From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>,
Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Cc: sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.2-fixes] sched_ext: Assorted sub-scheduler and cgroup fixes
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:30:54 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260716213058.1739522-1-tj@kernel.org> (raw)
This patchset contains three sub-scheduler fixes and a cgroup lock
ordering deadlock fix.
0001-sched_ext-Reject-setting-disallow-from-init_task-out.patch
0002-sched_ext-Take-cgroup_lock-first-in-scx_cgroup_lock.patch
0003-sched_ext-Skip-sub-disable-teardown-for-never-linked.patch
0004-sched_ext-Don-t-enable-non-ext-tasks-in-the-sub-sche.patch
- 0001 makes ops.init_task() setting p->scx.disallow outside the enable
path fail the scheduler. The sub-scheduler disable path could reach the
load-path-only policy revert and silently rewrite a live task's policy.
- 0002 fixes a three-way deadlock among scx_cgroup_lock(), cgroup teardown
draining the cpu controller's files, and a concurrent cpu.weight write.
Present in released kernels since v6.18 and marked for stable.
- 0003 fixes a use-after-free when a sub-scheduler whose enable failed
before linking is torn down concurrently with root disable.
- 0004 gates task enabling on the ext class in the sub-scheduler task
loops. A non-ext task under an SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL root could be
marked ENABLED while staying on its own class, corrupting the task state
machine.
This is against sched_ext/for-7.2-fixes (0e2f4ab68a89) and also available
in the following git branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git scx-sub-cgroup-fixes
diffstat follows.
include/linux/sched/ext.h | 10 +++++-----
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
--
tejun
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-16 21:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-16 21:30 Tejun Heo [this message]
2026-07-16 21:30 ` [PATCH 1/4] sched_ext: Reject setting disallow from init_task outside the enable path Tejun Heo
2026-07-16 21:30 ` [PATCH 2/4] sched_ext: Take cgroup_lock() first in scx_cgroup_lock() Tejun Heo
2026-07-16 21:30 ` [PATCH 3/4] sched_ext: Skip sub-disable teardown for never-linked sub-schedulers Tejun Heo
2026-07-16 21:30 ` [PATCH 4/4] sched_ext: Don't enable non-ext tasks in the sub-sched task loops Tejun Heo
2026-07-17 9:11 ` [PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.2-fixes] sched_ext: Assorted sub-scheduler and cgroup fixes Andrea Righi
2026-07-18 4:12 ` Tejun Heo
2026-07-18 5:34 ` Andrea Righi
2026-07-18 7:40 ` Tejun Heo
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