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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>sched_ext: Add an event, SCX_EV_SELECT_CPU_FALLBACK</title>
<updated>2025-02-02T17:23:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Changwoo Min</name>
<email>changwoo@igalia.com</email>
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<published>2025-01-31T07:09:29+00:00</published>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_SELECT_CPU_FALLBACK, which represents how many times
ops.select_cpu() returns a CPU that the task can't use.

__scx_add_event() is used since the caller holds an rq lock,
so the preemption has already been disabled.

Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min &lt;changwoo@igalia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_SELECT_CPU_FALLBACK, which represents how many times
ops.select_cpu() returns a CPU that the task can't use.

__scx_add_event() is used since the caller holds an rq lock,
so the preemption has already been disabled.

Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min &lt;changwoo@igalia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext</title>
<updated>2024-11-20T18:08:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-20T18:08:00+00:00</published>
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Pull sched_ext updates from Tejun Heo:

 - Improve the default select_cpu() implementation making it topology
   aware and handle WAKE_SYNC better.

 - set_arg_maybe_null() was used to inform the verifier which ops args
   could be NULL in a rather hackish way. Use the new __nullable CFI
   stub tags instead.

 - On Sapphire Rapids multi-socket systems, a BPF scheduler, by
   hammering on the same queue across sockets, could live-lock the
   system to the point where the system couldn't make reasonable forward
   progress.

   This could lead to soft-lockup triggered resets or stalling out
   bypass mode switch and thus BPF scheduler ejection for tens of
   minutes if not hours. After trying a number of mitigations, the
   following set worked reliably:

     - Injecting artificial cpu_relax() loops in two places while
       sched_ext is trying to turn on the bypass mode.

     - Triggering scheduler ejection when soft-lockup detection is
       imminent (a quarter of threshold left).

   While not the prettiest, the impact both in terms of code complexity
   and overhead is minimal.

 - A common complaint on the API is the overuse of the word "dispatch"
   and the confusion around "consume". This is due to how the dispatch
   queues became more generic over time. Rename the affected kfuncs for
   clarity. Thanks to BPF's compatibility features, this change can be
   made in a way that's both forward and backward compatible. The
   compatibility code will be dropped in a few releases.

 - Other misc changes

* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext: (21 commits)
  sched_ext: Replace scx_next_task_picked() with switch_class() in comment
  sched_ext: Rename scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*() -&gt; scx_bpf_dsq_move[_vtime]*()
  sched_ext: Rename scx_bpf_consume() to scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local()
  sched_ext: Rename scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]() to scx_bpf_dsq_insert[_vtime]()
  sched_ext: scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq_set_*() are allowed from unlocked context
  sched_ext: add a missing rcu_read_lock/unlock pair at scx_select_cpu_dfl()
  sched_ext: Clarify sched_ext_ops table for userland scheduler
  sched_ext: Enable the ops breather and eject BPF scheduler on softlockup
  sched_ext: Avoid live-locking bypass mode switching
  sched_ext: Fix incorrect use of bitwise AND
  sched_ext: Do not enable LLC/NUMA optimizations when domains overlap
  sched_ext: Introduce NUMA awareness to the default idle selection policy
  sched_ext: Replace set_arg_maybe_null() with __nullable CFI stub tags
  sched_ext: Rename CFI stubs to names that are recognized by BPF
  sched_ext: Introduce LLC awareness to the default idle selection policy
  sched_ext: Clarify ops.select_cpu() for single-CPU tasks
  sched_ext: improve WAKE_SYNC behavior for default idle CPU selection
  sched_ext: Use btf_ids to resolve task_struct
  sched/ext: Use tg_cgroup() to elieminate duplicate code
  sched/ext: Fix unmatch trailing comment of CONFIG_EXT_GROUP_SCHED
  ...
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Pull sched_ext updates from Tejun Heo:

 - Improve the default select_cpu() implementation making it topology
   aware and handle WAKE_SYNC better.

