Re: [RFC PATCH v15 1/7] sched: Add CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC & boot argument to enable/disable

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 15:11:31 -0700
John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index fb8752b42ec85..dcc2443078d00 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -6262,6 +6262,11 @@
>  	sa1100ir	[NET]
>  			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
>  
> +	sched_proxy_exec= [KNL]
> +			Enables or disables "proxy execution" style
> +			solution to mutex-based priority inversion.
> +			Format: <bool>

To enable, does this require: sched_proxy_exec=true

Could we just allow it to be:

		sched_proxy_exec

Also mean true? That is, both of the above would be true, but to
disable it, you would need: sched_proxy_exec=false.

> +
>  	sched_verbose	[KNL,EARLY] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
>  
>  	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index 9c15365a30c08..1462f2c70aefc 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -1636,6 +1636,19 @@ struct task_struct {
>  	 */
>  };
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC
> +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(__sched_proxy_exec);
> +static inline bool sched_proxy_exec(void)
> +{
> +	return static_branch_likely(&__sched_proxy_exec);
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline bool sched_proxy_exec(void)
> +{
> +	return false;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>  #define TASK_REPORT_IDLE	(TASK_REPORT + 1)
>  #define TASK_REPORT_MAX		(TASK_REPORT_IDLE << 1)
>  
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index d0d021b3fa3b3..b989ddc27444e 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -875,6 +875,16 @@ config UCLAMP_BUCKETS_COUNT
>  
>  	  If in doubt, use the default value.
>  
> +config SCHED_PROXY_EXEC
> +	bool "Proxy Execution"
> +	default n

Nit, you don't need "default n" because "default n" is the default ;-)

> +	# Avoid some build failures w/ PREEMPT_RT until it can be fixed
> +	depends on !PREEMPT_RT
> +	depends on EXPERT
> +	help
> +	  This option enables proxy execution, a mechanism for mutex-owning
> +	  tasks to inherit the scheduling context of higher priority waiters.
> +
>  endmenu
>  
>  #
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 67189907214d3..3968c3967ec38 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -119,6 +119,35 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_compute_energy_tp);
>  
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct rq, runqueues);
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC
> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(__sched_proxy_exec);
> +static int __init setup_proxy_exec(char *str)
> +{
> +	bool proxy_enable;
> +
> +	if (kstrtobool(str, &proxy_enable)) {

To make it work without adding =true, the above could be:

	bool proxy_enable = true;

	if (*str && kstrtobool(str, &proxy_enable)) {

> +		pr_warn("Unable to parse sched_proxy_exec=\n");
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (proxy_enable) {
> +		pr_info("sched_proxy_exec enabled via boot arg\n");
> +		static_branch_enable(&__sched_proxy_exec);
> +	} else {
> +		pr_info("sched_proxy_exec disabled via boot arg\n");
> +		static_branch_disable(&__sched_proxy_exec);
> +	}
> +	return 1;
> +}

-- Steve