From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: sched-ext@lists.linux.dev
Cc: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>,
Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
David Dai <david.dai@linux.dev>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] sched_ext: Deliver ecaps only while the root has the cpu online
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:59:50 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261018015952.1499528-5-tj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261018015952.1499528-1-tj@kernel.org>
A sub-scheduler's ecaps ops run in dispatch context, and ops.cpu_online()
and ops.cpu_offline() document that the cpu doesn't call ops.dispatch()
outside them. The reseed of a cpu coming back is queued before the root's
ops.cpu_online(), so the ops of a sub-scheduler and its parent can run for a
cpu the root still considers offline.
Add SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE, set while the root considers the cpu online, from its
ops.cpu_online() or its enable until its ops.cpu_offline(). A sync outside
that span leaves the ecaps alone, and the reseed, now queued after
ops.cpu_online(), reports the net change. SCX_RQ_ONLINE can't be used, as
the core changes it ahead of the root's view on both edges.
A cpu going offline still drops its caps without a report.
While at it, fix the SCX_RQ_ONLINE comments, which claimed that the flag
tracks ops.cpu_online() and ops.cpu_offline().
v2: Fix the SCX_RQ_ONLINE comments.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
---
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 28 +++++++++++-------
kernel/sched/ext/internal.h | 6 ++++
kernel/sched/ext/sub.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
kernel/sched/ext/sub.h | 2 ++
kernel/sched/sched.h | 15 ++++++++--
5 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index a34c1452f8c6..c2df269959e4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -2173,11 +2173,11 @@ static void direct_dispatch(struct scx_sched *sch, struct task_struct *p,
bool scx_rq_online(struct rq *rq)
{
/*
- * Test both cpu_active() and %SCX_RQ_ONLINE. %SCX_RQ_ONLINE indicates
- * the online state as seen from the BPF scheduler. cpu_active() test
- * guarantees that, if this function returns %true, %SCX_RQ_ONLINE will
- * stay set until the current scheduling operation is complete even if
- * we aren't locking @rq.
+ * Test both cpu_active() and %SCX_RQ_ONLINE. %SCX_RQ_ONLINE follows the
+ * core's rq online state. cpu_active() test guarantees that, if this
+ * function returns %true, %SCX_RQ_ONLINE will stay set until the
+ * current scheduling operation is complete even if we aren't locking
+ * @rq.
*/
return likely((rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_ONLINE) && cpu_active(cpu_of(rq)));
}
@@ -4177,11 +4177,6 @@ static void handle_hotplug(struct rq *rq, bool online)
if (scx_enabled())
scx_idle_update_selcpu_topology(&sch->ops);
- if (online)
- scx_online_ecaps(rq);
- else
- scx_offline_ecaps(rq);
-
/*
* The tables can't be retired while this function is running as the
* retirement is inside cpus_read_lock. However, scx_cpu_arg() is
@@ -4210,6 +4205,14 @@ static void handle_hotplug(struct rq *rq, bool online)
}
}
+ /*
+ * ecaps are delivered for @cpu only after ops.cpu_online() and before
+ * ops.cpu_offline(). The ecaps ops may read online_cmask, so
+ * scx_offline_ecaps() and scx_online_ecaps() run after its update.
+ */
+ if (!online)
+ scx_offline_ecaps(rq);
+
if (online && SCX_HAS_OP(sch, cpu_online))
SCX_CALL_OP(sch, cpu_online, NULL, cpu_or_cid);
else if (!online && SCX_HAS_OP(sch, cpu_offline))
@@ -4219,6 +4222,9 @@ static void handle_hotplug(struct rq *rq, bool online)
SCX_ECODE_ACT_RESTART | SCX_ECODE_RSN_HOTPLUG,
"cpu %d going %s, exiting scheduler", cpu,
online ? "online" : "offline");
+
+ if (online)
+ scx_online_ecaps(rq);
}
void scx_rq_activate(struct rq *rq)
@@ -8353,6 +8359,8 @@ static void scx_root_enable_workfn(struct kthread_work *work)
goto err_disable;
}
+ scx_init_rq_ops_online();
+
/*
* Make the scheduler instance visible. Must be inside cpus_read_lock().
* See handle_hotplug().
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
index 43aa1354e79b..1dea516b377d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
@@ -927,6 +927,10 @@ struct sched_ext_ops {
* Deliveries continue while this sched bypasses. Its tasks are then on
* the bypass DSQs, where this op can't insert or move them. Deliveries
* stop once this sched is being disabled.
+ *
+ * Deliveries for a cid happen only while the root considers the cid's
+ * cpu online, never before the root's ops.cpu_online() or after its
+ * ops.cpu_offline() for the cpu.