 - set_arg_maybe_null() was used to inform the verifier which ops args
   could be NULL in a rather hackish way. Use the new __nullable CFI
   stub tags instead.

 - On Sapphire Rapids multi-socket systems, a BPF scheduler, by
   hammering on the same queue across sockets, could live-lock the
   system to the point where the system couldn't make reasonable forward
   progress.

   This could lead to soft-lockup triggered resets or stalling out
   bypass mode switch and thus BPF scheduler ejection for tens of
   minutes if not hours. After trying a number of mitigations, the
   following set worked reliably:

     - Injecting artificial cpu_relax() loops in two places while
       sched_ext is trying to turn on the bypass mode.

     - Triggering scheduler ejection when soft-lockup detection is
       imminent (a quarter of threshold left).

   While not the prettiest, the impact both in terms of code complexity
   and overhead is minimal.

 - A common complaint on the API is the overuse of the word "dispatch"
   and the confusion around "consume". This is due to how the dispatch
   queues became more generic over time. Rename the affected kfuncs for
   clarity. Thanks to BPF's compatibility features, this change can be
   made in a way that's both forward and backward compatible. The
   compatibility code will be dropped in a few releases.

 - Other misc changes

* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext: (21 commits)
  sched_ext: Replace scx_next_task_picked() with switch_class() in comment
  sched_ext: Rename scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*() -&gt; scx_bpf_dsq_move[_vtime]*()
  sched_ext: Rename scx_bpf_consume() to scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local()
  sched_ext: Rename scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]() to scx_bpf_dsq_insert[_vtime]()
  sched_ext: scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq_set_*() are allowed from unlocked context
  sched_ext: add a missing rcu_read_lock/unlock pair at scx_select_cpu_dfl()
  sched_ext: Clarify sched_ext_ops table for userland scheduler
  sched_ext: Enable the ops breather and eject BPF scheduler on softlockup
  sched_ext: Avoid live-locking bypass mode switching
  sched_ext: Fix incorrect use of bitwise AND
  sched_ext: Do not enable LLC/NUMA optimizations when domains overlap
  sched_ext: Introduce NUMA awareness to the default idle selection policy
  sched_ext: Replace set_arg_maybe_null() with __nullable CFI stub tags
  sched_ext: Rename CFI stubs to names that are recognized by BPF
  sched_ext: Introduce LLC awareness to the default idle selection policy
  sched_ext: Clarify ops.select_cpu() for single-CPU tasks
  sched_ext: improve WAKE_SYNC behavior for default idle CPU selection
  sched_ext: Use btf_ids to resolve task_struct
  sched/ext: Use tg_cgroup() to elieminate duplicate code
  sched/ext: Fix unmatch trailing comment of CONFIG_EXT_GROUP_SCHED
  ...
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Enable the ops breather and eject BPF scheduler on softlockup</title>
<updated>2024-11-08T20:42:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-05T21:49:04+00:00</published>
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On 2 x Intel Sapphire Rapids machines with 224 logical CPUs, a poorly
behaving BPF scheduler can live-lock the system by making multiple CPUs bang
on the same DSQ to the point where soft-lockup detection triggers before
SCX's own watchdog can take action. It also seems possible that the machine
can be live-locked enough to prevent scx_ops_helper, which is an RT task,
from running in a timely manner.

Implement scx_softlockup() which is called when three quarters of
soft-lockup threshold has passed. The function immediately enables the ops
breather and triggers an ops error to initiate ejection of the BPF
scheduler.

The previous and this patch combined enable the kernel to reliably recover
the system from live-lock conditions that can be triggered by a poorly
behaving BPF scheduler on Intel dual socket systems.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Douglas Anderson &lt;dianders@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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On 2 x Intel Sapphire Rapids machines with 224 logical CPUs, a poorly
behaving BPF scheduler can live-lock the system by making multiple CPUs bang
on the same DSQ to the point where soft-lockup detection triggers before
SCX's own watchdog can take action. It also seems possible that the machine
can be live-locked enough to prevent scx_ops_helper, which is an RT task,
from running in a timely manner.

