Re: [PATCH sched_ext/for-6.13 2/2] sched_ext: Enable the ops breather and eject BPF scheduler on softlockup

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 11:49:04AM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On 2 x Intel Sapphire Rapids machines with 224 logical CPUs, a poorly
> behaving BPF scheduler can live-lock the system by making multiple CPUs bang
> on the same DSQ to the point where soft-lockup detection triggers before
> SCX's own watchdog can take action. It also seems possible that the machine
> can be live-locked enough to prevent scx_ops_helper, which is an RT task,
> from running in a timely manner.
> 
> Implement scx_softlockup() which is called when three quarters of
> soft-lockup threshold has passed. The function immediately enables the ops
> breather and triggers an ops error to initiate ejection of the BPF
> scheduler.
> 
> The previous and this patch combined enable the kernel to reliably recover
> the system from live-lock conditions that can be triggered by a poorly
> behaving BPF scheduler on Intel dual socket systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Applying 1-2 to sched_ext/for-6.13.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun