can cause trouble when through
happenstance (or construction) these values drift far enough apart to
wreck the game.

Replace cfs_rq::min_vruntime with cfs_rq::zero_vruntime which is kept
near/at avg_vruntime, following its motion.

The down-side is that this requires computing the avg more often.

Fixes: 147f3efaa2 ("sched/fair: Implement an EEVDF-like scheduling policy")
Reported-by: Zicheng Qu <quzicheng@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251106111741.GC4068168@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-08 10:16:41 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
fc83284e75 sched/core: Add comment explaining force-idle vruntime snapshots
[ Upstream commit 9359d9785d ]

I always end up having to re-read these emails every time I look at
this code. And a future patch is going to change this story a little.
This means it is past time to stick them in a comment so it can be
modified and stay current.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200506143506.GH5298@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200515103844.GG2978@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251106111603.GB4068168@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
Stable-dep-of: 79f3f9bedd ("sched/eevdf: Fix min_vruntime vs avg_vruntime")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-08 10:16:41 +01:00
Fernand Sieber
0522222f2a sched/proxy: Yield the donor task
commit 127b90315c upstream.

When executing a task in proxy context, handle yields as if they were
requested by the donor task. This matches the traditional PI semantics
of yield() as well.

This avoids scenario like proxy task yielding, pick next task selecting the
same previous blocked donor, running the proxy task again, etc.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202510211205.1e0f5223-lkp@intel.com
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Fernand Sieber <sieberf@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251106104022.195157-1-sieberf@amazon.com
Cc: Holger Hoffstätte <holger@applied-asynchrony.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-08 10:16:41 +01:00
Tejun Heo
2ad1e2faeb sched_ext: Fix missing post-enqueue handling in move_local_task_to_local_dsq()
commit f5e1e5ec20 upstream.

move_local_task_to_local_dsq() is used when moving a task from a non-local
DSQ to a local DSQ on the same CPU. It directly manipulates the local DSQ
without going through dispatch_enqueue() and was missing the post-enqueue
handling that triggers preemption when SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT is set or the idle
task is running.

The function is used by move_task_between_dsqs() which backs
scx_bpf_dsq_move() and may be called while the CPU is busy.

Add local_dsq_post_enq() call to move_local_task_to_local_dsq(). As the
dispatch path doesn't need post-enqueue handling, add SCX_RQ_IN_BALANCE
early exit to keep consume_dispatch_q() behavior unchanged and avoid
triggering unnecessary resched when scx_bpf_dsq_move() is used from the
dispatch path.

Fixes: 4c30f5ce4f ("sched_ext: Implement scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-02 12:57:07 +01:00
Tejun Heo
5ddd444484 sched_ext: Fix bypass depth leak on scx_enable() failure
commit 9f769637a9 upstream.

scx_enable() calls scx_bypass(true) to initialize in bypass mode and then
scx_bypass(false) on success to exit. If scx_enable() fails during task
initialization - e.g. scx_cgroup_init() or scx_init_task() returns an error -
it jumps to err_disable while bypass is still active. scx_disable_workfn()
then calls scx_bypass(true/false) for its own bypass, leaving the bypass depth
at 1 instead of 0. This causes the system to remain permanently in bypass mode
after a failed scx_enable().

Failures after task initialization is complete - e.g. scx_tryset_enable_state()
at the end - already call scx_bypass(false) before reaching the error path and
are not affected. This only affects a subset of failure modes.

Fix it by tracking whether scx_enable() called scx_bypass(true) in a bool and
having scx_disable_workfn() call an extra scx_bypass(false) to clear it. This
is a temporary measure as the bypass depth will be moved into the sched
instance, which will make this tracking unnecessary.

Fixes: 8c2090c504 ("sched_ext: Initialize in bypass mode")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/286e6f7787a81239e1ce2989b52391ce%40kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-02 12:57:06 +01:00
Zqiang
ff67270a17 sched_ext: Fix the memleak for sch->helper objects
commit 517a44d185 upstream.

This commit use kthread_destroy_worker() to release sch->helper
objects to fix the following kmemleak:

unreferenced object 0xffff888121ec7b00 (size 128):
  comm "scx_simple", pid 1197, jiffies 4295884415
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de  .............N..
    ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ................
  backtrace (crc 587b3352):
    kmemleak_alloc+0x62/0xa0
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x28d/0x3e0
    kthread_create_worker_on_node+0xd5/0x1f0
    scx_enable.isra.210+0x6c2/0x25b0
    bpf_scx_reg+0x12/0x20
    bpf_struct_ops_link_create+0x2c3/0x3b0
    __sys_bpf+0x3102/0x4b00
    __x64_sys_bpf+0x79/0xc0
    x64_sys_call+0x15d9/0x1dd0
    do_syscall_64+0xf0/0x470
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Fixes: bff3b5aec1 ("sched_ext: Move disable machinery into scx_sched")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.16+
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-02 12:57:06 +01:00
Tejun Heo
514d605ab6 sched_ext: Factor out local_dsq_post_enq() from dispatch_enqueue()
commit 530b6637c7 upstream.

Factor out local_dsq_post_enq() which performs post-enqueue handling for
local DSQs - triggering resched_curr() if SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT is specified or if
the current CPU is idle. No functional change.

This will be used by the next patch to fix move_local_task_to_local_dsq().

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-02 12:57:06 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
aab3236ff1 sched/fair: Revert max_newidle_lb_cost bump
[ Upstream commit d206fbad93 ]

Many people reported regressions on their database workloads due to:

  155213a2ae ("sched/fair: Bump sd->max_newidle_lb_cost when newidle balance fails")

For instance Adam Li reported a 6% regression on SpecJBB.

Conversely this will regress schbench again; on my machine from 2.22
Mrps/s down to 2.04 Mrps/s.

Reported-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@oracle.com>
Reported-by: Adam Li <adamli@os.amperecomputing.com>
Reported-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Reported-by: Hazem Mohamed Abuelfotoh <abuehaze@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Tested-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250626144017.1510594-2-clm@fb.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/006c9df2-b691-47f1-82e6-e233c3f91faf@oracle.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251107161739.406147760@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-01-02 12:56:38 +01:00
Doug Berger
3ed049fbfb sched/deadline: only set free_cpus for online runqueues
[ Upstream commit 382748c05e ]

Commit 16b269436b ("sched/deadline: Modify cpudl::free_cpus
to reflect rd->online") introduced the cpudl_set/clear_freecpu
functions to allow the cpu_dl::free_cpus mask to be manipulated
by the deadline scheduler class rq_on/offline callbacks so the
mask would also reflect this state.

