[PATCH 6.18 271/333] sched_ext: Fix enqueue_task_scx() truncation of upper enqueue flags

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-17T17:24:24Z

From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

commit 57ccf5ccdc56954f2a91a7f66684fd31c566bde5 upstream.

enqueue_task_scx() takes int enq_flags from the sched_class interface.
SCX enqueue flags starting at bit 32 (SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT and above) are
silently truncated when passed through activate_task(). extra_enq_flags
was added as a workaround - storing high bits in rq->scx.extra_enq_flags
and OR-ing them back in enqueue_task_scx(). However, the OR target is
still the int parameter, so the high bits are lost anyway.

The current impact is limited as the only affected flag is SCX_ENQ_PREEMPT
which is informational to the BPF scheduler - its loss means the scheduler
doesn't know about preemption but doesn't cause incorrect behavior.

Fix by renaming the int parameter to core_enq_flags and introducing a
u64 enq_flags local that merges both sources. All downstream functions
already take u64 enq_flags.

Fixes: f0e1a0643a59 ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -1358,16 +1358,15 @@ static void clr_task_runnable(struct tas
p->scx.flags |= SCX_TASK_RESET_RUNNABLE_AT;
}

-static void enqueue_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int enq_flags)
+static void enqueue_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int core_enq_flags)
{
struct scx_sched *sch = scx_root;
int sticky_cpu = p->scx.sticky_cpu;
+ u64 enq_flags = core_enq_flags | rq->scx.extra_enq_flags;

if (enq_flags & ENQUEUE_WAKEUP)
rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP;

- enq_flags |= rq->scx.extra_enq_flags;
-
if (sticky_cpu >= 0)
p->scx.sticky_cpu = -1;