Merge tag 'kthread-for-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks

Pull kthread updates from Frederic Weisbecker:
 "Kthreads affinity follow either of 4 existing different patterns:

   1) Per-CPU kthreads must stay affine to a single CPU and never
      execute relevant code on any other CPU. This is currently handled
      by smpboot code which takes care of CPU-hotplug operations.
      Affinity here is a correctness constraint.

   2) Some kthreads _have_ to be affine to a specific set of CPUs and
      can't run anywhere else. The affinity is set through
      kthread_bind_mask() and the subsystem takes care by itself to
      handle CPU-hotplug operations. Affinity here is assumed to be a
      correctness constraint.

   3) Per-node kthreads _prefer_ to be affine to a specific NUMA node.
      This is not a correctness constraint but merely a preference in
      terms of memory locality. kswapd and kcompactd both fall into this
      category. The affinity is set manually like for any other task and
      CPU-hotplug is supposed to be handled by the relevant subsystem so
      that the task is properly reaffined whenever a given CPU from the
      node comes up. Also care should be taken so that the node affinity
      doesn't cross isolated (nohz_full) cpumask boundaries.

   4) Similar to the previous point except kthreads have a _preferred_
      affinity different than a node. Both RCU boost kthreads and RCU
      exp kworkers fall into this category as they refer to "RCU nodes"
      from a distinctly distributed tree.

  Currently the preferred affinity patterns (3 and 4) have at least 4
  identified users, with more or less success when it comes to handle
  CPU-hotplug operations and CPU isolation. Each of which do it in its
  own ad-hoc way.

  This is an infrastructure proposal to handle this with the following
  API changes:

   - kthread_create_on_node() automatically affines the created kthread
     to its target node unless it has been set as per-cpu or bound with
     kthread_bind[_mask]() before the first wake-up.

   - kthread_affine_preferred() is a new function that can be called
     right after kthread_create_on_node() to specify a preferred
     affinity different than the specified node.

  When the preferred affinity can't be applied because the possible
  targets are offline or isolated (nohz_full), the kthread is affine to
  the housekeeping CPUs (which means to all online CPUs most of the time
  or only the non-nohz_full CPUs when nohz_full= is set).

  kswapd, kcompactd, RCU boost kthreads and RCU exp kworkers have been
  converted, along with a few old drivers.

  Summary of the changes:

   - Consolidate a bunch of ad-hoc implementations of
     kthread_run_on_cpu()

   - Introduce task_cpu_fallback_mask() that defines the default last
     resort affinity of a task to become nohz_full aware

   - Add some correctness check to ensure kthread_bind() is always
     called before the first kthread wake up.

   - Default affine kthread to its preferred node.

   - Convert kswapd / kcompactd and remove their halfway working ad-hoc
     affinity implementation

   - Implement kthreads preferred affinity

   - Unify kthread worker and kthread API's style

   - Convert RCU kthreads to the new API and remove the ad-hoc affinity
     implementation"

* tag 'kthread-for-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks:
  kthread: modify kernel-doc function name to match code
  rcu: Use kthread preferred affinity for RCU exp kworkers
  treewide: Introduce kthread_run_worker[_on_cpu]()
  kthread: Unify kthread_create_on_cpu() and kthread_create_worker_on_cpu() automatic format
  rcu: Use kthread preferred affinity for RCU boost
  kthread: Implement preferred affinity
  mm: Create/affine kswapd to its preferred node
  mm: Create/affine kcompactd to its preferred node
  kthread: Default affine kthread to its preferred NUMA node
  kthread: Make sure kthread hasn't started while binding it
  sched,arm64: Handle CPU isolation on last resort fallback rq selection
  arm64: Exclude nohz_full CPUs from 32bits el0 support
  lib: test_objpool: Use kthread_run_on_cpu()
  kallsyms: Use kthread_run_on_cpu()
  soc/qman: test: Use kthread_run_on_cpu()
  arm/bL_switcher: Use kthread_run_on_cpu()

7 files changed, 206 insertions, 112 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c b/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c
index 873f7c445488..cf4af5728307 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c
@@ -435,13 +435,11 @@ static int __init kallsyms_test_init(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *t;
 