Commit 9659e1eeee ("sched/deadline: Remove cpu_active_mask
from cpudl_find()") removed the check of the cpu_active_mask to
save some processing on the premise that the cpudl::free_cpus
mask already reflected the runqueue online state.

Unfortunately, there are cases where it is possible for the
cpudl_clear function to set the free_cpus bit for a CPU when the
deadline runqueue is offline. When this occurs while a CPU is
connected to the default root domain the flag may retain the bad
state after the CPU has been unplugged. Later, a different CPU
that is transitioning through the default root domain may push a
deadline task to the powered down CPU when cpudl_find sees its
free_cpus bit is set. If this happens the task will not have the
opportunity to run.

One example is outlined here:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250110233010.2339521-1-opendmb@gmail.com

Another occurs when the last deadline task is migrated from a
CPU that has an offlined runqueue. The dequeue_task member of
the deadline scheduler class will eventually call cpudl_clear
and set the free_cpus bit for the CPU.

This commit modifies the cpudl_clear function to be aware of the
online state of the deadline runqueue so that the free_cpus mask
can be updated appropriately.

It is no longer necessary to manage the mask outside of the
cpudl_set/clear functions so the cpudl_set/clear_freecpu
functions are removed. In addition, since the free_cpus mask is
now only updated under the cpudl lock the code was changed to
use the non-atomic __cpumask functions.

Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-01-02 12:56:38 +01:00
John Stultz
41a59772b5 sched/core: Fix psi_dequeue() for Proxy Execution
[ Upstream commit c2ae8b0df2 ]

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: be41bde4c3 ("sched: Add an initial sketch of the find_proxy_task() function")
Reported-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Tested-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyuewa@163.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
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 <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-12-18 14:03:32 +01:00
xupengbo
8061d3b7bb sched/fair: Fix unfairness caused by stalled tg_load_avg_contrib when the last task migrates out
[ Upstream commit ca125231dd ]

When a task is migrated out, there is a probability that the tg->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->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->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->load_avg.

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

Fixes: 1528c661c2 ("sched/fair: Ratelimit update to tg->load_avg")
Signed-off-by: xupengbo <xupengbo@oppo.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Lu <ziqianlu@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Aaron Lu <ziqianlu@bytedance.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827022208.14487-1-xupengbo@oppo.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-12-18 14:03:32 +01:00
Fernand Sieber
01f1097166 sched/fair: Forfeit vruntime on yield
[ Upstream commit 79104becf4 ]

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: 147f3efaa2 ("sched/fair: Implement an EEVDF-like scheduling  policy")
Signed-off-by: Fernand Sieber <sieberf@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
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 <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-12-18 14:02:30 +01:00
Linus Torvalds
fd95357fd8 Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc6-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext
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
2025-11-20 11:04:37 -08:00
Saket Kumar Bhaskar
7b6216baae sched_ext: Fix scx_enable() crash on helper kthread creation failure
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: bff3b5aec1 ("sched_ext: Move disable machinery into scx_sched")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.16+
Reported-and-tested-by: Samir Mulani <samir@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Saket Kumar Bhaskar <skb99@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Vishal Chourasia <vishalc@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-20 08:45:43 -10:00
Linus Torvalds
418592a040 Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext
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->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()
2025-11-17 09:01:22 -08:00
Zqiang
36c6f3c03d sched_ext: Use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to initialize rq->scx.kick_cpus_irq_work
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->scx.kick_cpus_irq_work in the
init_sched_ext_class().

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-17 05:07:22 -10:00
Zqiang
a257e97421 sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn()
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(&rq->__lock);
<Interrupt>
  lock(&rq->__lock);

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

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-13 08:29:28 -10:00
Emil Tsalapatis
c87488a123 sched/ext: convert scx_tasks_lock to raw spinlock
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:

<TASK>
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
</TASK>

Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-12 08:42:02 -10:00
Zqiang
5f02151c41 sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state()
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} -> {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
irq_work/0/27 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
(&rq->__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(&rq->__lock);
   <Interrupt>
     lock(&rq->__lock);

  *** DEADLOCK ***

 stack backtrace:
 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 27 Comm: irq_work/0
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  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
  </TASK>

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

Fixes: 07814a9439 ("sched_ext: Print debug dump after an error exit")
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-12 06:28:32 -10:00
Aaron Lu
956dfda6a7 sched/fair: Prevent cfs_rq from being unthrottled with zero runtime_remaining
When a cfs_rq is to be throttled, its limbo list should be empty and
that's why there is a warn in tg_throttle_down() for non empty
cfs_rq->throttled_limbo_list.

When running a test with the following hierarchy:

          root
        /      \
        A*     ...
     /  |  \   ...
        B
       /  \
      C*

where both A and C have quota settings, that warn on non empty limbo list
is triggered for a cfs_rq of C, let's call it cfs_rq_c(and ignore the cpu
part of the cfs_rq for the sake of simpler representation).

Debug showed it happened like this:
Task group C is created and quota is set, so in tg_set_cfs_bandwidth(),
cfs_rq_c is initialized with runtime_enabled set, runtime_remaining
equals to 0 and *unthrottled*. Before any tasks are enqueued to cfs_rq_c,
*multiple* throttled tasks can migrate to cfs_rq_c (e.g., due to task
group changes). When enqueue_task_fair(cfs_rq_c, throttled_task) is
called and cfs_rq_c is in a throttled hierarchy (e.g., A is throttled),
these throttled tasks are directly placed into cfs_rq_c's limbo list by
enqueue_throttled_task().

Later, when A is unthrottled, tg_unthrottle_up(cfs_rq_c) enqueues these
tasks. The first enqueue triggers check_enqueue_throttle(), and with zero
runtime_remaining, cfs_rq_c can be throttled in throttle_cfs_rq() if it
can't get more runtime and enters tg_throttle_down(), where the warning
is hit due to remaining tasks in the limbo list.

I think it's a chaos to trigger throttle on unthrottle path, the status
of a being unthrottled cfs_rq can be in a mixed state in the end, so fix
this by granting 1ns to cfs_rq in tg_set_cfs_bandwidth(). This ensures
cfs_rq_c has a positive runtime_remaining when initialized as unthrottled
and cannot enter tg_unthrottle_up() with zero runtime_remaining.

