Re: [PATCH 4/7] sched_ext: Add a DL server for sched_ext tasks

[Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>]

Hi!

On 17/12/25 10:35, Andrea Righi wrote:
> sched_ext currently suffers starvation due to RT. The same workload when
> converted to EXT can get zero runtime if RT is 100% running, causing EXT
> processes to stall. Fix it by adding a DL server for EXT.

...

> v4: - initialize EXT server bandwidth reservation at init time and
>       always keep it active (Andrea Righi)
>     - check for rq->nr_running == 1 to determine when to account idle
>       time (Juri Lelli)
> v3: - clarify that fair is not the only dl_server (Juri Lelli)
>     - remove explicit stop to reduce timer reprogramming overhead
>       (Juri Lelli)
>     - do not restart pick_task() when it's invoked by the dl_server
>       (Tejun Heo)
>     - depend on CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT (Andrea Righi)
> v2: - drop ->balance() now that pick_task() has an rf argument
>       (Andrea Righi)
> 
> Tested-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>
> Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
> ---

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> @@ -3090,6 +3123,15 @@ static void switching_to_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>  static void switched_from_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>  {
>  	scx_disable_task(p);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * After class switch, if the DL server is still active, restart it so
> +	 * that DL timers will be queued, in case SCX switched to higher class.
> +	 */
> +	if (dl_server_active(&rq->ext_server)) {
> +		dl_server_stop(&rq->ext_server);
> +		dl_server_start(&rq->ext_server);
> +	}
>  }

We might have discussed this already, in that case I forgot, sorry. But,
why we do need to start the server again if switched from scx? Couldn't
make sense of the comment that is already present.

Thanks,
Juri