-	t = kthread_create(test_entry, NULL, "kallsyms_test");
+	t = kthread_run_on_cpu(test_entry, NULL, 0, "kallsyms_test");
 	if (IS_ERR(t)) {
 		pr_info("Create kallsyms selftest task failed\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(t);
 	}
-	kthread_bind(t, 0);
-	wake_up_process(t);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 1eb6f62a9165..6a034c76b6e9 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
 struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
 
+static LIST_HEAD(kthreads_hotplug);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(kthreads_hotplug_lock);
+
 struct kthread_create_info
 {
 	/* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
@@ -53,6 +56,8 @@ struct kthread_create_info
 struct kthread {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int cpu;
+	unsigned int node;
+	int started;
 	int result;
 	int (*threadfn)(void *);
 	void *data;
@@ -63,6 +68,9 @@ struct kthread {
 #endif
 	/* To store the full name if task comm is truncated. */
 	char *full_name;
+	struct task_struct *task;
+	struct list_head hotplug_node;
+	struct cpumask *preferred_affinity;
 };
 
 enum KTHREAD_BITS {
@@ -121,8 +129,11 @@ bool set_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *p)
 
 	init_completion(&kthread->exited);
 	init_completion(&kthread->parked);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kthread->hotplug_node);
 	p->vfork_done = &kthread->exited;
 
+	kthread->task = p;
+	kthread->node = tsk_fork_get_node(current);
 	p->worker_private = kthread;
 	return true;
 }
@@ -313,6 +324,16 @@ void __noreturn kthread_exit(long result)
 {
 	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(current);
 	kthread->result = result;
+	if (!list_empty(&kthread->hotplug_node)) {
+		mutex_lock(&kthreads_hotplug_lock);
+		list_del(&kthread->hotplug_node);
+		mutex_unlock(&kthreads_hotplug_lock);
+
+		if (kthread->preferred_affinity) {
+			kfree(kthread->preferred_affinity);
+			kthread->preferred_affinity = NULL;
+		}
+	}
 	do_exit(0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_exit);
@@ -338,6 +359,56 @@ void __noreturn kthread_complete_and_exit(struct completion *comp, long code)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_complete_and_exit);
 
+static void kthread_fetch_affinity(struct kthread *kthread, struct cpumask *cpumask)
+{
+	const struct cpumask *pref;
+
+	if (kthread->preferred_affinity) {
+		pref = kthread->preferred_affinity;
+	} else {
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(kthread->node == NUMA_NO_NODE))
+			return;
+		pref = cpumask_of_node(kthread->node);
+	}
+
+	cpumask_and(cpumask, pref, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_KTHREAD));
+	if (cpumask_empty(cpumask))
+		cpumask_copy(cpumask, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_KTHREAD));
+}
+
+static void kthread_affine_node(void)
+{
+	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(current);
+	cpumask_var_t affinity;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(kthread_is_per_cpu(current));
+
+	if (kthread->node == NUMA_NO_NODE) {
+		housekeeping_affine(current, HK_TYPE_KTHREAD);
+	} else {
+		if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&affinity, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		mutex_lock(&kthreads_hotplug_lock);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&kthread->hotplug_node));
+		list_add_tail(&kthread->hotplug_node, &kthreads_hotplug);
+		/*
+		 * The node cpumask is racy when read from kthread() but:
+		 * - a racing CPU going down will either fail on the subsequent
+		 *   call to set_cpus_allowed_ptr() or be migrated to housekeepers
+		 *   afterwards by the scheduler.
+		 * - a racing CPU going up will be handled by kthreads_online_cpu()
+		 */
+		kthread_fetch_affinity(kthread, affinity);
+		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, affinity);
+		mutex_unlock(&kthreads_hotplug_lock);
+
+		free_cpumask_var(affinity);
+	}
+}
+
 static int kthread(void *_create)
 {
 	static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
@@ -368,7 +439,6 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 	 * back to default in case they have been changed.
 	 */
 	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_KTHREAD));
 
 	/* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
 	__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
@@ -382,6 +452,11 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 	schedule_preempt_disabled();
 	preempt_enable();
 