Also, update outdated comments in tg_throttle_down() since
unthrottle_cfs_rq() is no longer called with zero runtime_remaining.
While at it, remove a redundant assignment to se in tg_throttle_down().

Fixes: e1fad12dcb ("sched/fair: Switch to task based throttle model")
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Suggested-by: Benjamin Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lu <ziqianlu@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Tested-by: Hao Jia <jiahao1@lixiang.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251030032755.560-1-ziqianlu@bytedance.com
2025-11-06 12:30:52 +01:00
Andrea Righi
f4fa7c25f6 sched_ext: Fix use of uninitialized variable in scx_bpf_cpuperf_set()
scx_bpf_cpuperf_set() has a typo where it dereferences the local
variable @sch, instead of the global @scx_root pointer. Fix by
dereferencing the correct variable.

Fixes: 956f2b11a8 ("sched_ext: Drop kf_cpu_valid()")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-10-29 05:14:39 -10:00
Linus Torvalds
fd57572253 Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc3-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext
Pull sched_ext fixes from Tejun Heo:

 - Fix scx_kick_pseqs corruption when multiple schedulers are loaded
   concurrently

 - Allocate scx_kick_cpus_pnt_seqs lazily using kvzalloc() to handle
   systems with large CPU counts

 - Defer queue_balance_callback() until after ops.dispatch to fix
   callback ordering issues

 - Sync error_irq_work before freeing scx_sched to prevent
   use-after-free

 - Mark scx_bpf_dsq_move_set_[slice|vtime]() with KF_RCU for proper RCU
   protection

 - Fix flag check for deferred callbacks

* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18-rc3-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext:
  sched_ext: fix flag check for deferred callbacks
  sched_ext: Fix scx_kick_pseqs corruption on concurrent scheduler loads
  sched_ext: Allocate scx_kick_cpus_pnt_seqs lazily using kvzalloc()
  sched_ext: defer queue_balance_callback() until after ops.dispatch
  sched_ext: Sync error_irq_work before freeing scx_sched
  sched_ext: Mark scx_bpf_dsq_move_set_[slice|vtime]() with KF_RCU
2025-10-27 10:52:18 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
1bc9743b64 Merge tag 'sched_urgent_for_v6.18_rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler fix from Borislav Petkov:

 - Make sure a CFS runqueue on a throttled hierarchy has its PELT clock
   throttled otherwise task movement and manipulation would lead to
   dangling cfs_rq references and an eventual crash

* tag 'sched_urgent_for_v6.18_rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/fair: Start a cfs_rq on throttled hierarchy with PELT clock throttled
2025-10-26 09:42:19 -07:00
Andy Shevchenko
53abe3e1c1 sched: Remove never used code in mm_cid_get()
Clang is not happy with set but unused variable (this is visible
with `make W=1` build:

  kernel/sched/sched.h:3744:18: error: variable 'cpumask' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]

It seems like the variable was never used along with the assignment
that does not have side effects as far as I can see.  Remove those
altogether.

Fixes: 223baf9d17 ("sched: Fix performance regression introduced by mm_cid")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2025-10-24 16:55:46 -07:00
K Prateek Nayak
0e4a169d1a sched/fair: Start a cfs_rq on throttled hierarchy with PELT clock throttled
Matteo reported hitting the assert_list_leaf_cfs_rq() warning from
enqueue_task_fair() post commit fe8d238e64 ("sched/fair: Propagate
load for throttled cfs_rq") which transitioned to using
cfs_rq_pelt_clock_throttled() check for leaf cfs_rq insertions in
propagate_entity_cfs_rq().

The "cfs_rq->pelt_clock_throttled" flag is used to indicate if the
hierarchy has its PELT frozen. If a cfs_rq's PELT is marked frozen, all
its descendants should have their PELT frozen too or weird things can
happen as a result of children accumulating PELT signals when the
parents have their PELT clock stopped.

Another side effect of this is the loss of integrity of the leaf cfs_rq
list. As debugged by Aaron, consider the following hierarchy:

    root(#)
   /    \
  A(#)   B(*)
         |
         C <--- new cgroup
         |
         D <--- new cgroup

  # - Already on leaf cfs_rq list
  * - Throttled with PELT frozen

The newly created cgroups don't have their "pelt_clock_throttled" signal
synced with cgroup B. Next, the following series of events occur:

1. online_fair_sched_group() for cgroup D will call
   propagate_entity_cfs_rq(). (Same can happen if a throttled task is
   moved to cgroup C and enqueue_task_fair() returns early.)

   propagate_entity_cfs_rq() adds the cfs_rq of cgroup C to
   "rq->tmp_alone_branch" since its PELT clock is not marked throttled
   and cfs_rq of cgroup B is not on the list.

   cfs_rq of cgroup B is skipped since its PELT is throttled.

   root cfs_rq already exists on cfs_rq leading to
   list_add_leaf_cfs_rq() returning early.

   The cfs_rq of cgroup C is left dangling on the
   "rq->tmp_alone_branch".

2. A new task wakes up on cgroup A. Since the whole hierarchy is already
   on the leaf cfs_rq list, list_add_leaf_cfs_rq() keeps returning early
   without any modifications to "rq->tmp_alone_branch".

   The final assert_list_leaf_cfs_rq() in enqueue_task_fair() sees the
   dangling reference to cgroup C's cfs_rq in "rq->tmp_alone_branch".

   !!! Splat !!!

Syncing the "pelt_clock_throttled" indicator with parent cfs_rq is not
enough since the new cfs_rq is not yet enqueued on the hierarchy. A
dequeue on other subtree on the throttled hierarchy can freeze the PELT
clock for the parent hierarchy without setting the indicators for this
newly added cfs_rq which was never enqueued.

Since there are no tasks on the new hierarchy, start a cfs_rq on a
throttled hierarchy with its PELT clock throttled. The first enqueue, or
the distribution (whichever happens first) will unfreeze the PELT clock
and queue the cfs_rq on the leaf cfs_rq list.

While at it, add an assert_list_leaf_cfs_rq() in
propagate_entity_cfs_rq() to catch such cases in the future.

