From: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Cc: Kuba Piecuch <jpiecuch@google.com>,
sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] sched_ext: Initialize idle masks before ops.init()
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:23:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731182406.3166853-2-arighi@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260731182406.3166853-1-arighi@nvidia.com>
The built-in idle masks are reset with all online CPUs marked idle, but
idle state tracking starts only after the scheduler is fully enabled.
As a result, ops.init() can observe busy CPUs as idle, and those CPUs
remain incorrectly advertised until their next idle transition.
Enable built-in idle tracking before ops.init() and refresh every online
CPU under its rq lock. Once a CPU is refreshed, later transitions keep
its state accurate. Keep ops.update_idle() notifications disabled until
the scheduler is fully enabled.
Suggested-by: Kuba Piecuch <jpiecuch@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
---
kernel/sched/ext/ext.h | 5 ++++-
kernel/sched/ext/idle.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.h b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.h
index 0b7fc46aee08c..6d0dab822711f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.h
@@ -59,11 +59,14 @@ static inline void init_sched_ext_class(void) {}
#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(scx_builtin_idle_enabled);
+
void __scx_update_idle(struct rq *rq, bool idle, bool do_notify);
static inline void scx_update_idle(struct rq *rq, bool idle, bool do_notify)
{
- if (scx_enabled())
+ if (scx_enabled() ||
+ static_branch_unlikely(&scx_builtin_idle_enabled))
__scx_update_idle(rq, idle, do_notify);
}
#else
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/idle.c b/kernel/sched/ext/idle.c
index 3e9d6a44bf431..edbfc80a04c74 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/idle.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
#include "sub.h"
/* Enable/disable built-in idle CPU selection policy */
-static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(scx_builtin_idle_enabled);
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(scx_builtin_idle_enabled);
/* Enable/disable per-node idle cpumasks */
static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(scx_builtin_idle_per_node);
@@ -810,6 +810,15 @@ void __scx_update_idle(struct rq *rq, bool idle, bool do_notify)
if (static_branch_likely(&scx_builtin_idle_enabled))
update_builtin_idle(cpu, idle);
+ /*
+ * Idle tracking starts before the scheduler is enabled so that the
+ * built-in idle masks are accurate when ops.init() runs. Suppress
+ * ops.update_idle() notifications until the scheduler is fully
+ * enabled.
+ */
+ if (!scx_enabled())
+ return;
+
/*
* ops.update_idle() fires on real idle transitions, indicated by
* @do_notify and managed by put_prev_task_idle()/set_next_task_idle().
@@ -838,8 +847,8 @@ static void reset_idle_masks(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
int node;
/*
- * Consider all online cpus idle. Should converge to the actual state
- * quickly.
+ * Seed all online CPUs as idle. refresh_idle_masks() below corrects
+ * their state before ops.init() runs.
*/
if (!(ops->flags & SCX_OPS_BUILTIN_IDLE_PER_NODE)) {
cpumask_copy(idle_cpumask(NUMA_NO_NODE)->cpu, cpu_online_mask);
@@ -855,6 +864,23 @@ static void reset_idle_masks(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
}
}
+static void refresh_idle_masks(void)
+{
+ int cpu;
+
+ /*
+ * Idle tracking is already enabled and the online CPU set is stable.
+ * Once a CPU is refreshed under its rq lock, subsequent transitions
+ * keep its state up to date.
+ */
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+ struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
+
+ scoped_guard(rq_lock_irqsave, rq)
+ update_builtin_idle(cpu, rq->curr == rq->idle);
+ }
+}
+
void scx_idle_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
{
if (!ops->update_idle || (ops->flags & SCX_OPS_KEEP_BUILTIN_IDLE))
@@ -868,6 +894,9 @@ void scx_idle_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
static_branch_disable_cpuslocked(&scx_builtin_idle_per_node);
reset_idle_masks(ops);
+
+ if (static_branch_likely(&scx_builtin_idle_enabled))
+ refresh_idle_masks();
}
void scx_idle_disable(void)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-31 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-31 18:23 [PATCHSET v3 sched_ext/for-7.3] sched_ext: Fix idle CPU state initialization and validation Andrea Righi
2026-07-31 18:23 ` Andrea Righi [this message]
2026-08-02 19:19 ` [PATCH 1/2] sched_ext: Initialize idle masks before ops.init() Tejun Heo
2026-08-03 5:46 ` Andrea Righi
2026-07-31 18:23 ` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/sched_ext: Make allowed_cpus idle validation race-free Andrea Righi
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-07-31 8:59 [PATCHSET v2 sched_ext/for-7.3] sched_ext: Fix idle CPU state initialization and validation Andrea Righi
2026-07-31 8:59 ` [PATCH 1/2] sched_ext: Initialize idle masks before ops.init() Andrea Righi
2026-07-31 10:47 ` Kuba Piecuch
2026-07-31 15:01 ` Andrea Righi
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