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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>,
	Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Cc: sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.3] sched_ext: Update core-sched task ordering for scheduler hierarchies
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:05:23 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260816000527.988170-1-tj@kernel.org> (raw)

Hello,

Core-sched task ordering predates sub-schedulers. scx_prio_less() consults
ops.core_sched_before() only when both tasks belong to the same scheduler,
and the timestamp fallback maintains its own stamp, p->scx.core_sched_at,
under two different stamping rules. This patchset updates core-sched task
ordering for scheduler hierarchies:

- Fix ops.core_sched_before() being invoked with inverted polarity.

- Replace core_sched_at with p->scx.runnable_at which the stall watchdog
  already maintains, so that the fallback follows one wait-tracking rule.
  A running task orders after every waiting task.

- Order a pair of tasks spanning two schedulers by the nearest common
  ancestor which implements ops.core_sched_before().

- Drop a dead core-sched related test in the dequeue path.

This patchset contains the following four patches:

 0001-sched_ext-Fix-inverted-ops.core_sched_before-invocat.patch
 0002-sched_ext-Use-runnable_at-for-the-default-core-sched.patch
 0003-sched_ext-Make-core-sched-task-ordering-hierarchy-aw.patch
 0004-sched_ext-Drop-the-dead-SCX_DEQ_CORE_SCHED_EXEC-test.patch

and is on top of sched_ext/for-7.3 (3167bd3e0c22). The patches are also
available in the following git branch:

 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git core-sched-hier

diffstat follows. Thanks.

 include/linux/sched/ext.h      |   3 -
 kernel/sched/ext/ext.c         | 147 +++++++++++++++++------------------------
 kernel/sched/ext/internal.h    |   5 ++
 tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c |  23 +++++--
 4 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)

--
tejun

             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-16  0:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-16  0:05 Tejun Heo [this message]
2026-08-16  0:05 ` [PATCH 1/4] sched_ext: Fix inverted ops.core_sched_before() invocation Tejun Heo
2026-08-16  0:05 ` [PATCH 2/4] sched_ext: Use runnable_at for the default core-sched task ordering Tejun Heo
2026-08-16  0:05 ` [PATCH 3/4] sched_ext: Make core-sched task ordering hierarchy-aware Tejun Heo
2026-08-16  0:05 ` [PATCH 4/4] sched_ext: Drop the dead SCX_DEQ_CORE_SCHED_EXEC test in dequeue_task_scx() Tejun Heo
2026-08-16  2:13 ` [PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.3] sched_ext: Update core-sched task ordering for scheduler hierarchies Tejun Heo

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