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/58a587d694f33c2ea487c700b0d046fa@codethink.co.uk/
Fixes: e1fad12dcb ("sched/fair: Switch to task based throttle model")
Reported-by: Matteo Martelli <matteo.martelli@codethink.co.uk>
Suggested-by: Aaron Lu <ziqianlu@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Lu <ziqianlu@bytedance.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Lu <ziqianlu@bytedance.com>
Tested-by: Matteo Martelli <matteo.martelli@codethink.co.uk>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251021053522.37583-1-kprateek.nayak@amd.com
2025-10-22 15:21:52 +02:00
Emil Tsalapatis
a3c4a0a42e sched_ext: fix flag check for deferred callbacks
When scheduling the deferred balance callbacks, check SCX_RQ_BAL_CB_PENDING
instead of SCX_RQ_BAL_PENDING. This way schedule_deferred() properly tests
whether there is already a pending request for queue_balance_callback() to
be invoked at the end of .balance().

Fixes: a8ad873113 ("sched_ext: defer queue_balance_callback() until after ops.dispatch")
Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-10-16 08:34:00 -10:00
Andrea Righi
05e63305c8 sched_ext: Fix scx_kick_pseqs corruption on concurrent scheduler loads
If we load a BPF scheduler while another scheduler is already running,
alloc_kick_pseqs() would be called again, overwriting the previously
allocated arrays.

Fix by moving the alloc_kick_pseqs() call after the scx_enable_state()
check, ensuring that the arrays are only allocated when a scheduler can
actually be loaded.

Fixes: 14c1da3895 ("sched_ext: Allocate scx_kick_cpus_pnt_seqs lazily using kvzalloc()")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-10-14 10:29:17 -10:00
Vincent Guittot
17e3e88ed0 sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection
The check for some lost idle pelt time should be always done when
pick_next_task_fair() fails to pick a task and not only when we call it
from the fair fast-path.

The case happens when the last running task on rq is a RT or DL task. When
the latter goes to sleep and the /Sum of util_sum of the rq is at the max
value, we don't account the lost of idle time whereas we should.

Fixes: 67692435c4 ("sched: Rework pick_next_task() slow-path")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
2025-10-14 13:43:08 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra (Intel)
ee6e44dfe6 sched/deadline: Stop dl_server before CPU goes offline
IBM CI tool reported kernel warning[1] when running a CPU removal
operation through drmgr[2]. i.e "drmgr -c cpu -r -q 1"

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c:219 cpudl_set+0x58/0x170
NIP [c0000000002b6ed8] cpudl_set+0x58/0x170
LR [c0000000002b7cb8] dl_server_timer+0x168/0x2a0
Call Trace:
[c000000002c2f8c0] init_stack+0x78c0/0x8000 (unreliable)
[c0000000002b7cb8] dl_server_timer+0x168/0x2a0
[c00000000034df84] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1a4/0x390
[c00000000034f624] hrtimer_interrupt+0x124/0x300
[c00000000002a230] timer_interrupt+0x140/0x320

Git bisects to: commit 4ae8d9aa9f ("sched/deadline: Fix dl_server getting stuck")

This happens since:
- dl_server hrtimer gets enqueued close to cpu offline, when
  kthread_park enqueues a fair task.
- CPU goes offline and drmgr removes it from cpu_present_mask.
- hrtimer fires and warning is hit.

Fix it by stopping the dl_server before CPU is marked dead.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/8218e149-7718-4432-9312-f97297c352b9@linux.ibm.com/
[2]: https://github.com/ibm-power-utilities/powerpc-utils/tree/next/src/drmgr

[sshegde: wrote the changelog and tested it]
Fixes: 4ae8d9aa9f ("sched/deadline: Fix dl_server getting stuck")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/8218e149-7718-4432-9312-f97297c352b9@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Tested-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
2025-10-14 13:43:08 +02:00
Tejun Heo
14c1da3895 sched_ext: Allocate scx_kick_cpus_pnt_seqs lazily using kvzalloc()
On systems with >4096 CPUs, scx_kick_cpus_pnt_seqs allocation fails during
boot because it exceeds the 32,768 byte percpu allocator limit.

Restructure to use DEFINE_PER_CPU() for the per-CPU pointers, with each CPU
pointing to its own kvzalloc'd array. Move allocation from boot time to
scx_enable() and free in scx_disable(), so the O(nr_cpu_ids^2) memory is only
consumed when sched_ext is active.

Use RCU to guard against racing with free. Arrays are freed via call_rcu()
and kick_cpus_irq_workfn() uses rcu_dereference_bh() with a NULL check.

While at it, rename to scx_kick_pseqs for brevity and update comments to
clarify these are pick_task sequence numbers.

v2: RCU protect scx_kick_seqs to manage kick_cpus_irq_workfn() racing
    against disable as per Andrea.

v3: Fix bugs notcied by Andrea.

Reported-by: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251007133523.GA93086@pauld.westford.csb
Cc: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Reviewed-by: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-10-13 08:42:19 -10:00
Emil Tsalapatis
a8ad873113 sched_ext: defer queue_balance_callback() until after ops.dispatch
The sched_ext code calls queue_balance_callback() during enqueue_task()
to defer operations that drop multiple locks until we can unpin them.
The call assumes that the rq lock is held until the callbacks are
invoked, and the pending callbacks will not be visible to any other
threads. This is enforced by a WARN_ON_ONCE() in rq_pin_lock().

However, balance_one() may actually drop the lock during a BPF dispatch
call. Another thread may win the race to get the rq lock and see the
pending callback. To avoid this, sched_ext must only queue the callback
after the dispatch calls have completed.

CPU 0                   CPU 1           CPU 2

scx_balance()
  rq_unpin_lock()
  scx_balance_one()
    |= IN_BALANCE	scx_enqueue()
    ops.dispatch()
      rq_unlock()
                        rq_lock()
                        queue_balance_callback()
                        rq_unlock()
                                        [WARN] rq_pin_lock()
      rq_lock()
    &= ~IN_BALANCE
rq_repin_lock()

Changelog

v2-> v1 (https://lore.kernel.org/sched-ext/aOgOxtHCeyRT_7jn@gpd4)

- Fixed explanation in patch description (Andrea)
- Fixed scx_rq mask state updates (Andrea)
- Added Reviewed-by tag from Andrea

Reported-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis (Meta) <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-10-13 08:36:19 -10:00
Tejun Heo
efeeaac9ae sched_ext: Sync error_irq_work before freeing scx_sched
By the time scx_sched_free_rcu_work() runs, the scx_sched is no longer
reachable. However, a previously queued error_irq_work may still be pending or
running. Ensure it completes before proceeding with teardown.