*/
void (*sub_ecaps_updated)(s32 cid, u64 before, u64 after);
@@ -980,6 +984,7 @@ struct sched_ext_ops {
*
* @cpu just came online. @cpu will not call ops.enqueue() or
* ops.dispatch(), nor run tasks associated with other CPUs beforehand.
+ * ops.sub_child_ecaps_updated() runs for @cpu only after this op.
*/
void (*cpu_online)(s32 cpu);
@@ -989,6 +994,7 @@ struct sched_ext_ops {
*
* @cpu is going offline. @cpu will not call ops.enqueue() or
* ops.dispatch(), nor run tasks associated with other CPUs afterwards.
+ * ops.sub_child_ecaps_updated() runs for @cpu only before this op.
*/
void (*cpu_offline)(s32 cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
index a3f7c0be98ac..2c5853d193d7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
@@ -1164,13 +1164,19 @@ void __scx_process_sync_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
* Before the sched's has_op is set, only the parent's op would
* run, and the change would never reach the sched.
* ecaps_enable() enables deliveries on each cpu once has_op is
- * set. Until then, a sync leaves the ecaps alone.
+ * set. Deliveries also need the cpu online to the root, see
+ * handle_hotplug().
+ *
+ * A sync that can't deliver leaves the ecaps alone. It may
+ * still carry a mark that is cleared below. Don't skip the rest
+ * of the loop for it.
*/
old = READ_ONCE(pcpu->ecaps);
- if (pcpu->flags & SCX_SCHED_PCPU_ECAPS_ENABLED)
- ecaps = calc_effective_caps(ps, cid);
- else
+ if (!(pcpu->flags & SCX_SCHED_PCPU_ECAPS_ENABLED) ||
+ !(rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE))
ecaps = old;
+ else
+ ecaps = calc_effective_caps(ps, cid);
WRITE_ONCE(pcpu->ecaps, ecaps);
lost = old & ~ecaps;
@@ -1192,7 +1198,8 @@ void __scx_process_sync_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
* covers them.
*/
if (ecaps != pcpu->reported_ecaps &&
- (pcpu->flags & SCX_SCHED_PCPU_ECAPS_ENABLED)) {
+ (pcpu->flags & SCX_SCHED_PCPU_ECAPS_ENABLED) &&
+ (rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE)) {
struct scx_sched *parent = scx_parent(pcpu->sch);
struct scx_dsp_ctx *dspc;
@@ -1247,15 +1254,42 @@ void __scx_process_sync_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
}
/*
- * A cpu came back. Re-seed each sub-sched's ecaps on the cpu's cid. The sync
- * recomputes effective caps from the pshard and fires ops.sub_ecaps_updated()
- * only on a real change since offline.
+ * Called with cpus_read_lock() held before the root is published. The cpus
+ * active now are online to the root without ops.cpu_online(), so they can
+ * deliver ecaps. handle_hotplug() maintains %SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE from here on.
+ */
+void scx_init_rq_ops_online(void)
+{
+ s32 cpu;
+
+ lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
+
+ guard(rq_lock_irqsave)(rq);
+ if (cpu_active(cpu))
+ rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE;
+ else
+ rq->scx.flags &= ~SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE;
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * A cpu came back and the root's ops.cpu_online() has run. Let the cpu deliver
+ * ecaps again and reseed each sub-sched's ecaps on its cid. The sync recomputes
+ * effective caps from the pshard and fires ops.sub_ecaps_updated() only on a
+ * real change since offline.
