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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>,
	Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Cc: Dan Schatzberg <dschatzberg@meta.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
	sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] sched_ext: Fix cgroup exit ordering by moving sched_ext_free() to finish_task_switch()
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:19:18 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251029061918.4179554-5-tj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251029061918.4179554-1-tj@kernel.org>

sched_ext_free() was called from __put_task_struct() when the last reference
to the task is dropped, which could be long after the task has finished
running. This causes cgroup-related problems:

- ops.task_init() can be called on a cgroup which didn't get ops.cgroup_init()'d
  during scheduler load.

- ops.cgroup_exit() could be called before ops.exit_task() is called on all
  member tasks, leading to incorrect exit ordering.

Fix by moving it to finish_task_switch() to be called right after the final
context switch away from the dying task, matching when sched_class->task_dead()
is called. Rename it to sched_ext_dead() to match the new calling context.

By calling sched_ext_dead() before cgroup_task_dead(), we ensure that:

- Tasks visible on scx_tasks list have valid cgroups during scheduler load,
  as cgroup_mutex prevents cgroup destruction while the task is still linked.

- All member tasks have ops.exit_task() called and are removed from scx_tasks
  before the cgroup can be destroyed and trigger ops.cgroup_exit().

This fix is made possible by the cgroup_task_dead() split in the previous patch.

This also makes more sense resource-wise as there's no point in keeping
scheduler side resources around for dead tasks.

Reported-by: Dan Schatzberg <dschatzberg@meta.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/sched/ext.h | 4 ++--
 kernel/fork.c             | 1 -
 kernel/sched/core.c       | 6 ++++++
 kernel/sched/ext.c        | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/ext.h b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
index d82b7a9b0658..d7dd77be571f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/ext.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
@@ -207,14 +207,14 @@ struct sched_ext_entity {
 	struct list_head	tasks_node;
 };
 
-void sched_ext_free(struct task_struct *p);
+void sched_ext_dead(struct task_struct *p);
 void print_scx_info(const char *log_lvl, struct task_struct *p);
 void scx_softlockup(u32 dur_s);
 bool scx_rcu_cpu_stall(void);
 
 #else	/* !CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
 
-static inline void sched_ext_free(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline void sched_ext_dead(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void print_scx_info(const char *log_lvl, struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void scx_softlockup(u32 dur_s) {}
 static inline bool scx_rcu_cpu_stall(void) { return false; }
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 960c39c9c264..5ae37909a813 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -736,7 +736,6 @@ void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	WARN_ON(tsk == current);
 
 	unwind_task_free(tsk);
-	sched_ext_free(tsk);
 	io_uring_free(tsk);
 	cgroup_task_free(tsk);
 	task_numa_free(tsk, true);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 40f12e37f60f..d4dbffb27a66 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5222,6 +5222,12 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
 		if (prev->sched_class->task_dead)
 			prev->sched_class->task_dead(prev);
 
+		/*
+		 * sched_ext_dead() must come before cgroup_task_dead() to
+		 * prevent cgroups from being removed while its member tasks are
+		 * visible to SCX schedulers.
+		 */
+		sched_ext_dead(prev);
 		cgroup_task_dead(prev);
 
 		/* Task is done with its stack. */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 2b0e88206d07..840bc76210c8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -2926,7 +2926,7 @@ void scx_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p)
 	percpu_up_read(&scx_fork_rwsem);
 }
 
-void sched_ext_free(struct task_struct *p)
+void sched_ext_dead(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-- 
2.51.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-29  6:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-29  6:19 [PATCHSET cgroup/for-6.19] cgroup: Fix task exit ordering Tejun Heo
2025-10-29  6:19 ` [PATCH 1/4] cgroup: Rename cgroup lifecycle hooks to cgroup_task_*() Tejun Heo
2025-10-31  2:25   ` Chen Ridong
2025-10-29  6:19 ` [PATCH 2/4] cgroup: Move dying_tasks cleanup from cgroup_task_release() to cgroup_task_free() Tejun Heo
2025-11-14 17:48   ` Michal Koutný
2025-11-14 18:18     ` Tejun Heo
2025-10-29  6:19 ` [PATCH 3/4] cgroup: Defer task cgroup unlink until after the task is done switching out Tejun Heo
2025-11-14 17:48   ` Michal Koutný
2025-10-29  6:19 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2025-10-31 19:32   ` [PATCH 4/4] sched_ext: Fix cgroup exit ordering by moving sched_ext_free() to finish_task_switch() Andrea Righi
2025-11-03 20:25   ` [PATCH v2 " Tejun Heo
2025-11-03 20:28     ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-11-03 20:31       ` Tejun Heo
2025-11-03 20:38         ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-11-03 20:26 ` [PATCHSET cgroup/for-6.19] cgroup: Fix task exit ordering Tejun Heo
2025-11-03 22:04 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] " Tejun Heo

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