Fixes: bff3b5aec1 ("sched_ext: Move disable machinery into scx_sched")
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-10-13 08:25:55 -10:00
Tejun Heo
54e96258a6 sched_ext: Mark scx_bpf_dsq_move_set_[slice|vtime]() with KF_RCU
scx_bpf_dsq_move_set_slice() and scx_bpf_dsq_move_set_vtime() take a DSQ
iterator argument which has to be valid. Mark them with KF_RCU.

Fixes: 4c30f5ce4f ("sched_ext: Implement scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-10-13 08:13:38 -10:00
Linus Torvalds
8804d970fa Merge tag 'mm-stable-2025-10-01-19-00' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
Pull MM updates from Andrew Morton:

 - "mm, swap: improve cluster scan strategy" from Kairui Song improves
   performance and reduces the failure rate of swap cluster allocation

 - "support large align and nid in Rust allocators" from Vitaly Wool
   permits Rust allocators to set NUMA node and large alignment when
   perforning slub and vmalloc reallocs

 - "mm/damon/vaddr: support stat-purpose DAMOS" from Yueyang Pan extend
   DAMOS_STAT's handling of the DAMON operations sets for virtual
   address spaces for ops-level DAMOS filters

 - "execute PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl under per-vma lock" from Suren
   Baghdasaryan reduces mmap_lock contention during reads of
   /proc/pid/maps

 - "mm/mincore: minor clean up for swap cache checking" from Kairui Song
   performs some cleanup in the swap code

 - "mm: vm_normal_page*() improvements" from David Hildenbrand provides
   code cleanup in the pagemap code

 - "add persistent huge zero folio support" from Pankaj Raghav provides
   a block layer speedup by optionalls making the
   huge_zero_pagepersistent, instead of releasing it when its refcount
   falls to zero

 - "kho: fixes and cleanups" from Mike Rapoport adds a few touchups to
   the recently added Kexec Handover feature

 - "mm: make mm->flags a bitmap and 64-bit on all arches" from Lorenzo
   Stoakes turns mm_struct.flags into a bitmap. To end the constant
   struggle with space shortage on 32-bit conflicting with 64-bit's
   needs

 - "mm/swapfile.c and swap.h cleanup" from Chris Li cleans up some swap
   code

 - "selftests/mm: Fix false positives and skip unsupported tests" from
   Donet Tom fixes a few things in our selftests code

 - "prctl: extend PR_SET_THP_DISABLE to only provide THPs when advised"
   from David Hildenbrand "allows individual processes to opt-out of
   THP=always into THP=madvise, without affecting other workloads on the
   system".

   It's a long story - the [1/N] changelog spells out the considerations

 - "Add and use memdesc_flags_t" from Matthew Wilcox gets us started on
   the memdesc project. Please see

      https://kernelnewbies.org/MatthewWilcox/Memdescs and
      https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/introducing-memdesc

 - "Tiny optimization for large read operations" from Chi Zhiling
   improves the efficiency of the pagecache read path

 - "Better split_huge_page_test result check" from Zi Yan improves our
   folio splitting selftest code

 - "test that rmap behaves as expected" from Wei Yang adds some rmap
   selftests

 - "remove write_cache_pages()" from Christoph Hellwig removes that
   function and converts its two remaining callers

 - "selftests/mm: uffd-stress fixes" from Dev Jain fixes some UFFD
   selftests issues

 - "introduce kernel file mapped folios" from Boris Burkov introduces
   the concept of "kernel file pages". Using these permits btrfs to
   account its metadata pages to the root cgroup, rather than to the
   cgroups of random inappropriate tasks

 - "mm/pageblock: improve readability of some pageblock handling" from
   Wei Yang provides some readability improvements to the page allocator
   code

 - "mm/damon: support ARM32 with LPAE" from SeongJae Park teaches DAMON
   to understand arm32 highmem

 - "tools: testing: Use existing atomic.h for vma/maple tests" from
   Brendan Jackman performs some code cleanups and deduplication under
   tools/testing/

 - "maple_tree: Fix testing for 32bit compiles" from Liam Howlett fixes
   a couple of 32-bit issues in tools/testing/radix-tree.c

 - "kasan: unify kasan_enabled() and remove arch-specific
   implementations" from Sabyrzhan Tasbolatov moves KASAN arch-specific
   initialization code into a common arch-neutral implementation

 - "mm: remove zpool" from Johannes Weiner removes zspool - an
   indirection layer which now only redirects to a single thing
   (zsmalloc)

 - "mm: task_stack: Stack handling cleanups" from Pasha Tatashin makes a
   couple of cleanups in the fork code

 - "mm: remove nth_page()" from David Hildenbrand makes rather a lot of
   adjustments at various nth_page() callsites, eventually permitting
   the removal of that undesirable helper function

 - "introduce kasan.write_only option in hw-tags" from Yeoreum Yun
   creates a KASAN read-only mode for ARM, using that architecture's
   memory tagging feature. It is felt that a read-only mode KASAN is
   suitable for use in production systems rather than debug-only

 - "mm: hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb folio allocation" from Kefeng Wang does
   some tidying in the hugetlb folio allocation code

 - "mm: establish const-correctness for pointer parameters" from Max
   Kellermann makes quite a number of the MM API functions more accurate
   about the constness of their arguments. This was getting in the way
   of subsystems (in this case CEPH) when they attempt to improving
   their own const/non-const accuracy

 - "Cleanup free_pages() misuse" from Vishal Moola fixes a number of
   code sites which were confused over when to use free_pages() vs
   __free_pages()

 - "Add Rust abstraction for Maple Trees" from Alice Ryhl makes the
   mapletree code accessible to Rust. Required by nouveau and by its
   forthcoming successor: the new Rust Nova driver

 - "selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: split_pte_mapped_thp
   improvements" from David Hildenbrand adds a fix and some cleanups to
   the thp selftesting code

 - "mm, swap: introduce swap table as swap cache (phase I)" from Chris
   Li and Kairui Song is the first step along the path to implementing
   "swap tables" - a new approach to swap allocation and state tracking
   which is expected to yield speed and space improvements. This
   patchset itself yields a 5-20% performance benefit in some situations

 - "Some ptdesc cleanups" from Matthew Wilcox utilizes the new memdesc
   layer to clean up the ptdesc code a little

