[RFC PATCH v5 03/29] sched/deadline: Distinguish between dl_rq and my_q

Yuri Andriaccio
2026-04-30T21:38:45Z

From: luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it>

Split the single runqueue pointer in sched_dl_entity into two separate
pointers, following the existing pattern used by sched_rt_entity:

- dl_rq: Points to the deadline runqueue where this entity is queued
(global runqueue).
- my_q: Points to the runqueue that this entity serves (for servers).

This distinction is currently redundant for the fair_server and ext_servers
(both point to the same CPU's structures), but is essential for future RT
cgroup support where deadline servers will be queued on the global dl_rq while
serving tasks from cgroup-specific runqueues.

Update rq_of_dl_se() to use container_of_const() to recover the global rq from
dl_rq, and update fair.c and ext.c to explicitly use my_q (local rq) when
accessing the served runqueue.

Update dl_server_init() to take a dl_rq pointer (use to retrieve the
global runqueue where the dl_server is scheduled) and a rq pointer (for
the local runqueue served by the server).

Signed-off-by: luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it>
Signed-off-by: Yuri Andriaccio <yurand2000@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 6 ++++--
kernel/sched/deadline.c | 10 +++++++---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 4 ++--
kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ++--
kernel/sched/sched.h | 3 ++-
5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 5a5d3dbc9cdf..eb8b57f689b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -733,9 +733,11 @@ struct sched_dl_entity {
* Bits for DL-server functionality. Also see the comment near
* dl_server_update().
*
- * @rq the runqueue this server is for
+ * @dl_rq the runqueue on which this entity is (to be) queued
+ * @my_q the runqueue "owned" by this entity
*/
- struct rq *rq;
+ struct dl_rq *dl_rq;
+ struct rq *my_q;
dl_server_pick_f server_pick_task;

#ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index ce80d9c08e31..219fe2fd697d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ static inline struct rq *rq_of_dl_rq(struct dl_rq *dl_rq)

static inline struct rq *rq_of_dl_se(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
{
- struct rq *rq = dl_se->rq;
+ struct rq *rq;

if (!dl_server(dl_se))
rq = task_rq(dl_task_of(dl_se));
+ else
+ rq = container_of_const(dl_se->dl_rq, struct rq, dl);

return rq;
}
@@ -1833,10 +1835,12 @@ void dl_server_stop(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
dl_se->dl_server_active = 0;
}

-void dl_server_init(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, struct rq *rq,
+void dl_server_init(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, struct dl_rq *dl_rq,
+ struct rq *served_rq,
dl_server_pick_f pick_task)
{
- dl_se->rq = rq;
+ dl_se->dl_rq = dl_rq;
+ dl_se->my_q = served_rq;
dl_se->server_pick_task = pick_task;
}

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 064eaa76be4b..382152f8895f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -2606,7 +2606,7 @@ ext_server_pick_task(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, struct rq_flags *rf)
if (!scx_enabled())
return NULL;

- return do_pick_task_scx(dl_se->rq, rf, true);
+ return do_pick_task_scx(dl_se->my_q, rf, true);
}

/*
@@ -2618,7 +2618,7 @@ void ext_server_init(struct rq *rq)

init_dl_entity(dl_se);

- dl_server_init(dl_se, rq, ext_server_pick_task);
+ dl_server_init(dl_se, &rq->dl, rq, ext_server_pick_task);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CORE
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ab4114712be7..8c951186d5e5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9059,7 +9059,7 @@ pick_next_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct rq_flags *rf
static struct task_struct *
fair_server_pick_task(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, struct rq_flags *rf)
{
- return pick_task_fair(dl_se->rq, rf);
+ return pick_task_fair(dl_se->my_q, rf);
}

void fair_server_init(struct rq *rq)
@@ -9068,7 +9068,7 @@ void fair_server_init(struct rq *rq)

init_dl_entity(dl_se);

- dl_server_init(dl_se, rq, fair_server_pick_task);
+ dl_server_init(dl_se, &rq->dl, rq, fair_server_pick_task);
}

/*
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 1ef9ba480f51..8572bd12d0a2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ extern void dl_server_update_idle(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, s64 delta_exec)
extern void dl_server_update(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, s64 delta_exec);
extern void dl_server_start(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se);
extern void dl_server_stop(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se);
-extern void dl_server_init(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, struct rq *rq,
+extern void dl_server_init(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, struct dl_rq *dl_rq,
+ struct rq *served_rq,
dl_server_pick_f pick_task);
extern void sched_init_dl_servers(void);

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