From: zhidao su <soolaugust@gmail.com>
To: tj@kernel.org
Cc: void@manifault.com, arighi@nvidia.com, changwoo@igalia.com,
sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com>
Subject: [PATCH] sched_ext: Fix sched_ext_dead() race with scx_root_enable_workfn()
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:31:55 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260429133155.3825247-1-suzhidao@xiaomi.com> (raw)
In CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED, scx_task_sched(p) returns p->scx.sched instead
of scx_root. scx_root_enable_workfn() initializes tasks in two steps:
scx_init_task(sch, p, false) /* state=INIT, p->scx.sched still NULL */
scx_set_task_sched(p, sch) /* p->scx.sched = sch */
Between these two steps, a concurrent sched_ext_dead() can call
scx_task_sched(p), get NULL, and pass it to scx_disable_and_exit_task()
which crashes in SCX_HAS_OP(NULL, ...).
In sched_ext_dead(), skip scx_disable_and_exit_task() when state=INIT and
p->scx.sched is still NULL, and reset state to NONE. In
scx_root_enable_workfn(), after scx_init_task() returns, skip
scx_set_task_sched() if sched_ext_dead() has already removed @p from
scx_tasks.
Fixes: 073d4f0667b0 ("sched_ext: Refactor task init/exit helpers")
Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com>
---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index f7b1b16e81a5..1872af65b103 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -3887,9 +3887,21 @@ void sched_ext_dead(struct task_struct *p)
struct rq_flags rf;
struct rq *rq;
- rq = task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
- scx_disable_and_exit_task(scx_task_sched(p), p);
- task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
+ /*
+ * scx_root_enable_workfn() may be concurrently initializing @p.
+ * scx_init_task() sets state=INIT before scx_set_task_sched()
+ * sets p->scx.sched. If we race that window, p->scx.sched is
+ * still NULL; skip scx_disable_and_exit_task() and reset state
+ * to NONE so @p leaves SCX cleanly.
+ */
+ if (scx_get_task_state(p) == SCX_TASK_INIT &&
+ !rcu_access_pointer(p->scx.sched)) {
+ scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_NONE);
+ } else {
+ rq = task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
+ scx_disable_and_exit_task(scx_task_sched(p), p);
+ task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
+ }
}
}
@@ -6937,6 +6949,17 @@ static void scx_root_enable_workfn(struct kthread_work *work)
goto err_disable_unlock_all;
}
+ /*
+ * sched_ext_dead() may have already cleaned up @p while locks
+ * were dropped in scx_task_iter_unlock(); skip it.
+ */
+ scoped_guard(raw_spinlock_irq, &scx_tasks_lock) {
+ if (list_empty(&p->scx.tasks_node)) {
+ put_task_struct(p);
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+
scx_set_task_sched(p, sch);
scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_READY);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-29 13:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-29 13:31 zhidao su [this message]
2026-05-04 20:31 ` Tejun Heo
2026-05-06 5:40 ` [PATCH v2] " zhidao su
2026-05-10 13:55 ` Tejun Heo
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