 - "Fix va_high_addr_switch.sh test failure" from Chunyu Hu fixes some
   issues in our 5-level pagetable selftesting code

 - "Minor fixes for memory allocation profiling" from Suren Baghdasaryan
   addresses a couple of minor issues in relatively new memory
   allocation profiling feature

 - "Small cleanups" from Matthew Wilcox has a few cleanups in
   preparation for more memdesc work

 - "mm/damon: add addr_unit for DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_RECLAIM" from
   Quanmin Yan makes some changes to DAMON in furtherance of supporting
   arm highmem

 - "selftests/mm: Add -Wunreachable-code and fix warnings" from Muhammad
   Anjum adds that compiler check to selftests code and fixes the
   fallout, by removing dead code

 - "Improvements to Victim Process Thawing and OOM Reaper Traversal
   Order" from zhongjinji makes a number of improvements in the OOM
   killer: mainly thawing a more appropriate group of victim threads so
   they can release resources

 - "mm/damon: misc fixups and improvements for 6.18" from SeongJae Park
   is a bunch of small and unrelated fixups for DAMON

 - "mm/damon: define and use DAMON initialization check function" from
   SeongJae Park implement reliability and maintainability improvements
   to a recently-added bug fix

 - "mm/damon/stat: expose auto-tuned intervals and non-idle ages" from
   SeongJae Park provides additional transparency to userspace clients
   of the DAMON_STAT information

 - "Expand scope of khugepaged anonymous collapse" from Dev Jain removes
   some constraints on khubepaged's collapsing of anon VMAs. It also
   increases the success rate of MADV_COLLAPSE against an anon vma

 - "mm: do not assume file == vma->vm_file in compat_vma_mmap_prepare()"
   from Lorenzo Stoakes moves us further towards removal of
   file_operations.mmap(). This patchset concentrates upon clearing up
   the treatment of stacked filesystems

 - "mm: Improve mlock tracking for large folios" from Kiryl Shutsemau
   provides some fixes and improvements to mlock's tracking of large
   folios. /proc/meminfo's "Mlocked" field became more accurate

 - "mm/ksm: Fix incorrect accounting of KSM counters during fork" from
   Donet Tom fixes several user-visible KSM stats inaccuracies across
   forks and adds selftest code to verify these counters

 - "mm_slot: fix the usage of mm_slot_entry" from Wei Yang addresses
   some potential but presently benign issues in KSM's mm_slot handling

* tag 'mm-stable-2025-10-01-19-00' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (372 commits)
  mm: swap: check for stable address space before operating on the VMA
  mm: convert folio_page() back to a macro
  mm/khugepaged: use start_addr/addr for improved readability
  hugetlbfs: skip VMAs without shareable locks in hugetlb_vmdelete_list
  alloc_tag: fix boot failure due to NULL pointer dereference
  mm: silence data-race in update_hiwater_rss
  mm/memory-failure: don't select MEMORY_ISOLATION
  mm/khugepaged: remove definition of struct khugepaged_mm_slot
  mm/ksm: get mm_slot by mm_slot_entry() when slot is !NULL
  hugetlb: increase number of reserving hugepages via cmdline
  selftests/mm: add fork inheritance test for ksm_merging_pages counter
  mm/ksm: fix incorrect KSM counter handling in mm_struct during fork
  drivers/base/node: fix double free in register_one_node()
  mm: remove PMD alignment constraint in execmem_vmalloc()
  mm/memory_hotplug: fix typo 'esecially' -> 'especially'
  mm/rmap: improve mlock tracking for large folios
  mm/filemap: map entire large folio faultaround
  mm/fault: try to map the entire file folio in finish_fault()
  mm/rmap: mlock large folios in try_to_unmap_one()
  mm/rmap: fix a mlock race condition in folio_referenced_one()
  ...
2025-10-02 18:18:33 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
c5448d46b3 Merge tag 'timers-core-2025-09-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull timer core updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Address the inconsistent shutdown sequence of per CPU clockevents on
   CPU hotplug, which only removed it from the core but failed to invoke
   the actual device driver shutdown callback. This kept the timer
   active, which prevented power savings and caused pointless noise in
   virtualization.

 - Encapsulate the open coded access to the hrtimer clock base, which is
   a private implementation detail, so that the implementation can be
   changed without breaking a lot of usage sites.

 - Enhance the debug output of the clocksource watchdog to provide
   better information for analysis.

 - The usual set of cleanups and enhancements all over the place

* tag 'timers-core-2025-09-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  time: Fix spelling mistakes in comments
  clocksource: Print durations for sync check unconditionally
  LoongArch: Remove clockevents shutdown call on offlining
  tick: Do not set device to detached state in tick_shutdown()
  hrtimer: Reorder branches in hrtimer_clockid_to_base()
  hrtimer: Remove hrtimer_clock_base:: Get_time
  hrtimer: Use hrtimer_cb_get_time() helper
  media: pwm-ir-tx: Avoid direct access to hrtimer clockbase
  ALSA: hrtimer: Avoid direct access to hrtimer clockbase
  lib: test_objpool: Avoid direct access to hrtimer clockbase
  sched/core: Avoid direct access to hrtimer clockbase
  timers/itimer: Avoid direct access to hrtimer clockbase
  posix-timers: Avoid direct access to hrtimer clockbase
  jiffies: Remove obsolete SHIFTED_HZ comment
2025-09-30 16:09:27 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6c7340a7a8 Merge tag 'sched-core-2025-09-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Core scheduler changes:

   - Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline, to improve performance
     (Menglong Dong)

   - Move STDL_INIT() functions out-of-line (Peter Zijlstra)

   - Unify the SCHED_{SMT,CLUSTER,MC} Kconfig (Peter Zijlstra)

  Fair scheduling:

   - Defer throttling to when tasks exit to user-space, to reduce the
     chance & impact of throttle-preemption with held locks and other
     resources (Aaron Lu, Valentin Schneider)

   - Get rid of sched_domains_curr_level hack for tl->cpumask(), as the
     warning was getting triggered on certain topologies (Peter
     Zijlstra)

  Misc cleanups & fixes:

   - Header cleanups (Menglong Dong)

   - Fix race in push_dl_task() (Harshit Agarwal)"

