From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: tj@kernel.org, void@manifault.com, arighi@nvidia.com
Cc: changwoo@igalia.com, suzhidao@xiaomi.com,
sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, cui.tao@linux.dev,
Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] sched_ext: pass the initial cpu.idle state in scx_cgroup_init_args
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:35:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825023557.27881-2-cui.tao@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825023557.27881-1-cui.tao@linux.dev>
From: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
scx_cgroup_init_args carries the initial weight and bandwidth control
parameters of a cgroup to ops.cgroup_init(), but not its cpu.idle
state. A cgroup that was already configured idle before the scheduler
was loaded (or before it was onlined under it) is presented as
non-idle, and the BPF scheduler only learns about it if cpu.idle is
written again later.
Add the sched_idle state to scx_cgroup_init_args and fill it in all
four places that build the args: scx_tg_online() for cgroups onlined
under the scheduler, scx_cgroup_init() for cgroups that already exist
when the scheduler is loaded, and the sub-scheduler handover paths
scx_cgroup_claim_subtree() and scx_cgroup_return_subtree().
Verified in a VM with a probe scheduler printing the init args: a
cgroup configured cpu.idle=1 before loading shows sched_idle=1 in
ops.cgroup_init(), the default shows 0, and later cpu.idle writes
still come through ops.cgroup_set_idle(). The sub-scheduler paths
are compile-tested only.
Fixes: 347ed2d566da ("sched/ext: Implement cgroup_set_idle() callback")
Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
---
v2 -> v3: Rename the new field to sched_idle, as a bare "idle" reads
as CPU idle state in sched_ext, per Tejun. Add the Fixes: tag
suggested by Andrea. Regenerated on top of current linux-next, which
also resolves the CI conflict reported for v2. The tg->scx.idle
rename now lives in 2/2.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260824142817.568085-1-cui.tao@linux.dev
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 4 +++-
kernel/sched/ext/internal.h | 3 +++
kernel/sched/ext/sub.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index c539d15cda63..82cf8f57e15c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -4764,7 +4764,8 @@ int scx_tg_online(struct task_group *tg)
{ .weight = tg->scx.weight,
.bw_period_us = tg->scx.bw_period_us,
.bw_quota_us = tg->scx.bw_quota_us,
- .bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us };
+ .bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us,
+ .sched_idle = tg->scx.idle };
ret = SCX_CALL_OP_RET(sch, cgroup_init,
NULL, tg->css.cgroup, &args);
@@ -5185,6 +5186,7 @@ static int scx_cgroup_init(struct scx_sched *sch)
.bw_period_us = tg->scx.bw_period_us,
.bw_quota_us = tg->scx.bw_quota_us,
.bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us,
+ .sched_idle = tg->scx.idle,
};
ret = SCX_CALL_OP_RET(sch, cgroup_init, NULL, css->cgroup, &args);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
index 53e136a47924..c6987a3a073b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ struct scx_cgroup_init_args {
u64 bw_period_us;
u64 bw_quota_us;
u64 bw_burst_us;
+
+ /* whether the cgroup is configured SCHED_IDLE via cpu.idle */
+ bool sched_idle;
};
enum scx_cpu_preempt_reason {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
index 0554448835bd..385302d19914 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
@@ -1361,6 +1361,7 @@ static s32 scx_cgroup_claim_subtree(struct scx_sched *sch)
.bw_period_us = tg->scx.bw_period_us,
.bw_quota_us = tg->scx.bw_quota_us,
.bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us,
+ .sched_idle = tg->scx.idle,
};
if (tg->scx.sched != parent ||
@@ -1464,6 +1465,7 @@ static void scx_cgroup_return_subtree(struct scx_sched *sch)
.bw_period_us = tg->scx.bw_period_us,
.bw_quota_us = tg->scx.bw_quota_us,
.bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us,
+ .sched_idle = tg->scx.idle,
};
/* the first pass must have transferred everything */
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-25 2:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-25 2:35 [PATCH v3 0/2] sched_ext: pass the initial cpu.idle state in scx_cgroup_init_args Tao Cui
2026-08-25 2:35 ` Tao Cui [this message]
2026-08-25 2:35 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] sched_ext: rename tg->scx.idle to tg->scx.sched_idle Tao Cui
2026-08-25 5:20 ` Tao Cui
2026-08-25 5:51 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] sched_ext: pass the initial cpu.idle state in scx_cgroup_init_args Andrea Righi
2026-08-31 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
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