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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c13
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/ext.c44
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/sched.h5
3 files changed, 42 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index aeb595514461..a910a5b4c274 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5914,12 +5914,15 @@ static void prev_balance(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT
/*
- * SCX requires a balance() call before every pick_next_task() including
- * when waking up from SCHED_IDLE. If @start_class is below SCX, start
- * from SCX instead.
+ * SCX requires a balance() call before every pick_task() including when
+ * waking up from SCHED_IDLE. If @start_class is below SCX, start from
+ * SCX instead. Also, set a flag to detect missing balance() call.
*/
- if (scx_enabled() && sched_class_above(&ext_sched_class, start_class))
- start_class = &ext_sched_class;
+ if (scx_enabled()) {
+ rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_BAL_PENDING;
+ if (sched_class_above(&ext_sched_class, start_class))
+ start_class = &ext_sched_class;
+ }
#endif
/*
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 3bdb08fc2056..19f9cb3a4190 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -2634,7 +2634,7 @@ static int balance_one(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_IN_BALANCE;
- rq->scx.flags &= ~SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP;
+ rq->scx.flags &= ~(SCX_RQ_BAL_PENDING | SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP);
if (static_branch_unlikely(&scx_ops_cpu_preempt) &&
unlikely(rq->scx.cpu_released)) {
@@ -2948,12 +2948,11 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_task_scx(struct rq *rq)
{
struct task_struct *prev = rq->curr;
struct task_struct *p;
+ bool prev_on_scx = prev->sched_class == &ext_sched_class;
+ bool keep_prev = rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP;
+ bool kick_idle = false;
/*
- * If balance_scx() is telling us to keep running @prev, replenish slice
- * if necessary and keep running @prev. Otherwise, pop the first one
- * from the local DSQ.
- *
* WORKAROUND:
*
* %SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP should be set iff $prev is on SCX as it must just
@@ -2962,22 +2961,41 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_task_scx(struct rq *rq)
* which then ends up calling pick_task_scx() without preceding
* balance_scx().
*
- * For now, ignore cases where $prev is not on SCX. This isn't great and
- * can theoretically lead to stalls. However, for switch_all cases, this
- * happens only while a BPF scheduler is being loaded or unloaded, and,
- * for partial cases, fair will likely keep triggering this CPU.
+ * Keep running @prev if possible and avoid stalling from entering idle
+ * without balancing.
*
- * Once fair is fixed, restore WARN_ON_ONCE().
+ * Once fair is fixed, remove the workaround and trigger WARN_ON_ONCE()
+ * if pick_task_scx() is called without preceding balance_scx().
*/
- if ((rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP) &&
- prev->sched_class == &ext_sched_class) {
+ if (unlikely(rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_BAL_PENDING)) {
+ if (prev_on_scx) {
+ keep_prev = true;
+ } else {
+ keep_prev = false;
+ kick_idle = true;
+ }
+ } else if (unlikely(keep_prev && !prev_on_scx)) {
+ /* only allowed during transitions */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(scx_ops_enable_state() == SCX_OPS_ENABLED);
+ keep_prev = false;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If balance_scx() is telling us to keep running @prev, replenish slice
+ * if necessary and keep running @prev. Otherwise, pop the first one
+ * from the local DSQ.
+ */
+ if (keep_prev) {
p = prev;
if (!p->scx.slice)
p->scx.slice = SCX_SLICE_DFL;
} else {
p = first_local_task(rq);
- if (!p)
+ if (!p) {
+ if (kick_idle)
+ scx_bpf_kick_cpu(cpu_of(rq), SCX_KICK_IDLE);
return NULL;
+ }
if (unlikely(!p->scx.slice)) {
if (!scx_rq_bypassing(rq) && !scx_warned_zero_slice) {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 6085ef50febf..4d79804631e4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -751,8 +751,9 @@ enum scx_rq_flags {
*/
SCX_RQ_ONLINE = 1 << 0,
SCX_RQ_CAN_STOP_TICK = 1 << 1,
- SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP = 1 << 2, /* balance decided to keep current */
- SCX_RQ_BYPASSING = 1 << 3,
+ SCX_RQ_BAL_PENDING = 1 << 2, /* balance hasn't run yet */
+ SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP = 1 << 3, /* balance decided to keep current */
+ SCX_RQ_BYPASSING = 1 << 4,
SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP = 1 << 16,
SCX_RQ_IN_BALANCE = 1 << 17,