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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/ext.c39
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index d3ce708991c3..65631e577ee9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -2078,6 +2078,7 @@ static void ops_dequeue(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, u64 deq_flags)
/* dequeue is always temporary, don't reset runnable_at */
clr_task_runnable(p, false);
+retry:
/* acquire ensures that we see the preceding updates on QUEUED */
opss = atomic_long_read_acquire(&p->scx.ops_state);
@@ -2091,8 +2092,20 @@ static void ops_dequeue(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, u64 deq_flags)
*/
BUG();
case SCX_OPSS_QUEUED:
- /* A queued task must always be in BPF scheduler's custody */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!(p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_IN_CUSTODY));
+ /*
+ * A queued task must always be in BPF scheduler's custody. If
+ * SCX_TASK_IN_CUSTODY is clear, finish_dispatch() on another
+ * CPU has already passed call_task_dequeue() (which clears the
+ * flag), but has not yet written SCX_OPSS_NONE. That final
+ * store does not require this rq's lock, so retrying with
+ * cpu_relax() is bounded: we will observe NONE (or DISPATCHING,
+ * handled by the fallthrough) on a subsequent iteration.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(!(READ_ONCE(p->scx.flags) & SCX_TASK_IN_CUSTODY))) {
+ cpu_relax();
+ goto retry;
+ }
+
if (atomic_long_try_cmpxchg(&p->scx.ops_state, &opss,
SCX_OPSS_NONE))
break;
@@ -4946,10 +4959,30 @@ static const struct kset_uevent_ops scx_uevent_ops = {
*/
bool task_should_scx(int policy)
{
- if (!scx_enabled() || unlikely(scx_enable_state() == SCX_DISABLING))
+ /* if disabled, nothing should be on it */
+ if (!scx_enabled())
return false;
+
+ /* scx is taking over all SCHED_OTHER and SCHED_EXT tasks */
if (READ_ONCE(scx_switching_all))
return true;
+
+ /*
+ * scx is tearing down - keep new SCHED_EXT tasks out.
+ *
+ * Must come after scx_switching_all test, which serves as a proxy
+ * for __scx_switched_all. While __scx_switched_all is set, we must
+ * return true via the branch above: a fork routed to fair would
+ * stall because next_active_class() skips fair.
+ *
+ * This can develop into a deadlock - scx holds scx_enable_mutex across
+ * kthread_create() in scx_alloc_and_add_sched(); if the new kthread is
+ * the stalled task, the disable path can never grab the mutex to clear
+ * scx_switching_all.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(scx_enable_state() == SCX_DISABLING))
+ return false;
+
return policy == SCHED_EXT;
}