[PATCH v2] sched_ext: Fix ops.running/stopping() pairing for proxy-exec donors

With proxy execution, pick_next_task() can select a blocked task as the
scheduling context before find_proxy_task() resolves the execution
context.

From the BPF scheduler perspective, that donor is running while its
scheduling context drives the lock owner; ops.tick() and other
accounting must therefore remain enclosed by a matching
ops.running()/ops.stopping() session.

In this scenario, the session boundaries do not always match physical
task switches. Keep the "running" session open when the same donor
continues on the same CPU. When proxy execution migrates a donor's
scheduling context to another CPU, end its running session on the source
CPU and start a new session on the destination CPU only after proxy
resolution succeeds. This prevents a failed resolution from exposing a
provisional ops.running() event.

Track these sessions with a new SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED flag. The explicit
running-state tracking is also required by later donor-based accounting:
it prevents an EXT owner executing for a non-EXT donor from being
treated as the active EXT scheduling context when it is dequeued.

This is a preparatory change for enabling proxy execution together with
sched_ext.

Cc: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
Acked-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
 - Simplify the donor checks and clarify normal selection versus
   SAVE/RESTORE handling (Tejun Heo)

 include/linux/sched/ext.h                     |  1 +
 kernel/sched/ext/ext.c                        | 70 ++++++++++++++-----
 kernel/sched/ext/internal.h                   |  6 ++
 .../sched_ext/include/scx/enum_defs.autogen.h |  1 +
 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/ext.h b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
index 582d7cd4a9839..9912ad0c2d445 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/ext.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ enum scx_ent_flags {
 	SCX_TASK_SUB_INIT	= 1 << 4, /* task being initialized for a sub sched */
 	SCX_TASK_IMMED		= 1 << 5, /* task is on local DSQ with %SCX_ENQ_IMMED */
 	SCX_TASK_PROTECTED	= 1 << 6, /* slice and DSQ head position protected */
+	SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED	= 1 << 7, /* task is in an ops.running()/stopping() session */
 
 	/*
 	 * Bits 8 to 10 are used to carry task state:
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 7bbe3c2e243af..e1bee7b11c96a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -2289,10 +2289,10 @@ static bool dequeue_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int core_deq_
 	ops_dequeue(rq, p, deq_flags);
 
 	/*
-	 * A currently running task which is going off @rq first gets dequeued
-	 * and then stops running. As we want running <-> stopping transitions
-	 * to be contained within runnable <-> quiescent transitions, trigger
-	 * ->stopping() early here instead of in put_prev_task_scx().
+	 * A current scheduling context which is going off @rq first gets
+	 * dequeued and then stops running. As we want running <-> stopping
+	 * transitions to be contained within runnable <-> quiescent transitions,
+	 * trigger ->stopping() early here instead of in put_prev_task_scx().
 	 *
 	 * @p may go through multiple stopping <-> running transitions between
 	 * here and put_prev_task_scx() if task attribute changes occur while
@@ -2300,11 +2300,13 @@ static bool dequeue_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int core_deq_
 	 * information meaningful to the BPF scheduler and can be suppressed by
 	 * skipping the callbacks if the task is !QUEUED.
 	 */
-	if (task_current(rq, p) &&
-	    (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, stopping) || unlikely(p == scx_rescuee(rq)))) {
-		update_curr_scx(rq);
-		if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, stopping))
-			SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(sch, stopping, rq, p, false);
+	if (task_current_donor(rq, p) && (p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED)) {
+		if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, stopping) || unlikely(p == scx_rescuee(rq))) {
+			update_curr_scx(rq);
+			if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, stopping))
+				SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(sch, stopping, rq, p, false);
+		}
+		p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED;
 	}
 
 	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, quiescent) && !task_on_rq_migrating(p))
@@ -3009,10 +3011,21 @@ static enum scx_dsp_verdict dispatch_one(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev
 	return verdict;
 }
 
