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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
Subject: [PATCH sched_ext/for-7.1-fixes] sched_ext: Defer sub_kset base put to scx_sched_free_rcu_work
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 13:18:23 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2f2b7481ef217ad89c5d90fd56fc0c01@kernel.org> (raw)

scx_sub_enable_workfn() pins parent->kobj before dropping scx_sched_lock,
but that does not pin parent->sub_kset. Concurrent disable can
kset_unregister and free sub_kset before scx_alloc_and_add_sched()
dereferences it.

Split sub_kset teardown: kobject_del() at disable keeps sysfs removal; defer
kobject_put() to scx_sched_free_rcu_work so the memory survives. A racing
child sees state_in_sysfs=0 with valid memory, sysfs_create_dir() fails, and
the existing exit_kind gate in scx_link_sched() turns it away with -ENOENT.

Fixes: 411d3ef1a705 ("sched_ext: Unregister sub_kset on scheduler disable")
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/ext.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 1fb3329ae2b4..e18c0abbc575 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4829,6 +4829,8 @@ static void scx_sched_free_rcu_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	kfree(sch->cgrp_path);
 	if (sch_cgroup(sch))
 		cgroup_put(sch_cgroup(sch));
+	if (sch->sub_kset)
+		kobject_put(&sch->sub_kset->kobj);
 #endif	/* CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED */

 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -5869,7 +5871,7 @@ static void scx_sub_disable(struct scx_sched *sch)
 	if (sch->ops.exit)
 		SCX_CALL_OP(sch, exit, NULL, sch->exit_info);
 	if (sch->sub_kset)
-		kset_unregister(sch->sub_kset);
+		kobject_del(&sch->sub_kset->kobj);
 	kobject_del(&sch->kobj);
 }
 #else	/* CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED */
@@ -6003,7 +6005,7 @@ static void scx_root_disable(struct scx_sched *sch)
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
 	if (sch->sub_kset)
-		kset_unregister(sch->sub_kset);
+		kobject_del(&sch->sub_kset->kobj);
 #endif
 	kobject_del(&sch->kobj);


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