[PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.2-fixes] sched_ext: Assorted sub-scheduler and cgroup fixes

Tejun Heo <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:30:54 -1000
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.sched-ext,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This patchset contains three sub-scheduler fixes and a cgroup lock
ordering deadlock fix.

 0001-sched_ext-Reject-setting-disallow-from-init_task-out.patch
 0002-sched_ext-Take-cgroup_lock-first-in-scx_cgroup_lock.patch
 0003-sched_ext-Skip-sub-disable-teardown-for-never-linked.patch
 0004-sched_ext-Don-t-enable-non-ext-tasks-in-the-sub-sche.patch

- 0001 makes ops.init_task() setting p->scx.disallow outside the enable
  path fail the scheduler. The sub-scheduler disable path could reach the
  load-path-only policy revert and silently rewrite a live task's policy.

- 0002 fixes a three-way deadlock among scx_cgroup_lock(), cgroup teardown
  draining the cpu controller's files, and a concurrent cpu.weight write.
  Present in released kernels since v6.18 and marked for stable.

- 0003 fixes a use-after-free when a sub-scheduler whose enable failed
  before linking is torn down concurrently with root disable.

- 0004 gates task enabling on the ext class in the sub-scheduler task
  loops. A non-ext task under an SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL root could be
  marked ENABLED while staying on its own class, corrupting the task state
  machine.

This is against sched_ext/for-7.2-fixes (0e2f4ab68a89) and also available
in the following git branch:

 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git scx-sub-cgroup-fixes

diffstat follows.

 include/linux/sched/ext.h | 10 +++++-----
 kernel/sched/ext/ext.c    | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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tejun