-static void set_next_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, bool first)
+static void scx_start_task_running(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct scx_sched *sch = scx_task_sched(p);
 
+	if (p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED)
+		return;
+
+	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, running))
+		SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(sch, running, rq, p);
+
+	p->scx.flags |= SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED;
+}
+
+static void set_next_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, bool first)
+{
 	if (p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_QUEUED) {
 		/*
 		 * Core-sched might decide to execute @p before it is
@@ -3024,9 +3037,20 @@ static void set_next_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, bool first)
 
 	p->se.exec_start = rq_clock_task(rq);
 
-	/* see dequeue_task_scx() on why we skip when !QUEUED */
-	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, running) && (p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_QUEUED))
-		SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(sch, running, rq, p);
+	/*
+	 * See dequeue_task_scx() for why we skip when !QUEUED.
+	 *
+	 * During a normal switch (@first), a blocked task is only a provisional
+	 * donor. Proxy resolution may fail or migrate the donor to another CPU,
+	 * so defer ops.running() until scx_proxy_donor_start() confirms that
+	 * resolution succeeded.
+	 *
+	 * !@first denotes restoration after a SAVE/RESTORE cycle. The matching
+	 * dequeue already issued ops.stopping(), so restart the session here
+	 * regardless of the donor state.
+	 */
+	if ((p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_QUEUED) && !(p->is_blocked && first))
+		scx_start_task_running(rq, p);
 
 	clr_task_runnable(p, true);
 
@@ -3072,6 +3096,12 @@ static void set_next_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, bool first)
 
 void scx_proxy_donor_start(struct rq *rq)
 {
+	struct task_struct *donor = rq->donor;
+
+	lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
+
+	if (donor->sched_class == &ext_sched_class && (donor->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_QUEUED))
+		scx_start_task_running(rq, donor);
 }
 
 static enum scx_cpu_preempt_reason
@@ -3147,9 +3177,17 @@ static void put_prev_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
 			scx_task_slice_ended(rq, p);
 	}
 
-	/* see dequeue_task_scx() on why we skip when !QUEUED */
-	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, stopping) && (p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_QUEUED))
-		SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(sch, stopping, rq, p, true);
+	/*
+	 * Preserve the running session when proxy execution refreshes the same
+	 * donor around an execution-context switch on this rq.
+	 */
+	if (next != p && (p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_QUEUED) &&
+	    (p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED)) {
+		if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, stopping))
+			SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(sch, stopping, rq, p, true);
+
+		p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED;
+	}
 
 	if (p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_QUEUED) {
 		set_task_runnable(rq, p);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
index fa20cac3ab61f..2b2dcde923600 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
@@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ struct sched_ext_ops {
 	 * Therefore, always use scx_bpf_task_cpu(@p) to determine the
 	 * target CPU the task is going to use.
 	 *
+	 * Under proxy execution, the BPF scheduler continues to observe the
+	 * donor as the current scheduling context. A blocked donor enters a
+	 * ->running()/->stopping() session while its scheduling context drives
+	 * the lock owner. The lock owner executing on its behalf is intentionally
+	 * not reported through these callbacks.
+	 *
 	 * See ->runnable() for explanation on the task state notifiers.
 	 */
 	void (*running)(struct task_struct *p);
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/enum_defs.autogen.h b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/enum_defs.autogen.h
index 19aa1de3e7005..cccc0c3987b85 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/enum_defs.autogen.h
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/enum_defs.autogen.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 #define HAVE_SCX_TASK_SUB_INIT
 #define HAVE_SCX_TASK_IMMED
 #define HAVE_SCX_TASK_PROTECTED
+#define HAVE_SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED
 #define HAVE_SCX_TASK_STATE_SHIFT
 #define HAVE_SCX_TASK_STATE_BITS
 #define HAVE_SCX_TASK_STATE_MASK
-- 
2.55.0