[PATCHSET v2 sched_ext/for-7.3] sched_ext: Follow-up fixes and missing cap enforcement

Tejun Heo <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:16:46 -1000
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.sched-ext,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

Follow-up fixes and enforcement holes plugged from the recent
sub-scheduler work. The first patch fixes the tools' restart loop
clobbering an exit that was requested while a restart was pending.

The rest tighten how cid-addressed operations from sub-schedulers are
handled when the caller lacks the necessary caps. Reenq to another
sched's local DSQs is now denied and counted, and a new event counts
the already-denied kicks. These checks are lockless - transient false
positives from cap rotation are harmless and false negatives can't
happen by visibility. cpuperf control moves behind a new SCX_CAP_PERF
which only the root holds by default, and scx_bpf_cidperf_set() reports
the result synchronously as its check is authoritative under the
target's rq lock.

v2: - Kernel-doc comment moved to scx_bpf_cpuperf_set() instead of being
      left attached to the factored-out helper (0004, reported by
      sashiko).
    - The versioned scx_bpf_cidperf_set___v2() interface and the tools
      compat wrapper are dropped. The cid-form interface is still under
      initial development, so the signature is changed in place to
      return s32 (0005).

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

 0001-tools-sched_ext-Don-t-restart-over-a-pending-exit-re.patch
 0002-sched_ext-Gate-local-DSQ-reenq-on-baseline-cid-acces.patch
 0003-sched_ext-Count-kicks-denied-for-lacking-baseline-ci.patch
 0004-sched_ext-Factor-out-scx_cpuperf_set.patch
 0005-sched_ext-Gate-scx_bpf_cidperf_set-behind-a-new-SCX_.patch

Based on sched_ext/for-7.3 (c509d8107026).

The patches are also available in the following git branch:

 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git scx-sub-cap-gates-v2

diffstat follows. Thanks.

 kernel/sched/ext/ext.c                   | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 kernel/sched/ext/internal.h              |  31 ++++++-
 tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h |   2 +-
 tools/sched_ext/scx_central.c            |   2 +-
 tools/sched_ext/scx_cpu0.c               |   2 +-
 tools/sched_ext/scx_flatcg.c             |   2 +-
 tools/sched_ext/scx_pair.c               |   2 +-
 tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c           |  17 ++--
 tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c               |   2 +-
 tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.c                |   2 +-
 tools/sched_ext/scx_simple.c             |   2 +-
 tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c           |  11 +--
 12 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

--
tejun