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
next 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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