[PATCH 10/15] sched_ext: Handle proxy-exec races in remote DSQ transfers
Andrea Righi <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:43:28 +0200
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.sched-ext,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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Without proxy execution, the DSQ lock and holding_cpu handshake ensure that a task cannot be dequeued or start running during an rq-lock handoff without clearing holding_cpu. Proxy execution is an exception: a task can start physically executing as a lock owner while its scheduling context remains on a DSQ; its on-CPU or migration-disabled state can therefore change without clearing holding_cpu. Recheck these states after acquiring the source rq lock. If the transfer can no longer proceed, park the task on the source rq's reject DSQ and re-enqueue it through its owning scheduler. This preserves the BPF scheduler's placement policy and keeps descendant tasks within their sub-scheduler's cap grants. Implement the scx_proxy_resolved() hook to drain the parked tasks once proxy resolution has settled and the outgoing owner has switched out. Without this change and proxy execution enabled, stress-ng --pipeherd can trigger this race and migrate an active execution context, leading to sleeping-while-atomic warnings and subsequent lockdep corruption. This is a preparatory change to support proxy execution with sched_ext. Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <[email protected]> --- include/linux/sched/ext.h | 5 ++ kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 154 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- kernel/sched/sched.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched/ext.h b/include/linux/sched/ext.h index 0f25d99f5fdd0..53da9eea0c925 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/ext.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/ext.h @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ enum scx_ent_flags { * IMMED reenqueued due to failed ENQ_IMMED * PREEMPTED preempted while running * CAP sub-sched cap miss, see p->scx.reenq_reason_* + * MIGRATION_DISABLED + * migration-disabled during a remote DSQ transfer + * PROXY physically executing or donating during a remote DSQ transfer */ SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_SHIFT = 12, SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_BITS = 3, @@ -145,6 +148,8 @@ enum scx_ent_flags { SCX_TASK_REENQ_IMMED = 2 << SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_SHIFT, SCX_TASK_REENQ_PREEMPTED = 3 << SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_SHIFT, SCX_TASK_REENQ_CAP = 4 << SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_SHIFT, + SCX_TASK_REENQ_MIGRATION_DISABLED = 5 << SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_SHIFT, + SCX_TASK_REENQ_PROXY = 6 << SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_SHIFT, /* iteration cursor, not a task */ SCX_TASK_CURSOR = 1 << 31, diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c index fd4860b7fce4e..3fe66298d1811 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c +++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c @@ -1066,8 +1066,17 @@ static void schedule_deferred_locked(struct rq *rq) schedule_deferred(rq); } +/* + * Proxy resolution happens before rq->curr is switched. Queue deferred work + * on the rq so that an outgoing proxy owner has cleared on_cpu by the time + * reject_dsq is drained. + */ void scx_proxy_resolved(struct rq *rq) { + lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq); + + if (rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_PROXY_REENQ) + schedule_deferred_locked(rq); } void schedule_dsq_reenq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct scx_dispatch_q *dsq, @@ -1458,9 +1467,15 @@ static void rq_owned_post_enq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq, { call_task_dequeue(sch, rq, p, 0); - /* rejected: kick the deferred reenq, skip wakeup/preemption */ + /* + * Proxy-active tasks must remain parked until proxy resolution. Other + * rejects can be reenqueued immediately. + */ if (unlikely(dsq->id == SCX_DSQ_REJECT)) { - schedule_deferred_locked(rq); + if (p->scx.reject_reason == SCX_TASK_REENQ_PROXY) + rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_PROXY_REENQ; + else + schedule_deferred_locked(rq); return; } @@ -2379,8 +2394,10 @@ static void move_remote_task_to_local_dsq(struct scx_sched *sch, * - The BPF scheduler is bypassed while the rq is offline and we can always say * no to the BPF scheduler initiated migrations while offline. * - * The caller must ensure that @p and @rq are on different CPUs. - * If enforce == true, caller must hold @p's rq lock. + * The caller must ensure that @p and @rq are on different CPUs. If @enforce is + * true, report violations attributable to BPF-directed migrations. The caller + * must hold @p's rq lock to avoid reporting a transient race as a scheduler + * error. */ static bool task_can_run_on_remote_rq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct task_struct *p, struct rq *rq, @@ -2388,11 +2405,6 @@ static bool task_can_run_on_remote_rq(struct scx_sched *sch, { s32 cpu = cpu_of(rq); - /* - * To prevent races with @p still running on its old CPU while switching - * out, make sure we're holding @p's rq lock so as not to risk - * erroneously killing the BPF scheduler. - */ if (enforce) lockdep_assert_rq_held(task_rq(p)); @@ -2439,6 +2451,60 @@ static bool task_can_run_on_remote_rq(struct scx_sched *sch, return true; } +/* + * Proxy execution can change @p's execution and migration-disabled state + * without touching its DSQ entry or clearing holding_cpu. Check those states + * with @p's rq locked. Without proxy execution, the holding_cpu handshake is + * sufficient and this must not affect the existing migration path. + */ +static u32 task_move_reject_reason(struct task_struct *p) +{ + struct rq *src_rq = task_rq(p); + + lockdep_assert_rq_held(src_rq); + + if (!sched_proxy_exec()) + return SCX_TASK_REENQ_NONE; + + /* @p may be rq->curr under another task's scheduling context. */ + if (task_on_cpu(src_rq, p)) + return SCX_TASK_REENQ_PROXY; + + /* + * Reject only BPF-directed migration. proxy_migrate_task() may still + * move a blocked donor's scheduling context to its lock owner's CPU. + */ + if (is_migration_disabled(p)) + return SCX_TASK_REENQ_MIGRATION_DISABLED; + + /* Don't move an active scheduling context off its source rq. */ + if (task_current_donor(src_rq, p)) + return SCX_TASK_REENQ_PROXY; + + return SCX_TASK_REENQ_NONE; +} + +/* + * Park a task whose remote transfer raced with proxy execution. Reenqueueing + * from the source rq makes the task's owning scheduler choose its placement + * again and preserves sub-scheduler containment. + */ +static void scx_reject_task(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq, + struct task_struct *p, u64 enq_flags, u32 reason) +{ + lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq); + WARN_ON_ONCE(reason != SCX_TASK_REENQ_MIGRATION_DISABLED && + reason != SCX_TASK_REENQ_PROXY); + WARN_ON_ONCE(p->scx.reject_reason); + + p->scx.holding_cpu = -1; + p->scx.reject_reason = reason; + p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_IMMED; + enq_flags &= ~(SCX_ENQ_IMMED | SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT); + + scx_dispatch_enqueue(sch, rq, &rq->scx.reject_dsq, p, enq_flags); +} + /** * unlink_dsq_and_switch_rq_lock() - Unlink task and switch to its rq lock * @p: target task @@ -2496,6 +2562,23 @@ static bool consume_remote_task(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *this_rq, struct scx_dispatch_q *dsq, struct rq *src_rq) { if (unlink_dsq_and_switch_rq_lock(p, dsq, this_rq, src_rq)) { + u32 reject_reason = task_move_reject_reason(p); + + /* + * Proxy execution may have changed @p's running or + * migration-disabled state while switching rq locks without + * clearing holding_cpu. Park it on the source rq and let its + * owning scheduler choose its placement again. + */ + if (unlikely(reject_reason)) { + p->scx.dsq = NULL; + scx_reject_task(sch, src_rq, p, + enq_flags | SCX_ENQ_CLEAR_OPSS, + reject_reason); + switch_rq_lock(src_rq, this_rq); + return false; + } + move_remote_task_to_local_dsq(sch, p, enq_flags, src_rq, this_rq); return true; } else { @@ -2526,6 +2609,7 @@ static struct rq *move_task_between_dsqs(struct scx_sched *sch, struct scx_dispatch_q *dst_dsq) { struct rq *src_rq = task_rq(p), *dst_rq; + u32 reject_reason; BUG_ON(src_dsq->id == SCX_DSQ_LOCAL); lockdep_assert_held(&src_dsq->lock); @@ -2533,6 +2617,15 @@ static struct rq *move_task_between_dsqs(struct scx_sched *sch, if (dst_dsq->id == SCX_DSQ_LOCAL) { dst_rq = container_of(dst_dsq, struct rq, scx.local_dsq); + reject_reason = src_rq != dst_rq ? + task_move_reject_reason(p) : SCX_TASK_REENQ_NONE; + if (unlikely(reject_reason)) { + dispatch_dequeue_locked(p, src_dsq); + raw_spin_unlock(&src_dsq->lock); + scx_reject_task(sch, src_rq, p, enq_flags, + reject_reason); + return src_rq; + } if (src_rq != dst_rq && unlikely(!task_can_run_on_remote_rq(sch, p, dst_rq, true))) { dst_dsq = find_global_dsq(sch, task_cpu(p)); @@ -2688,6 +2781,11 @@ static void dispatch_to_local_dsq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq, if (likely(p->scx.holding_cpu == raw_smp_processor_id()) && !WARN_ON_ONCE(src_rq != task_rq(p))) { bool fallback = false; + u32 reject_reason; + + reject_reason = src_rq != dst_rq ? + task_move_reject_reason(p) : SCX_TASK_REENQ_NONE; + /* * If @p is staying on the same rq, there's no need to go * through the full deactivate/activate cycle. Optimize by @@ -2697,9 +2795,14 @@ static void dispatch_to_local_dsq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq, p->scx.holding_cpu = -1; scx_dispatch_enqueue(sch, dst_rq, &dst_rq->scx.local_dsq, p, enq_flags); - } else if (unlikely(!task_can_run_on_remote_rq(sch, p, dst_rq, true))) { - p->scx.holding_cpu = -1; + } else if (unlikely(reject_reason)) { fallback = true; + scx_reject_task(sch, src_rq, p, enq_flags, + reject_reason); + } else if (unlikely(!task_can_run_on_remote_rq(sch, p, dst_rq, + true))) { + fallback = true; + p->scx.holding_cpu = -1; scx_dispatch_enqueue(sch, src_rq, find_global_dsq(sch, task_cpu(p)), p, enq_flags | SCX_ENQ_GDSQ_FALLBACK); } else { @@ -4399,37 +4502,45 @@ static void process_deferred_reenq_users(struct rq *rq) } /* - * Drain @rq->scx.reject_dsq and reenqueue each task so that its owning BPF - * scheduler chooses placement again. + * Drain ready tasks from @rq->scx.reject_dsq and reenqueue them so that their + * owning BPF schedulers choose placement again. Proxy-active tasks remain + * parked until proxy resolution schedules another drain after switch-out. * * A task can be re-rejected repeatedly. Reenqueues are bounded per task by * SCX_REENQ_MAX_REPEAT in scx_do_enqueue_task(), which ejects the owning - * scheduler. The private list below prevents a task from being revisited in - * the same round. + * scheduler. */ static void scx_reenq_reject(struct rq *rq) { LIST_HEAD(tasks); struct task_struct *p, *n; + bool proxy_pending = false; lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq); - if (list_empty(&rq->scx.reject_dsq.list)) + if (list_empty(&rq->scx.reject_dsq.list)) { + rq->scx.flags &= ~SCX_RQ_PROXY_REENQ; return; + } /* - * Move tasks to a private list so a task re-rejected by + * Move ready tasks to a private list so a task re-rejected by * scx_do_enqueue_task() below isn't revisited this round. */ list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &rq->scx.reject_dsq.list, scx.dsq_list.node) { u32 reason = p->scx.reject_reason; /* migration_pending tasks should have bypassed to local DSQ */ - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p->migration_pending)) - continue; + WARN_ON_ONCE(p->migration_pending); if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!reason)) continue; + if (reason == SCX_TASK_REENQ_PROXY && + (task_on_cpu(rq, p) || task_current_donor(rq, p))) { + proxy_pending = true; + continue; + } + scx_dispatch_dequeue(rq, p); p->scx.reject_reason = SCX_TASK_REENQ_NONE; @@ -4440,6 +4551,11 @@ static void scx_reenq_reject(struct rq *rq) list_add_tail(&p->scx.dsq_list.node, &tasks); } + if (proxy_pending) + rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_PROXY_REENQ; + else + rq->scx.flags &= ~SCX_RQ_PROXY_REENQ; + list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &tasks, scx.dsq_list.node) { list_del_init(&p->scx.dsq_list.node); diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h index ade8bb393786a..bbd90329585a6 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h @@ -789,6 +789,7 @@ enum scx_rq_flags { SCX_RQ_BAL_CB_PENDING = 1 << 6, /* must queue a cb after dispatching */ SCX_RQ_SUB_IDLE_RENOTIFY = 1 << 7, /* sub-scheds are owed update_idle() */ SCX_RQ_ROOT_IDLE_RENOTIFY = 1 << 8, /* the root is owed update_idle() */ + SCX_RQ_PROXY_REENQ = 1 << 9, /* proxy-rejected tasks need reenqueue */ SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP = 1 << 16, SCX_RQ_IN_BALANCE = 1 << 17, -- 2.55.0