+	self->started = 1;
+
+	if (!(current->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITY) && !self->preferred_affinity)
+		kthread_affine_node();
+
 	ret = -EINTR;
 	if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self->flags)) {
 		cgroup_kthread_ready();
@@ -540,7 +615,9 @@ static void __kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu, unsigned int
 
 void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
 {
+	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(p);
 	__kthread_bind_mask(p, mask, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(kthread->started);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -554,7 +631,9 @@ void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
  */
 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 {
+	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(p);
 	__kthread_bind(p, cpu, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(kthread->started);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
 
@@ -775,6 +854,92 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int kthread_affine_preferred(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
+{
+	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(p);
+	cpumask_var_t affinity;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) || kthread->started) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(kthread->preferred_affinity);
+
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&affinity, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	kthread->preferred_affinity = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpumask), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!kthread->preferred_affinity) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&kthreads_hotplug_lock);
+	cpumask_copy(kthread->preferred_affinity, mask);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&kthread->hotplug_node));
+	list_add_tail(&kthread->hotplug_node, &kthreads_hotplug);
+	kthread_fetch_affinity(kthread, affinity);
+
+	/* It's safe because the task is inactive. */
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, flags);
+	do_set_cpus_allowed(p, affinity);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&kthreads_hotplug_lock);
+out:
+	free_cpumask_var(affinity);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Re-affine kthreads according to their preferences
+ * and the newly online CPU. The CPU down part is handled
+ * by select_fallback_rq() which default re-affines to
+ * housekeepers from other nodes in case the preferred
+ * affinity doesn't apply anymore.
+ */
+static int kthreads_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	cpumask_var_t affinity;
+	struct kthread *k;
+	int ret;
+
+	guard(mutex)(&kthreads_hotplug_lock);
+
+	if (list_empty(&kthreads_hotplug))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&affinity, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(k, &kthreads_hotplug, hotplug_node) {
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE((k->task->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITY) ||
+				 kthread_is_per_cpu(k->task))) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		kthread_fetch_affinity(k, affinity);
+		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(k->task, affinity);
+	}
+
+	free_cpumask_var(affinity);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int kthreads_init(void)
+{
+	return cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_KTHREADS_ONLINE, "kthreads:online",
+				kthreads_online_cpu, NULL);
+}
+early_initcall(kthreads_init);
+
 void __kthread_init_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
 				const char *name,
 				struct lock_class_key *key)
@@ -866,12 +1031,11 @@ repeat:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
 
 static __printf(3, 0) struct kthread_worker *
-__kthread_create_worker(int cpu, unsigned int flags,
-			const char namefmt[], va_list args)
+__kthread_create_worker_on_node(unsigned int flags, int node,
+				const char namefmt[], va_list args)
 {
 	struct kthread_worker *worker;
 	struct task_struct *task;
-	int node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 
 	worker = kzalloc(sizeof(*worker), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!worker)
@@ -879,20 +1043,14 @@ __kthread_create_worker(int cpu, unsigned int flags,
 
 	kthread_init_worker(worker);
 
-	if (cpu >= 0)
-		node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
-
 	task = __kthread_create_on_node(kthread_worker_fn, worker,
-						node, namefmt, args);
+					node, namefmt, args);
 	if (IS_ERR(task))
 		goto fail_task;
 
-	if (cpu >= 0)
-		kthread_bind(task, cpu);
-
 	worker->flags = flags;
 	worker->task = task;
-	wake_up_process(task);
+
 	return worker;
 
 fail_task:
@@ -901,8 +1059,9 @@ fail_task:
 }
 
 /**
- * kthread_create_worker - create a kthread worker
+ * kthread_create_worker_on_node - create a kthread worker
  * @flags: flags modifying the default behavior of the worker
+ * @node: task structure for the thread is allocated on this node
  * @namefmt: printf-style name for the kthread worker (task).
  *
  * Returns a pointer to the allocated worker on success, ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)
@@ -910,25 +1069,26 @@ fail_task:
  * when the caller was killed by a fatal signal.
  */
 struct kthread_worker *
-kthread_create_worker(unsigned int flags, const char namefmt[], ...)
+kthread_create_worker_on_node(unsigned int flags, int node, const char namefmt[], ...)
 {
 	struct kthread_worker *worker;
 	va_list args;
 
 	va_start(args, namefmt);
-	worker = __kthread_create_worker(-1, flags, namefmt, args);
+	worker = __kthread_create_worker_on_node(flags, node, namefmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
 	return worker;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_worker);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_worker_on_node);
 
