[PATCH 2/2] selftests/sched_ext: Make allowed_cpus idle validation race-free
Andrea Righi <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:23:34 +0200
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.sched-ext,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
A remotely selected CPU can be re-advertised as idle by an idle-to-idle re-pick before the BPF program validates the selection. Checking that the selected CPU remains absent from the idle mask is therefore inherently racy. Validate a stable local invariant instead: a CPU executing ops.select_cpu() or ops.enqueue() in a non-idle scheduling context must not be advertised as idle. Read the idle mask without modifying it and also validate selected CPUs against the requested domain and task affinity. Suggested-by: Kuba Piecuch <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <[email protected]> --- .../selftests/sched_ext/allowed_cpus.bpf.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/allowed_cpus.bpf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/allowed_cpus.bpf.c index 35923e74a2ec3..9dd72d0da29b2 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/allowed_cpus.bpf.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/allowed_cpus.bpf.c @@ -15,15 +15,48 @@ UEI_DEFINE(uei); private(PREF_CPUS) struct bpf_cpumask __kptr * allowed_cpumask; static void -validate_idle_cpu(const struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *allowed, s32 cpu) +validate_local_idle_state(void) { - if (scx_bpf_test_and_clear_cpu_idle(cpu)) - scx_bpf_error("CPU %d should be marked as busy", cpu); + const struct cpumask *idle; + struct task_struct *curr; + s32 cpu = bpf_get_smp_processor_id(); + bool cpu_is_idle, curr_is_idle; - if (bpf_cpumask_subset(allowed, p->cpus_ptr) && - !bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, allowed)) + bpf_rcu_read_lock(); + curr = scx_bpf_cpu_curr(cpu); + curr_is_idle = curr && (curr->flags & PF_IDLE); + bpf_rcu_read_unlock(); + + idle = scx_bpf_get_idle_cpumask(); + cpu_is_idle = bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, idle); + scx_bpf_put_idle_cpumask(idle); + + /* + * Unlike a remote selected CPU, the local CPU cannot go through an + * idle re-pick while this callback is running. If it is running a + * non-idle scheduling context, it must not be advertised as idle. + */ + if (!curr_is_idle && cpu_is_idle) + scx_bpf_error("running CPU %d should be marked as busy", cpu); +} + +static void +validate_selected_cpu(const struct task_struct *p, s32 cpu) +{ + const struct cpumask *allowed = cast_mask(allowed_cpumask); + + if (!allowed) { + scx_bpf_error("allowed domain not initialized"); + return; + } + + if (!bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, allowed)) scx_bpf_error("CPU %d not in the allowed domain for %d (%s)", cpu, p->pid, p->comm); + + if (!bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr)) + scx_bpf_error("CPU %d not in the affinity mask for %d (%s)", + cpu, p->pid, p->comm); } s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS(allowed_cpus_select_cpu, @@ -32,6 +65,7 @@ s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS(allowed_cpus_select_cpu, const struct cpumask *allowed; s32 cpu; + validate_local_idle_state(); allowed = cast_mask(allowed_cpumask); if (!allowed) { scx_bpf_error("allowed domain not initialized"); @@ -43,7 +77,7 @@ s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS(allowed_cpus_select_cpu, */ cpu = scx_bpf_select_cpu_and(p, prev_cpu, wake_flags, allowed, 0); if (cpu >= 0) { - validate_idle_cpu(p, allowed, cpu); + validate_selected_cpu(p, cpu); scx_bpf_dsq_insert(p, SCX_DSQ_LOCAL, SCX_SLICE_DFL, 0); return cpu; @@ -59,6 +93,7 @@ void BPF_STRUCT_OPS(allowed_cpus_enqueue, struct task_struct *p, u64 enq_flags) scx_bpf_dsq_insert(p, SCX_DSQ_GLOBAL, SCX_SLICE_DFL, 0); + validate_local_idle_state(); allowed = cast_mask(allowed_cpumask); if (!allowed) { scx_bpf_error("allowed domain not initialized"); @@ -71,7 +106,7 @@ void BPF_STRUCT_OPS(allowed_cpus_enqueue, struct task_struct *p, u64 enq_flags) */ cpu = scx_bpf_select_cpu_and(p, prev_cpu, 0, allowed, 0); if (cpu >= 0) { - validate_idle_cpu(p, allowed, cpu); + validate_selected_cpu(p, cpu); scx_bpf_kick_cpu(cpu, SCX_KICK_IDLE); } } -- 2.55.0