Implement scx_softlockup() which is called when three quarters of
soft-lockup threshold has passed. The function immediately enables the ops
breather and triggers an ops error to initiate ejection of the BPF
scheduler.

The previous and this patch combined enable the kernel to reliably recover
the system from live-lock conditions that can be triggered by a poorly
behaving BPF scheduler on Intel dual socket systems.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Douglas Anderson &lt;dianders@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched/ext: Remove sched_fork() hack</title>
<updated>2024-11-05T11:55:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-28T13:20:35+00:00</published>
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Instead of solving the underlying problem of the double invocation of
__sched_fork() for idle tasks, sched-ext decided to hack around the issue
by partially clearing out the entity struct to preserve the already
enqueued node. A provided analysis and solution has been ignored for four
months.

Now that someone else has taken care of cleaning it up, remove the
disgusting hack and clear out the full structure. Remove the comment in the
structure declaration as well, as there is no requirement for @node being
the last element anymore.

Fixes: f0e1a0643a59 ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87ldy82wkc.ffs@tglx
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Instead of solving the underlying problem of the double invocation of
__sched_fork() for idle tasks, sched-ext decided to hack around the issue
by partially clearing out the entity struct to preserve the already
enqueued node. A provided analysis and solution has been ignored for four
months.

Now that someone else has taken care of cleaning it up, remove the
disgusting hack and clear out the full structure. Remove the comment in the
structure declaration as well, as there is no requirement for @node being
the last element anymore.

Fixes: f0e1a0643a59 ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87ldy82wkc.ffs@tglx
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Compact struct bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern</title>
<updated>2024-09-09T23:42:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-09T23:42:47+00:00</published>
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struct scx_iter_scx_dsq is defined as 6 u64's and scx_dsq_iter_kern was
using 5 of them. We want to add two more u64 fields but it's better if we do
so while staying within scx_iter_scx_dsq to maintain binary compatibility.

The way scx_iter_scx_dsq_kern is laid out is rather inefficient - the node
field takes up three u64's but only one bit of the last u64 is used. Turn
the bool into u32 flags and only use the lower 16 bits freeing up 48 bits -
16 bits for flags, 32 bits for a u32 - for use by struct
bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern.

This allows moving the dsq_seq and flags fields of bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern
into the cursor field reducing the struct size by a full u64.

No behavior changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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struct scx_iter_scx_dsq is defined as 6 u64's and scx_dsq_iter_kern was
using 5 of them. We want to add two more u64 fields but it's better if we do
so while staying within scx_iter_scx_dsq to maintain binary compatibility.

The way scx_iter_scx_dsq_kern is laid out is rather inefficient - the node
field takes up three u64's but only one bit of the last u64 is used. Turn
the bool into u32 flags and only use the lower 16 bits freeing up 48 bits -
16 bits for flags, 32 bits for a u32 - for use by struct
bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern.

This allows moving the dsq_seq and flags fields of bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern
into the cursor field reducing the struct size by a full u64.

No behavior changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Add cgroup support</title>
<updated>2024-09-04T20:24:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-04T20:24:59+00:00</published>
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Add sched_ext_ops operations to init/exit cgroups, and track task migrations
and config changes. A BPF scheduler may not implement or implement only
subset of cgroup features. The implemented features can be indicated using
%SCX_OPS_HAS_CGOUP_* flags. If cgroup configuration makes use of features
that are not implemented, a warning is triggered.

While a BPF scheduler is being enabled and disabled, relevant cgroup
operations are locked out using scx_cgroup_rwsem. This avoids situations
like task prep taking place while the task is being moved across cgroups,
making things easier for BPF schedulers.

v7: - cgroup interface file visibility toggling is dropped in favor just
      warning messages. Dynamically changing interface visiblity caused more
      confusion than helping.

v6: - Updated to reflect the removal of SCX_KF_SLEEPABLE.