 /**
  * kthread_create_worker_on_cpu - create a kthread worker and bind it
  *	to a given CPU and the associated NUMA node.
  * @cpu: CPU number
  * @flags: flags modifying the default behavior of the worker
- * @namefmt: printf-style name for the kthread worker (task).
+ * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted
+ *	     to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number.
  *
  * Use a valid CPU number if you want to bind the kthread worker
  * to the given CPU and the associated NUMA node.
@@ -960,14 +1120,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_worker);
  */
 struct kthread_worker *
 kthread_create_worker_on_cpu(int cpu, unsigned int flags,
-			     const char namefmt[], ...)
+			     const char namefmt[])
 {
 	struct kthread_worker *worker;
-	va_list args;
 
-	va_start(args, namefmt);
-	worker = __kthread_create_worker(cpu, flags, namefmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
+	worker = kthread_create_worker_on_node(flags, cpu_to_node(cpu), namefmt, cpu);
+	if (!IS_ERR(worker))
+		kthread_bind(worker->task, cpu);
 
 	return worker;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index f81df3923f37..2795d6b5109c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ static int rcu_scheduler_fully_active __read_mostly;
 
 static void rcu_report_qs_rnp(unsigned long mask, struct rcu_node *rnp,
 			      unsigned long gps, unsigned long flags);
-static struct task_struct *rcu_boost_task(struct rcu_node *rnp);
 static void invoke_rcu_core(void);
 static void rcu_report_exp_rdp(struct rcu_data *rdp);
 static void sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup(int cpu);
@@ -4072,6 +4071,22 @@ rcu_boot_init_percpu_data(int cpu)
 	rcu_boot_init_nocb_percpu_data(rdp);
 }
 
+static void rcu_thread_affine_rnp(struct task_struct *t, struct rcu_node *rnp)
+{
+	cpumask_var_t affinity;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&affinity, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return;
+
+	for_each_leaf_node_possible_cpu(rnp, cpu)
+		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, affinity);
+
+	kthread_affine_preferred(t, affinity);
+
+	free_cpumask_var(affinity);
+}
+
 struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_gp_kworker;
 
 static void rcu_spawn_exp_par_gp_kworker(struct rcu_node *rnp)
@@ -4094,16 +4109,9 @@ static void rcu_spawn_exp_par_gp_kworker(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EXP_KTHREAD))
 		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
-}
 
-static struct task_struct *rcu_exp_par_gp_task(struct rcu_node *rnp)
-{
-	struct kthread_worker *kworker = READ_ONCE(rnp->exp_kworker);
-
-	if (!kworker)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return kworker->task;
+	rcu_thread_affine_rnp(kworker->task, rnp);
+	wake_up_process(kworker->task);
 }
 
 static void __init rcu_start_exp_gp_kworker(void)
@@ -4111,7 +4119,7 @@ static void __init rcu_start_exp_gp_kworker(void)
 	const char *name = "rcu_exp_gp_kthread_worker";
 	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = kthread_prio };
 
