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From: zhidao su <soolaugust@gmail.com>
To: tj@kernel.org, sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: void@manifault.com, arighi@nvidia.com, changwoo@igalia.com,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Su Zhidao <suzhidao@xiaomi.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] sched_ext: Add comments to scx_bypass() for bypass depth semantics
Date: Fri,  6 Mar 2026 20:48:58 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260306124901.2653465-2-suzhidao@xiaomi.com> (raw)

From: Su Zhidao <suzhidao@xiaomi.com>

The bypass depth counter (scx_bypass_depth) uses WRITE_ONCE/READ_ONCE
to communicate that it can be observed locklessly from IRQ context, even
though modifications are serialized by bypass_lock. The existing code did
not explain this pattern or the re-queue loop's role in propagating the
bypass state change to all CPUs.

Add inline comments to clarify:
- Why bypass_depth uses WRITE_ONCE/READ_ONCE despite lock protection
- How the dequeue/enqueue cycle propagates bypass state to all per-CPU queues

Signed-off-by: Su Zhidao <suzhidao@xiaomi.com>
---
 kernel/sched/ext.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 56ff5874af94..053d99c58802 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4229,6 +4229,14 @@ static void scx_bypass(bool bypass)
 	if (bypass) {
 		u32 intv_us;
 
+		/*
+		 * Increment bypass depth. Only the first caller (depth 0->1)
+		 * needs to set up the bypass state; subsequent callers just
+		 * increment the counter and return. The depth counter is
+		 * protected by bypass_lock but READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE are used
+		 * to communicate that the value can be observed locklessly
+		 * (e.g., from scx_bypass_lb_timerfn() in softirq context).
+		 */
 		WRITE_ONCE(scx_bypass_depth, scx_bypass_depth + 1);
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(scx_bypass_depth <= 0);
 		if (scx_bypass_depth != 1)
@@ -4263,6 +4271,10 @@ static void scx_bypass(bool bypass)
 	 *
 	 * This function can't trust the scheduler and thus can't use
 	 * cpus_read_lock(). Walk all possible CPUs instead of online.
+	 *
+	 * The dequeue/enqueue cycle forces tasks through the updated code
+	 * paths: in bypass mode, do_enqueue_task() routes to the per-CPU
+	 * bypass DSQ instead of calling ops.enqueue().
 	 */
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-06 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-06 12:48 zhidao su [this message]
2026-03-06 14:03 [PATCH 0/5] sched_ext: bypass state machine cleanup and selftest zhidao su
2026-03-06 14:03 ` [PATCH 2/5] sched_ext: Add comments to scx_bypass() for bypass depth semantics zhidao su

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