    - Updated to use CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED_WEIGHT and fixes for
      !CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED &amp;&amp; CONFIG_EXT_GROUP_SCHED.

v5: - Flipped the locking order between scx_cgroup_rwsem and
      cpus_read_lock() to avoid locking order conflict w/ cpuset. Better
      documentation around locking.

    - sched_move_task() takes an early exit if the source and destination
      are identical. This triggered the warning in scx_cgroup_can_attach()
      as it left p-&gt;scx.cgrp_moving_from uncleared. Updated the cgroup
      migration path so that ops.cgroup_prep_move() is skipped for identity
      migrations so that its invocations always match ops.cgroup_move()
      one-to-one.

v4: - Example schedulers moved into their own patches.

    - Fix build failure when !CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED, reported by Andrea Righi.

v3: - Make scx_example_pair switch all tasks by default.

    - Convert to BPF inline iterators.

    - scx_bpf_task_cgroup() is added to determine the current cgroup from
      CPU controller's POV. This allows BPF schedulers to accurately track
      CPU cgroup membership.

    - scx_example_flatcg added. This demonstrates flattened hierarchy
      implementation of CPU cgroup control and shows significant performance
      improvement when cgroups which are nested multiple levels are under
      competition.

v2: - Build fixes for different CONFIG combinations.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Vernet &lt;dvernet@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Don &lt;joshdon@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Hao Luo &lt;haoluo@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Barret Rhoden &lt;brho@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andrea Righi &lt;andrea.righi@canonical.com&gt;
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Add sched_ext_ops operations to init/exit cgroups, and track task migrations
and config changes. A BPF scheduler may not implement or implement only
subset of cgroup features. The implemented features can be indicated using
%SCX_OPS_HAS_CGOUP_* flags. If cgroup configuration makes use of features
that are not implemented, a warning is triggered.

While a BPF scheduler is being enabled and disabled, relevant cgroup
operations are locked out using scx_cgroup_rwsem. This avoids situations
like task prep taking place while the task is being moved across cgroups,
making things easier for BPF schedulers.

v7: - cgroup interface file visibility toggling is dropped in favor just
      warning messages. Dynamically changing interface visiblity caused more
      confusion than helping.

v6: - Updated to reflect the removal of SCX_KF_SLEEPABLE.

    - Updated to use CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED_WEIGHT and fixes for
      !CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED &amp;&amp; CONFIG_EXT_GROUP_SCHED.

v5: - Flipped the locking order between scx_cgroup_rwsem and
      cpus_read_lock() to avoid locking order conflict w/ cpuset. Better
      documentation around locking.

    - sched_move_task() takes an early exit if the source and destination
      are identical. This triggered the warning in scx_cgroup_can_attach()
      as it left p-&gt;scx.cgrp_moving_from uncleared. Updated the cgroup
      migration path so that ops.cgroup_prep_move() is skipped for identity
      migrations so that its invocations always match ops.cgroup_move()
      one-to-one.

v4: - Example schedulers moved into their own patches.

    - Fix build failure when !CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED, reported by Andrea Righi.

v3: - Make scx_example_pair switch all tasks by default.

    - Convert to BPF inline iterators.

    - scx_bpf_task_cgroup() is added to determine the current cgroup from
      CPU controller's POV. This allows BPF schedulers to accurately track
      CPU cgroup membership.

    - scx_example_flatcg added. This demonstrates flattened hierarchy
      implementation of CPU cgroup control and shows significant performance
      improvement when cgroups which are nested multiple levels are under
      competition.

