[PATCH 6.18 117/198] sched/deadline: Use revised wakeup rule for dl_server

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-20T16:02:14Z

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

[ Upstream commit 14a857056466be9d3d907a94e92a704ac1be149b ]

John noted that commit 115135422562 ("sched/deadline: Fix 'stuck' dl_server")
unfixed the issue from commit a3a70caf7906 ("sched/deadline: Fix dl_server
behaviour").

The issue in commit 115135422562 was for wakeups of the server after the
deadline; in which case you *have* to start a new period. The case for
a3a70caf7906 is wakeups before the deadline.

Now, because the server is effectively running a least-laxity policy, it means
that any wakeup during the runnable phase means dl_entity_overflow() will be
true. This means we need to adjust the runtime to allow it to still run until
the existing deadline expires.

Use the revised wakeup rule for dl_defer entities.

Fixes: 115135422562 ("sched/deadline: Fix 'stuck' dl_server")
Reported-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Tested-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260404102244.GB22575@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
kernel/sched/deadline.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 72499cf2a1db5..d5052f238adf7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static void update_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
if (dl_time_before(dl_se->deadline, rq_clock(rq)) ||
dl_entity_overflow(dl_se, rq_clock(rq))) {

- if (unlikely(!dl_is_implicit(dl_se) &&
+ if (unlikely((!dl_is_implicit(dl_se) || dl_se->dl_defer) &&
!dl_time_before(dl_se->deadline, rq_clock(rq)) &&
!is_dl_boosted(dl_se))) {
update_dl_revised_wakeup(dl_se, rq);
--
2.53.0