-	rcu_exp_gp_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, name);
+	rcu_exp_gp_kworker = kthread_run_worker(0, name);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rcu_exp_gp_kworker)) {
 		pr_err("Failed to create %s!\n", name);
 		rcu_exp_gp_kworker = NULL;
@@ -4189,67 +4197,6 @@ int rcutree_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 
 /*
- * Update kthreads affinity during CPU-hotplug changes.
- *
- * Set the per-rcu_node kthread's affinity to cover all CPUs that are
- * served by the rcu_node in question.  The CPU hotplug lock is still
- * held, so the value of rnp->qsmaskinit will be stable.
- *
- * We don't include outgoingcpu in the affinity set, use -1 if there is
- * no outgoing CPU.  If there are no CPUs left in the affinity set,
- * this function allows the kthread to execute on any CPU.
- *
- * Any future concurrent calls are serialized via ->kthread_mutex.
- */
-static void rcutree_affinity_setting(unsigned int cpu, int outgoingcpu)
-{
-	cpumask_var_t cm;
-	unsigned long mask;
-	struct rcu_data *rdp;
-	struct rcu_node *rnp;
-	struct task_struct *task_boost, *task_exp;
-
-	rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
-	rnp = rdp->mynode;
-
-	task_boost = rcu_boost_task(rnp);
-	task_exp = rcu_exp_par_gp_task(rnp);
-
-	/*
-	 * If CPU is the boot one, those tasks are created later from early
-	 * initcall since kthreadd must be created first.
-	 */
-	if (!task_boost && !task_exp)
-		return;
-
-	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&cm, GFP_KERNEL))
-		return;
-
-	mutex_lock(&rnp->kthread_mutex);
-	mask = rcu_rnp_online_cpus(rnp);
-	for_each_leaf_node_possible_cpu(rnp, cpu)
-		if ((mask & leaf_node_cpu_bit(rnp, cpu)) &&
-		    cpu != outgoingcpu)
-			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cm);
-	cpumask_and(cm, cm, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_RCU));
-	if (cpumask_empty(cm)) {
-		cpumask_copy(cm, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_RCU));
-		if (outgoingcpu >= 0)
-			cpumask_clear_cpu(outgoingcpu, cm);
-	}
-
-	if (task_exp)
-		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task_exp, cm);
-
-	if (task_boost)
-		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task_boost, cm);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&rnp->kthread_mutex);
-
-	free_cpumask_var(cm);
-}
-
-/*
  * Has the specified (known valid) CPU ever been fully online?
  */
 bool rcu_cpu_beenfullyonline(int cpu)
@@ -4277,7 +4224,6 @@ int rcutree_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE)
 		return 0; /* Too early in boot for scheduler work. */
 	sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup(cpu);
-	rcutree_affinity_setting(cpu, -1);
 
 	// Stop-machine done, so allow nohz_full to disable tick.
 	tick_dep_clear(TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU);
@@ -4494,8 +4440,6 @@ int rcutree_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	rnp->ffmask &= ~rdp->grpmask;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
 
-	rcutree_affinity_setting(cpu, cpu);
-
 	// nohz_full CPUs need the tick for stop-machine to work quickly
 	tick_dep_set(TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index bb7ca6eb9ef0..3600152b858e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1218,16 +1218,13 @@ static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
 	rnp->boost_kthread_task = t;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
+
 	sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio;
 	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+	rcu_thread_affine_rnp(t, rnp);
 	wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
 }
 
-static struct task_struct *rcu_boost_task(struct rcu_node *rnp)
-{
-	return READ_ONCE(rnp->boost_kthread_task);
-}
-
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 
 static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
@@ -1244,10 +1241,6 @@ static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
 }
 
-static struct task_struct *rcu_boost_task(struct rcu_node *rnp)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 4365b479e345..88a9a515b2ba 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3538,7 +3538,7 @@ static int select_fallback_rq(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 			 *
 			 * More yuck to audit.
 			 */
-			do_set_cpus_allowed(p, task_cpu_possible_mask(p));
+			do_set_cpus_allowed(p, task_cpu_fallback_mask(p));
 			state = fail;
 			break;
 		case fail:
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 19813b387ef9..7fee43426ee7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -5399,7 +5399,7 @@ static struct kthread_worker *scx_create_rt_helper(const char *name)
 {
 	struct kthread_worker *helper;
 
-	helper = kthread_create_worker(0, name);
+	helper = kthread_run_worker(0, name);
 	if (helper)
 		sched_set_fifo(helper->task);
 	return helper;
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 9362484a653c..33a23c7b2274 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -7840,7 +7840,7 @@ static void __init wq_cpu_intensive_thresh_init(void)
 	unsigned long thresh;
 	unsigned long bogo;
 
-	pwq_release_worker = kthread_create_worker(0, "pool_workqueue_release");
+	pwq_release_worker = kthread_run_worker(0, "pool_workqueue_release");
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(pwq_release_worker));
 
 	/* if the user set it to a specific value, keep it */