v2: - Build fixes for different CONFIG combinations.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Vernet &lt;dvernet@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Don &lt;joshdon@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Hao Luo &lt;haoluo@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Barret Rhoden &lt;brho@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andrea Righi &lt;andrea.righi@canonical.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Replace SCX_TASK_BAL_KEEP with SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP</title>
<updated>2024-09-04T07:54:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-04T07:54:28+00:00</published>
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SCX_TASK_BAL_KEEP is used by balance_one() to tell pick_next_task_scx() to
keep running the current task. It's not really a task property. Replace it
with SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP which resides in rq-&gt;scx.flags and is a better fit for
the usage. Also, the existing clearing rule is unnecessarily strict and
makes it difficult to use with core-sched. Just clear it on entry to
balance_one().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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SCX_TASK_BAL_KEEP is used by balance_one() to tell pick_next_task_scx() to
keep running the current task. It's not really a task property. Replace it
with SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP which resides in rq-&gt;scx.flags and is a better fit for
the usage. Also, the existing clearing rule is unnecessarily strict and
makes it difficult to use with core-sched. Just clear it on entry to
balance_one().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched_ext: Allow p-&gt;scx.disallow only while loading</title>
<updated>2024-08-02T18:59:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-01T23:32:59+00:00</published>
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From 1232da7eced620537a78f19c8cf3d4a3508e2419 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:14:52 -1000

p-&gt;scx.disallow provides a way for the BPF scheduler to reject certain tasks
from attaching. It's currently allowed for both the load and fork paths;
however, the latter doesn't actually work as p-&gt;sched_class is already set
by the time scx_ops_init_task() is called during fork.

This is a convenience feature which is mostly useful from the load path
anyway. Allow it only from the load path.

v2: Trigger scx_ops_error() iff @p-&gt;policy == SCHED_EXT to make it a bit
    easier for the BPF scheduler (David).

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Reported-by: "Zhangqiao (2012 lab)" &lt;zhangqiao22@huawei.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240711110720.1285-1-zhangqiao22@huawei.com
Fixes: 7bb6f0810ecf ("sched_ext: Allow BPF schedulers to disallow specific tasks from joining SCHED_EXT")
Acked-by: David Vernet &lt;void@manifault.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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From 1232da7eced620537a78f19c8cf3d4a3508e2419 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:14:52 -1000

p-&gt;scx.disallow provides a way for the BPF scheduler to reject certain tasks
from attaching. It's currently allowed for both the load and fork paths;
however, the latter doesn't actually work as p-&gt;sched_class is already set
by the time scx_ops_init_task() is called during fork.

This is a convenience feature which is mostly useful from the load path
anyway. Allow it only from the load path.

v2: Trigger scx_ops_error() iff @p-&gt;policy == SCHED_EXT to make it a bit
    easier for the BPF scheduler (David).

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Reported-by: "Zhangqiao (2012 lab)" &lt;zhangqiao22@huawei.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240711110720.1285-1-zhangqiao22@huawei.com
Fixes: 7bb6f0810ecf ("sched_ext: Allow BPF schedulers to disallow specific tasks from joining SCHED_EXT")
Acked-by: David Vernet &lt;void@manifault.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>scx: Allow calling sleepable kfuncs from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL</title>
<updated>2024-07-31T17:45:28+00:00</updated>
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<name>David Vernet</name>
<email>void@manifault.com</email>
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<published>2024-07-31T05:14:36+00:00</published>
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We currently only allow calling sleepable scx kfuncs (i.e.
scx_bpf_create_dsq()) from BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS progs. The idea here
was that we'd never have to call scx_bpf_create_dsq() outside of a
sched_ext struct_ops callback, but that might not actually be true. For
example, a scheduler could do something like the following:

1. Open and load (not yet attach) a scheduler skel

2. Synchronously call into a BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL prog from user space.
   For example, to initialize an LLC domain, or some other global,
   read-only state.

3. Attach the skel, which actually enables the scheduler

The advantage of doing this is that it can preclude having to do pretty
ugly boilerplate like initializing a read-only, statically sized array of
u64[]'s which the kernel consumes literally once at init time to then
create struct bpf_cpumask objects which are actually queried at runtime.

Doing the above is already possible given that we can invoke core BPF
kfuncs, such as bpf_cpumask_create(), from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL progs. We
already allow many scx kfuncs to be called from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL progs
(e.g. scx_bpf_kick_cpu()). Let's allow the sleepable kfuncs as well.

Signed-off-by: David Vernet &lt;void@manifault.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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We currently only allow calling sleepable scx kfuncs (i.e.
scx_bpf_create_dsq()) from BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS progs. The idea here
was that we'd never have to call scx_bpf_create_dsq() outside of a
sched_ext struct_ops callback, but that might not actually be true. For
example, a scheduler could do something like the following:

1. Open and load (not yet attach) a scheduler skel

2. Synchronously call into a BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL prog from user space.
   For example, to initialize an LLC domain, or some other global,
   read-only state.

3. Attach the skel, which actually enables the scheduler

The advantage of doing this is that it can preclude having to do pretty
ugly boilerplate like initializing a read-only, statically sized array of
u64[]'s which the kernel consumes literally once at init time to then
create struct bpf_cpumask objects which are actually queried at runtime.

Doing the above is already possible given that we can invoke core BPF
kfuncs, such as bpf_cpumask_create(), from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL progs. We
already allow many scx kfuncs to be called from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL progs
(e.g. scx_bpf_kick_cpu()). Let's allow the sleepable kfuncs as well.

Signed-off-by: David Vernet &lt;void@manifault.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>sched_ext: Implement DSQ iterator</title>
<updated>2024-07-09T00:30:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2024-07-09T00:30:55+00:00</published>
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DSQs are very opaque in the consumption path. The BPF scheduler has no way
of knowing which tasks are being considered and which is picked. This patch
adds BPF DSQ iterator.

- Allows iterating tasks queued on a DSQ in the dispatch order or reverse
  from anywhere using bpf_for_each(scx_dsq) or calling the iterator kfuncs
  directly.

- Has ordering guarantee where only tasks which were already queued when the
  iteration started are visible and consumable during the iteration.

v5: - Add a comment to the naked list_empty(&amp;dsq-&gt;list) test in
      consume_dispatch_q() to explain the reasoning behind the lockless test
      and by extension why nldsq_next_task() isn't used there.

    - scx_qmap changes separated into its own patch.

v4: - bpf_iter_scx_dsq_new() declaration in common.bpf.h was using the wrong
      type for the last argument (bool rev instead of u64 flags). Fix it.

v3: - Alexei pointed out that the iterator is too big to allocate on stack.
      Added a prep patch to reduce the size of the cursor. Now
      bpf_iter_scx_dsq is 48 bytes and bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern is 40 bytes on
      64bit.

    - u32_before() comparison factored out.

v2: - scx_bpf_consume_task() is separated out into a separate patch.

    - DSQ seq and iter flags don't need to be u64. Use u32.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Vernet &lt;dvernet@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
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DSQs are very opaque in the consumption path. The BPF scheduler has no way
of knowing which tasks are being considered and which is picked. This patch
adds BPF DSQ iterator.

- Allows iterating tasks queued on a DSQ in the dispatch order or reverse
  from anywhere using bpf_for_each(scx_dsq) or calling the iterator kfuncs
  directly.

- Has ordering guarantee where only tasks which were already queued when the
  iteration started are visible and consumable during the iteration.

v5: - Add a comment to the naked list_empty(&amp;dsq-&gt;list) test in
      consume_dispatch_q() to explain the reasoning behind the lockless test
      and by extension why nldsq_next_task() isn't used there.

    - scx_qmap changes separated into its own patch.

v4: - bpf_iter_scx_dsq_new() declaration in common.bpf.h was using the wrong
      type for the last argument (bool rev instead of u64 flags). Fix it.

v3: - Alexei pointed out that the iterator is too big to allocate on stack.
      Added a prep patch to reduce the size of the cursor. Now
      bpf_iter_scx_dsq is 48 bytes and bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern is 40 bytes on
      64bit.

    - u32_before() comparison factored out.

v2: - scx_bpf_consume_task() is separated out into a separate patch.

    - DSQ seq and iter flags don't need to be u64. Use u32.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Vernet &lt;dvernet@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
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