* tag 'sched-core-2025-09-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched: Fix some typos in include/linux/preempt.h
  sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline
  rcu: Replace preempt.h with sched.h in include/linux/rcupdate.h
  arch: Add the macro COMPILE_OFFSETS to all the asm-offsets.c
  sched/fair: Do not balance task to a throttled cfs_rq
  sched/fair: Do not special case tasks in throttled hierarchy
  sched/fair: update_cfs_group() for throttled cfs_rqs
  sched/fair: Propagate load for throttled cfs_rq
  sched/fair: Get rid of throttled_lb_pair()
  sched/fair: Task based throttle time accounting
  sched/fair: Switch to task based throttle model
  sched/fair: Implement throttle task work and related helpers
  sched/fair: Add related data structure for task based throttle
  sched: Unify the SCHED_{SMT,CLUSTER,MC} Kconfig
  sched: Move STDL_INIT() functions out-of-line
  sched/fair: Get rid of sched_domains_curr_level hack for tl->cpumask()
  sched/deadline: Fix race in push_dl_task()
2025-09-30 10:35:11 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
a23cd25bae Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext
Pull sched_ext updates from Tejun Heo:

 - Code organization cleanup. Separate internal types and accessors to
   ext_internal.h to reduce the size of ext.c and improve
   maintainability.

 - Prepare for cgroup sub-scheduler support by adding @sch parameter to
   various functions and helpers, reorganizing scheduler instance
   handling, and dropping obsolete helpers like scx_kf_exit() and
   kf_cpu_valid().

 - Add new scx_bpf_cpu_curr() and scx_bpf_locked_rq() BPF helpers to
   provide safer access patterns with proper RCU protection.
   scx_bpf_cpu_rq() is deprecated with warnings due to potential race
   conditions.

 - Improve debugging with migration-disabled counter in error state
   dumps, SCX_EFLAG_INITIALIZED flag, bitfields for warning flags, and
   other enhancements to help diagnose issues.

 - Use cgroup_lock/unlock() for cgroup synchronization instead of
   scx_cgroup_rwsem based synchronization. This is simpler and allows
   enable/disable paths to synchronize against cgroup changes
   independent of the CPU controller.

 - rhashtable_lookup() replacement to avoid redundant RCU locking was
   reverted due to RCU usage warnings. Will be redone once rhashtable is
   updated to use rcu_dereference_all().

 - Other misc updates and fixes including bypass handling improvements,
   scx_task_iter_relock() improvements, tools/sched_ext updates, and
   compatibility helpers.

* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext: (28 commits)
  Revert "sched_ext: Use rhashtable_lookup() instead of rhashtable_lookup_fast()"
  sched_ext: Misc updates around scx_sched instance pointer
  sched_ext: Drop scx_kf_exit() and scx_kf_error()
  sched_ext: Add the @sch parameter to scx_dsq_insert_preamble/commit()
  sched_ext: Drop kf_cpu_valid()
  sched_ext: Add the @sch parameter to ext_idle helpers
  sched_ext: Add the @sch parameter to __bstr_format()
  sched_ext: Separate out scx_kick_cpu() and add @sch to it
  tools/sched_ext: scx_qmap: Make debug output quieter by default
  sched_ext: Make qmap dump operation non-destructive
  sched_ext: Add SCX_EFLAG_INITIALIZED to indicate successful ops.init()
  sched_ext: Use bitfields for boolean warning flags
  sched_ext: Fix stray scx_root usage in task_can_run_on_remote_rq()
  sched_ext: Improve SCX_KF_DISPATCH comment
  sched_ext: Use rhashtable_lookup() instead of rhashtable_lookup_fast()
  sched_ext: Verify RCU protection in scx_bpf_cpu_curr()
  sched_ext: Add migration-disabled counter to error state dump
  sched_ext: Fix NULL dereference in scx_bpf_cpu_rq() warning
  tools/sched_ext: Add compat helper for scx_bpf_cpu_curr()
  sched_ext: deprecation warn for scx_bpf_cpu_rq()
  ...
2025-09-30 09:05:07 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
722df25ddf Merge tag 'kernel-6.18-rc1.clone3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull copy_process updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains the changes to enable support for clone3() on nios2
  which apparently is still a thing.

  The more exciting part of this is that it cleans up the inconsistency
  in how the 64-bit flag argument is passed from copy_process() into the
  various other copy_*() helpers"

[ Fixed up rv ltl_monitor 32-bit support as per Sasha Levin in the merge ]

* tag 'kernel-6.18-rc1.clone3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  nios2: implement architecture-specific portion of sys_clone3
  arch: copy_thread: pass clone_flags as u64
  copy_process: pass clone_flags as u64 across calltree
  copy_sighand: Handle architectures where sizeof(unsigned long) < sizeof(u64)
2025-09-29 10:36:50 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
083fc6d7fa Merge tag 'sched-urgent-2025-09-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Fix two dl_server regressions: a race that can end up leaving the
  dl_server stuck, and a dl_server throttling bug causing lag to fair
  tasks"

* tag 'sched-urgent-2025-09-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/deadline: Fix dl_server behaviour
  sched/deadline: Fix dl_server getting stuck
2025-09-26 12:30:23 -07:00
Menglong Dong
378b770819 sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline
For now, migrate_enable and migrate_disable are global, which makes them
become hotspots in some case. Take BPF for example, the function calling
to migrate_enable and migrate_disable in BPF trampoline can introduce
significant overhead, and following is the 'perf top' of FENTRY's
benchmark (./tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench trig-fentry):

  54.63% bpf_prog_2dcccf652aac1793_bench_trigger_fentry [k]
                 bpf_prog_2dcccf652aac1793_bench_trigger_fentry
  10.43% [kernel] [k] migrate_enable
  10.07% bpf_trampoline_6442517037 [k] bpf_trampoline_6442517037
  8.06% [kernel] [k] __bpf_prog_exit_recur
  4.11% libc.so.6 [.] syscall
  2.15% [kernel] [k] entry_SYSCALL_64
  1.48% [kernel] [k] memchr_inv
  1.32% [kernel] [k] fput
  1.16% [kernel] [k] _copy_to_user
  0.73% [kernel] [k] bpf_prog_test_run_raw_tp

So in this commit, we make migrate_enable/migrate_disable inline to obtain
better performance. The struct rq is defined internally in
kernel/sched/sched.h, and the field "nr_pinned" is accessed in
migrate_enable/migrate_disable, which makes it hard to make them inline.

