[PATCH sched_ext/for-6.14-fixes] sched_ext: Fix incorrect autogroup migration detection

Tejun Heo
2025-01-24T22:22:13Z

scx_move_task() is called from sched_move_task() and tells the BPF scheduler
that cgroup migration is being committed. sched_move_task() is used by both
cgroup and autogroup migrations and scx_move_task() tried to filter out
autogroup migrations by testing the destination cgroup and PF_EXITING but
this is not enough. In fact, without explicitly tagging the thread which is
doing the cgroup migration, there is no good way to tell apart
scx_move_task() invocations for racing migration to the root cgroup and an
autogroup migration.

This led to scx_move_task() incorrectly ignoring a migration from non-root
cgroup to an autogroup of the root cgroup triggering the following warning:

WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 1 at kernel/sched/ext.c:3725 scx_cgroup_can_attach+0x196/0x340
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
cgroup_migrate_execute+0x5b1/0x700
cgroup_attach_task+0x296/0x400
__cgroup_procs_write+0x128/0x140
cgroup_procs_write+0x17/0x30
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x141/0x1f0
vfs_write+0x31d/0x4a0
__x64_sys_write+0x72/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x82/0x160
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Fix it by adding an argument to sched_move_task() that indicates whether the
moving is for a cgroup or autogroup migration. After the change,
scx_move_task() is called only for cgroup migrations and renamed to
scx_cgroup_move_task().

Link: https://github.com/sched-ext/scx/issues/370
Fixes: 819513666966 ("sched_ext: Add cgroup support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
---
Peter, I can also flag the task that's doing the cgroup migration but that
seems unnecessarily convoluted. If you're okay with the change, I'll route
this through the sched_ext tree.

Thanks.

kernel/sched/autogroup.c | 4 ++--
kernel/sched/core.c | 7 ++++---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 15 +--------------
kernel/sched/ext.h | 4 ++--
kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 +-
5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/autogroup.c b/kernel/sched/autogroup.c
index db68a964e34e..c4a3ccf6a8ac 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/autogroup.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/autogroup.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void sched_autogroup_exit_task(struct task_struct *p)
* see this thread after that: we can no longer use signal->autogroup.
* See the PF_EXITING check in task_wants_autogroup().
*/
- sched_move_task(p);
+ sched_move_task(p, true);
}

static void
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ autogroup_move_group(struct task_struct *p, struct autogroup *ag)
* sched_autogroup_exit_task().
*/
for_each_thread(p, t)
- sched_move_task(t);
+ sched_move_task(t, true);

unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
autogroup_kref_put(prev);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 901170708e2a..e77897a62442 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -9042,7 +9042,7 @@ static void sched_change_group(struct task_struct *tsk, struct task_group *group
* now. This function just updates tsk->se.cfs_rq and tsk->se.parent to reflect
* its new group.
*/
-void sched_move_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
+void sched_move_task(struct task_struct *tsk, bool for_autogroup)
{
int queued, running, queue_flags =
DEQUEUE_SAVE | DEQUEUE_MOVE | DEQUEUE_NOCLOCK;
@@ -9071,7 +9071,8 @@ void sched_move_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
put_prev_task(rq, tsk);

sched_change_group(tsk, group);
- scx_move_task(tsk);
+ if (!for_autogroup)
+ scx_cgroup_move_task(tsk);

if (queued)
enqueue_task(rq, tsk, queue_flags);
@@ -9172,7 +9173,7 @@ static void cpu_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;

cgroup_taskset_for_each(task, css, tset)
- sched_move_task(task);
+ sched_move_task(task, false);

scx_cgroup_finish_attach();
}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 7081c7be5f62..c7b159f48834 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4323,24 +4323,11 @@ int scx_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
return ops_sanitize_err("cgroup_prep_move", ret);
}

-void scx_move_task(struct task_struct *p)
+void scx_cgroup_move_task(struct task_struct *p)
{
if (!scx_cgroup_enabled)
return;

- /*
- * We're called from sched_move_task() which handles both cgroup and
- * autogroup moves. Ignore the latter.
- *
- * Also ignore exiting tasks, because in the exit path tasks transition
- * from the autogroup to the root group, so task_group_is_autogroup()
- * alone isn't able to catch exiting autogroup tasks. This is safe for
- * cgroup_move(), because cgroup migrations never happen for PF_EXITING
- * tasks.
- */
- if (task_group_is_autogroup(task_group(p)) || (p->flags & PF_EXITING))
- return;
-
/*
* @p must have ops.cgroup_prep_move() called on it and thus
* cgrp_moving_from set.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.h b/kernel/sched/ext.h
index 4d022d17ac7d..1079b56b0f7a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static inline void scx_update_idle(struct rq *rq, bool idle, bool do_notify) {}
int scx_tg_online(struct task_group *tg);
void scx_tg_offline(struct task_group *tg);
int scx_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
-void scx_move_task(struct task_struct *p);
+void scx_cgroup_move_task(struct task_struct *p);
void scx_cgroup_finish_attach(void);
void scx_cgroup_cancel_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
void scx_group_set_weight(struct task_group *tg, unsigned long cgrp_weight);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void scx_group_set_idle(struct task_group *tg, bool idle);
static inline int scx_tg_online(struct task_group *tg) { return 0; }
static inline void scx_tg_offline(struct task_group *tg) {}
static inline int scx_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset) { return 0; }
-static inline void scx_move_task(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline void scx_cgroup_move_task(struct task_struct *p) {}
static inline void scx_cgroup_finish_attach(void) {}
static inline void scx_cgroup_cancel_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset) {}
static inline void scx_group_set_weight(struct task_group *tg, unsigned long cgrp_weight) {}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 38e0e323dda2..b93c8c3dc05a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ extern void sched_online_group(struct task_group *tg,
extern void sched_destroy_group(struct task_group *tg);
extern void sched_release_group(struct task_group *tg);

-extern void sched_move_task(struct task_struct *tsk);
+extern void sched_move_task(struct task_struct *tsk, bool for_autogroup);

#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
extern int sched_group_set_shares(struct task_group *tg, unsigned long shares);