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 sched_ext/for-7.4-fixes] sched_ext: Call ops.sub_attach() only while the cgroup is online
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:28:59 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029222859.3099324-1-tj@kernel.org> (raw)
The parent's ops.sub_attach() runs before the enable work checks that the
cgroup is still online, so the parent can get an attach for a cgroup whose
rmdir already returned. That complicates parents where cgroup cleanup and
sub-scheduler attach race.
Check CSS_ONLINE and call ops.sub_attach() under cgroup_lock(), so that the
parent sees an attach only for a cgroup that is online.
Fixes: ebeca1f930ea ("sched_ext: Introduce cgroup sub-sched support")
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
---
kernel/sched/ext/internal.h | 4 ++++
kernel/sched/ext/sub.c | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
index ff0a3d508533..58652370da5a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
@@ -869,6 +869,10 @@ struct sched_ext_ops {
* @sub_attach: Attach a sub-scheduler
* @args: argument container, see the struct definition
*
+ * The sub-scheduler's cgroup is online for the whole call. If it goes
+ * offline after the sub-scheduler is accepted, ops.sub_detach()
+ * follows.
+ *
* Return 0 to accept the sub-scheduler. -errno to reject.
*/
s32 (*sub_attach)(struct scx_sub_attach_args *args);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
index b5d92d89629b..6bc6b93ca63a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
@@ -2340,8 +2340,21 @@ void scx_sub_enable_workfn(struct kthread_work *work)
.cgroup_path = sch->cgrp_path,
};
+ /*
+ * The cgroup stays online across ops.sub_attach(), so the parent never
+ * sees an attach for a cgroup that rmdir already removed.
+ */
+ cgroup_lock();
+ if (!(cgrp->self.flags & CSS_ONLINE)) {
+ cgroup_unlock();
+ scx_error(sch, "cgroup is not online");
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ goto err_disable;
+ }
ret = SCX_CALL_OP_RET(parent, sub_attach, NULL,
&sub_attach_args);
+ cgroup_unlock();
+
if (ret) {
ret = scx_ops_sanitize_err(sch, "sub_attach", ret);
scx_error(sch, "parent rejected (%d)", ret);
--
2.56.0
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