Alexei Starovoitov suggests to generate the offset of "nr_pinned" in [1],
so we can define the migrate_enable/migrate_disable in
include/linux/sched.h and access "this_rq()->nr_pinned" with
"(void *)this_rq() + RQ_nr_pinned".

The offset of "nr_pinned" is generated in include/generated/rq-offsets.h
by kernel/sched/rq-offsets.c.

Generally speaking, we move the definition of migrate_enable and
migrate_disable to include/linux/sched.h from kernel/sched/core.c. The
calling to __set_cpus_allowed_ptr() is leaved in ___migrate_enable().

The "struct rq" is not available in include/linux/sched.h, so we can't
access the "runqueues" with this_cpu_ptr(), as the compilation will fail
in this_cpu_ptr() -> raw_cpu_ptr() -> __verify_pcpu_ptr():
  typeof((ptr) + 0)

So we introduce the this_rq_raw() and access the runqueues with
arch_raw_cpu_ptr/PERCPU_PTR directly.

The variable "runqueues" is not visible in the kernel modules, and export
it is not a good idea. As Peter Zijlstra advised in [2], we define and
export migrate_enable/migrate_disable in kernel/sched/core.c too, and use
them for the modules.

Before this patch, the performance of BPF FENTRY is:

  fentry         :  113.030 ± 0.149M/s
  fentry         :  112.501 ± 0.187M/s
  fentry         :  112.828 ± 0.267M/s
  fentry         :  115.287 ± 0.241M/s

After this patch, the performance of BPF FENTRY increases to:

  fentry         :  143.644 ± 0.670M/s
  fentry         :  149.764 ± 0.362M/s
  fentry         :  149.642 ± 0.156M/s
  fentry         :  145.263 ± 0.221M/s

Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAADnVQ+5sEDKHdsJY5ZsfGDO_1SEhhQWHrt2SMBG5SYyQ+jt7w@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250819123214.GH4067720@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net/ [2]
2025-09-25 09:57:16 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra
a3a70caf79 sched/deadline: Fix dl_server behaviour
John reported undesirable behaviour with the dl_server since commit:
cccb45d7c4 ("sched/deadline: Less agressive dl_server handling").

When starving fair tasks on purpose (starting spinning FIFO tasks),
his fair workload, which often goes (briefly) idle, would delay fair
invocations for a second, running one invocation per second was both
unexpected and terribly slow.

The reason this happens is that when dl_se->server_pick_task() returns
NULL, indicating no runnable tasks, it would yield, pushing any later
jobs out a whole period (1 second).

Instead simply stop the server. This should restore behaviour in that
a later wakeup (which restarts the server) will be able to continue
running (subject to the CBS wakeup rules).

Notably, this does not re-introduce the behaviour cccb45d7c4 set
out to solve, any start/stop cycle is naturally throttled by the timer
period (no active cancel).

Fixes: cccb45d7c4 ("sched/deadline: Less agressive dl_server handling")
Reported-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
2025-09-25 09:51:50 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra
4ae8d9aa9f sched/deadline: Fix dl_server getting stuck
John found it was easy to hit lockup warnings when running locktorture
on a 2 CPU VM, which he bisected down to: commit cccb45d7c4
("sched/deadline: Less agressive dl_server handling").

While debugging it seems there is a chance where we end up with the
dl_server dequeued, with dl_se->dl_server_active. This causes
dl_server_start() to return without enqueueing the dl_server, thus it
fails to run when RT tasks starve the cpu.

When this happens, dl_server_timer() catches the
'!dl_se->server_has_tasks(dl_se)' case, which then calls
replenish_dl_entity() and dl_server_stopped() and finally return
HRTIMER_NO_RESTART.

This ends in no new timer and also no enqueue, leaving the dl_server
'dead', allowing starvation.

What should have happened is for the bandwidth timer to start the
zero-laxity timer, which in turn would enqueue the dl_server and cause
dl_se->server_pick_task() to be called -- which will stop the
dl_server if no fair tasks are observed for a whole period.

IOW, it is totally irrelevant if there are fair tasks at the moment of
bandwidth refresh.

This removes all dl_se->server_has_tasks() users, so remove the whole
thing.

Fixes: cccb45d7c4 ("sched/deadline: Less agressive dl_server handling")
Reported-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
2025-09-25 09:51:50 +02:00
Tejun Heo
df10932ad7 Revert "sched_ext: Use rhashtable_lookup() instead of rhashtable_lookup_fast()"
This reverts commit c8191ee8e6 which triggers
the following suspicious RCU usage warning:

[    6.647598] =============================
[    6.647603] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
[    6.647605] 6.17.0-rc7-virtme #1 Not tainted
[    6.647608] -----------------------------
[    6.647608] ./include/linux/rhashtable.h:602 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
[    6.647610]
[    6.647610] other info that might help us debug this:
[    6.647610]
[    6.647612]
[    6.647612] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
[    6.647613] 1 lock held by swapper/10/0:
[    6.647614]  #0: ffff8b14bbb3cc98 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at:
+raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x20/0x90
[    6.647630]
[    6.647630] stack backtrace:
[    6.647633] CPU: 10 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/10 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc7-virtme #1
+PREEMPT(full)
[    6.647643] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
[    6.647646] Sched_ext: beerland_1.0.2_g27d63fc3_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu (enabled+all)
[    6.647648] Call Trace:
[    6.647652]  <IRQ>
[    6.647655]  dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0xe0
[    6.647665]  lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x14a/0x1b0
[    6.647672]  __rhashtable_lookup.constprop.0+0x1d5/0x250
[    6.647680]  find_dsq_for_dispatch+0xbc/0x190
[    6.647684]  do_enqueue_task+0x25b/0x550
[    6.647689]  enqueue_task_scx+0x21d/0x360
[    6.647692]  ? trace_lock_acquire+0x22/0xb0
[    6.647695]  enqueue_task+0x2e/0xd0
[    6.647698]  ttwu_do_activate+0xa2/0x290
[    6.647703]  sched_ttwu_pending+0xfd/0x250
[    6.647706]  __flush_smp_call_function_queue+0x1cd/0x610
[    6.647714]  __sysvec_call_function_single+0x34/0x150
[    6.647720]  sysvec_call_function_single+0x6e/0x80
[    6.647726]  </IRQ>
[    6.647726]  <TASK>
[    6.647727]  asm_sysvec_call_function_single+0x1a/0x20

Reported-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-09-23 20:38:23 -10:00