Sched_ext development
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: sched-ext@lists.linux.dev
Cc: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>,
	Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>,
	Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
	David Dai <david.dai@linux.dev>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.5] sched_ext: scx_qmap: Drop the compat code and fix a lowpri starvation
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:32:19 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261019213221.2919481-1-tj@kernel.org> (raw)

Hello,

scx_qmap is often used to exercise sched_ext features as they land and
already requires the kernel it ships with, so its compat code only keeps
untested fallbacks around. The first patch drops it.

The second fixes scx_qmap's lowpri path. Nice 19 tasks coming back from
LOWPRI_DSQ go to SHARED_DSQ, which is consumed ahead of the FIFOs, so enough
nice 19 CPU hogs starve every other task until the watchdog ejects the
scheduler. They now go to their FIFO instead.

Tested with root and sub-scheduler instances under nice 0 and nice 19 CPU
hogs. Without the fix, the root is ejected within seconds. With it, the runs
complete and the FIFOs keep being dispatched.

Based on sched_ext/for-7.4-fixes (ff343a94e44d).

This patchset contains the following 2 patches.

 0001 sched_ext: scx_qmap: Drop the compat code
 0002 sched_ext: scx_qmap: Queue re-enqueued lowpri tasks on their FIFO

The patchset is also available in the following git branch:

 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git qmap-nocompat

diffstat follows. Thanks.

 tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c     | 14 +++++---------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

--
tejun

             reply	other threads:[~2026-10-19 21:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-19 21:32 Tejun Heo [this message]
2026-10-19 21:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] sched_ext: scx_qmap: Drop the compat code Tejun Heo
2026-10-19 21:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] sched_ext: scx_qmap: Queue re-enqueued lowpri tasks on their FIFO Tejun Heo
2026-10-19 22:00 ` [PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.5] sched_ext: scx_qmap: Drop the compat code and fix a lowpri starvation Andrea Righi
2026-10-19 22:03   ` Andrea Righi

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20261019213221.2919481-1-tj@kernel.org \
    --to=tj@kernel.org \
    --cc=arighi@nvidia.com \
    --cc=changwoo@igalia.com \
    --cc=david.dai@linux.dev \
    --cc=emil@etsalapatis.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=sched-ext@lists.linux.dev \
    --cc=void@manifault.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox