[PATCH] sched_ext: initialize built-in idle state before ops.init()

[PATCH] sched_ext: initialize built-in idle state before ops.init()

[Andrea Righi]

A BPF scheduler may want to use the built-in idle cpumasks in ops.init()
before the scheduler is fully initialized, either directly or through a
BPF timer for example.

However, this would result in an error, since the idle state has not
been properly initialized yet.

This can be easily verified by modifying scx_simple to call
scx_bpf_get_idle_cpumask() in ops.init():

$ sudo scx_simple

DEBUG DUMP
===========================================================================

scx_simple[121] triggered exit kind 1024:
  runtime error (built-in idle tracking is disabled)
...

Fix this by properly initializing the idle state before ops.init() is
called. With this change applied:

$ sudo scx_simple
local=2 global=0
local=19 global=11
local=23 global=11
...

Fixes: d73249f88743d ("sched_ext: idle: Make idle static keys private")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
---
 kernel/sched/ext.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 06561d6717c9a..1ba02755ae8ad 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -5361,6 +5361,8 @@ static int scx_ops_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops, struct bpf_link *link)
 	 */
 	cpus_read_lock();
 
+	scx_idle_enable(ops);
+
 	if (scx_ops.init) {
 		ret = SCX_CALL_OP_RET(SCX_KF_UNLOCKED, init);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -5427,8 +5429,6 @@ static int scx_ops_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops, struct bpf_link *link)
 	if (scx_ops.cpu_acquire || scx_ops.cpu_release)
 		static_branch_enable(&scx_ops_cpu_preempt);
 
-	scx_idle_enable(ops);
-
 	/*
 	 * Lock out forks, cgroup on/offlining and moves before opening the
 	 * floodgate so that they don't wander into the operations prematurely.
-- 
2.49.0

Re: [PATCH] sched_ext: initialize built-in idle state before ops.init()

[Andrea Righi]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 09:56:16AM +0100, Andrea Righi wrote:
> A BPF scheduler may want to use the built-in idle cpumasks in ops.init()
> before the scheduler is fully initialized, either directly or through a
> BPF timer for example.
> 
> However, this would result in an error, since the idle state has not
> been properly initialized yet.
> 
> This can be easily verified by modifying scx_simple to call
> scx_bpf_get_idle_cpumask() in ops.init():
> 
> $ sudo scx_simple
> 
> DEBUG DUMP
> ===========================================================================
> 
> scx_simple[121] triggered exit kind 1024:
>   runtime error (built-in idle tracking is disabled)
> ...
> 
> Fix this by properly initializing the idle state before ops.init() is
> called. With this change applied:
> 
> $ sudo scx_simple
> local=2 global=0
> local=19 global=11
> local=23 global=11
> ...
> 
> Fixes: d73249f88743d ("sched_ext: idle: Make idle static keys private")
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>

Sorry for the duplicate email, please ignore this one.

This is the right one targeting sched_ext/for-6.15:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250324085753.27112-1-arighi@nvidia.com/

-Andrea