*/
void scx_online_ecaps(struct rq *rq)
{
struct scx_sched *root, *pos;
s32 cid;
+ guard(rq_lock_irqsave)(rq);
+
+ rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE;
+
/*
* Only a live hierarchy can have ecaps to reseed. This also keeps the
* table reads below away from an enable that failed before publishing
@@ -1265,8 +1299,6 @@ void scx_online_ecaps(struct rq *rq)
if (!scx_enabled())
return;
- guard(rq_lock_irqsave)(rq);
-
root = scx_root_protected();
cid = __scx_cpu_to_cid(cpu_of(rq));
@@ -1284,7 +1316,8 @@ void scx_online_ecaps(struct rq *rq)
}
/*
- * A cpu is going down. Zero each sub-sched's in-effect ecaps so cap checks
+ * A cpu is going down, and the root's ops.cpu_offline() follows. Stop the cpu's
+ * ecaps deliveries and zero each sub-sched's in-effect ecaps so cap checks
* treat the cpu as capless while offline. Pending and late-queued syncs are
* discarded at consumption by scx_process_sync_ecaps() while the cpu is
* inactive. Leave reported_ecaps. Ownership is unchanged, so the
@@ -1313,6 +1346,8 @@ void scx_offline_ecaps(struct rq *rq)
if (pcpu->flags & SCX_SCHED_PCPU_ECAPS_REPORT)
ecaps_report_done(pcpu);
}
+
+ rq->scx.flags &= ~SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE;
}
/*
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.h b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.h
index 63769205c013..46c7e2a578d1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ void scx_free_pshards(struct scx_sched *sch);
s32 scx_alloc_pshards(struct scx_sched *sch);
void scx_init_root_caps(struct scx_sched *sch);
void __scx_process_sync_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev);
+void scx_init_rq_ops_online(void);
void scx_online_ecaps(struct rq *rq);
void scx_offline_ecaps(struct rq *rq);
void scx_discard_ecaps_to_sync(s32 cpu, struct scx_sched_pcpu *pcpu);
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ static inline void scx_free_pshards(struct scx_sched *sch) {}
static inline s32 scx_alloc_pshards(struct scx_sched *sch) { return 0; }
static inline void scx_init_root_caps(struct scx_sched *sch) {}
static inline void scx_process_sync_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev) {}
+static inline void scx_init_rq_ops_online(void) {}
static inline void scx_online_ecaps(struct rq *rq) {}
static inline void scx_offline_ecaps(struct rq *rq) {}
static inline void scx_discard_ecaps_to_sync(s32 cpu, struct scx_sched_pcpu *pcpu) {}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 22a2628a04a2..05cf0f0056e9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -781,12 +781,21 @@ struct cfs_rq {
/* scx_rq->flags, protected by the rq lock */
enum scx_rq_flags {
/*
- * A hotplugged CPU starts scheduling before rq_online_scx(). Track
- * ops.cpu_on/offline() state so that ops.enqueue/dispatch() are called
- * only while the BPF scheduler considers the CPU to be online.
+ * Set while the core has the rq online, see rq_online_scx() and
+ * rq_offline_scx(). A hotplugged cpu starts scheduling before
+ * rq_online_scx(). ops.enqueue() and ops.dispatch() are called for the
+ * cpu only while it is set, see scx_rq_online() and
+ * scx_dispatch_sched().
*/
SCX_RQ_ONLINE = 1 << 0,
SCX_RQ_CAN_STOP_TICK = 1 << 1,
+ /*
+ * Set while the root considers the cpu online, from its
+ * ops.cpu_online() until its ops.cpu_offline(). ecaps are delivered
+ * only while it is set. %SCX_RQ_ONLINE follows the core's rq state
+ * instead, which changes ahead of the root's view on both edges.
+ */
+ SCX_RQ_OPS_ONLINE = 1 << 2,
SCX_RQ_CLK_VALID = 1 << 5, /* RQ clock is fresh and valid */
SCX_RQ_BAL_CB_PENDING = 1 << 6, /* must queue a cb after dispatching */
SCX_RQ_SUB_IDLE_RENOTIFY = 1 << 7, /* sub-scheds are owed update_idle() */
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-18 1:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-18 1:59 [PATCHSET v3 sched_ext/for-7.4] sched_ext: Report a sub-scheduler's ecaps on attach, detach and cpu hotplug Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 1:59 ` [PATCH 1/6] sched_ext: Factor out cid_pshard() Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 1:59 ` [PATCH 2/6] sched_ext: Free a sub-scheduler a grace period after discarding its ecaps syncs Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 6:56 ` Andrea Righi
2026-10-18 8:16 ` Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 9:17 ` Andrea Righi
2026-10-18 1:59 ` [PATCH 3/6] sched_ext: Report a sub-scheduler's ecaps on attach and detach Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 1:59 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2026-10-18 1:59 ` [PATCH 5/6] sched_ext: Report the ecaps loss when a cpu goes offline Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 6:49 ` Andrea Righi
2026-10-18 8:15 ` Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 7:01 ` Andrea Righi
2026-10-18 8:16 ` Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 9:18 ` Andrea Righi
2026-10-18 8:22 ` [PATCH v3 " Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 1:59 ` [PATCH 6/6] sched_ext: Leave suspend and hibernation out of the ecaps reports Tejun Heo
2026-10-18 9:19 ` [PATCHSET v3 sched_ext/for-7.4] sched_ext: Report a sub-scheduler's ecaps on attach, detach and cpu hotplug Andrea Righi
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-10-17 16:45 [PATCHSET v2 " Tejun Heo
2026-10-17 16:45 ` [PATCH 4/6] sched_ext: Deliver ecaps only while the root has the cpu online Tejun Heo
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