[PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.3] sched_ext: Bandwidth-limited rescue execution for stranded tasks
Tejun Heo <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:51:38 -1000
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.sched-ext,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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Hello, A sub-scheduler holds only the cids its parent granted and nothing guarantees that they cover its tasks' affinities. A task that can run on none of them currently has no good ending: the scheduler's insert is cap-rejected and reenqueued until the repeat limit ejects the scheduler, or the task stalls into the watchdog. This series adds kernel-side rescue execution. A scheduler marks an insert that may be cap-rejected with SCX_ENQ_RESCUE and the kernel, instead of bouncing it, runs the task on the target cpu at a small configured bandwidth. A rescue starts out non-disruptive. Schedulers that hold caps on the cid largely stay in control of the cpu - a preemption cap, for example, still lets its holder preempt the rescuee. When a rescue goes unserved for too long, it escalates into protected execution. When a cpu's rescue queue stays oversaturated past the overload threshold, the kernel ejects the sub-scheduler with the highest recent rescue consumption on that cpu instead of misblaming the waiter's owner. - 0001-0005 are preps: naming, helper visibility, dsq-move flag vetting and the IGNORE_CAPS preemption waiver. - 0006-0007 synchronize slice/dsq_vtime writes at insertion commit and add SCX_TASK_PROTECTED, the groundwork that lets a kernel-granted slice survive scheduler writes. - 0008-0009 add the rescue machinery and the overload ejection. - 0010 syncs the tools autogen enum headers. - 0011-0012 fix scx_qmap's pinned-task direct dispatch and add rescue support as the demonstration consumer. 0001-sched_ext-Rename-scx_local_or_reject_dsq-to-scx_reso.patch 0002-sched_ext-Make-several-ext.c-helpers-available-outsi.patch 0003-sched_ext-Factor-out-__scx_bpf_now.patch 0004-sched_ext-Reject-internal-enq_flags-in-the-dsq-move-.patch 0005-sched_ext-Make-SCX_ENQ_IGNORE_CAPS-waive-the-preempt.patch 0006-sched_ext-Synchronize-slice-and-dsq_vtime-writes.patch 0007-sched_ext-Add-SCX_TASK_PROTECTED.patch 0008-sched_ext-Add-bandwidth-limited-rescue-execution-for.patch 0009-sched_ext-Eject-the-top-rescue-consumer-on-overload.patch 0010-sched_ext-Sync-tools-autogen-enum-headers.patch 0011-sched_ext-scx_qmap-Idle-check-pinned-tasks-before-di.patch 0012-sched_ext-scx_qmap-Add-rescue-support.patch Based on sched_ext/for-7.3 (ee7aece60817). Git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git scx-rescue-v1 include/linux/sched/ext.h | 7 + kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 690 ++++++++++++++++-------- kernel/sched/ext/internal.h | 78 ++- kernel/sched/ext/sub.c | 496 ++++++++++++++++- kernel/sched/ext/sub.h | 41 +- kernel/sched/ext/types.h | 12 + kernel/sched/sched.h | 13 + tools/sched_ext/include/scx/enum_defs.autogen.h | 16 + tools/sched_ext/include/scx/enums.autogen.bpf.h | 3 + tools/sched_ext/include/scx/enums.autogen.h | 1 + tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c | 88 +-- tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c | 23 +- tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.h | 1 + 13 files changed, 1186 insertions(+), 283 deletions(-) -- tejun