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* [PATCH sched_ext/for-7.1] sched_ext: Drop spurious warning on kick during scheduler disable
@ 2026-04-10 20:20 Tejun Heo
  2026-04-10 23:17 ` Zhao mengmeng
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tejun Heo @ 2026-04-10 20:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Vernet, Andrea Righi, Changwoo Min
  Cc: Zhao Mengmeng, Emil Tsalapatis, sched-ext, linux-kernel,
	Tejun Heo

kick_cpus_irq_workfn() warns when scx_kick_syncs is NULL, but this can
legitimately happen when a BPF timer or other kick source races with
free_kick_syncs() during scheduler disable. Drop the pr_warn_once() and
add a comment explaining the race.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/ext.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index b8dbae251fd5..012ca8bd70fb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -7600,10 +7600,9 @@ static void kick_cpus_irq_workfn(struct irq_work *irq_work)
 	unsigned long *ksyncs;
 	s32 cpu;

-	if (unlikely(!ksyncs_pcpu)) {
-		pr_warn_once("kick_cpus_irq_workfn() called with NULL scx_kick_syncs");
+	/* can race with free_kick_syncs() during scheduler disable */
+	if (unlikely(!ksyncs_pcpu))
 		return;
-	}

 	ksyncs = rcu_dereference_bh(ksyncs_pcpu)->syncs;

--
2.53.0


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