From: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
David Dai <david.dai@linux.dev>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH sched_ext/for-7.4-fixes] sched_ext: Fix scx_bpf_dsq_reenq() kerneldoc claiming NMI calls are allowed
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:11:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <auQ1F9VjDeROkSEq@gpd4> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029235251.3235814-1-tj@kernel.org>
On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 01:52:51PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> c659e506f9a7 ("sched_ext: Reject NMI calls to lock-taking kfuncs") made
> scx_bpf_dsq_reenq() abort the scheduler when called from NMI. The kerneldocs
> of scx_bpf_dsq_reenq() and of its wrapper scx_bpf_reenqueue_local___v2()
> still say the kfuncs can be called from anywhere. Update both to exclude
> NMI.
>
> While at it, fix the wrapper's kerneldoc, which says it re-enqueues the
> calling CPU's local DSQ rather than the one SCX_DSQ_LOCAL resolves to, and
> the SCX_RENQ_* typo in the scx_bpf_dsq_reenq() kerneldoc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Thanks,
-Andrea
> ---
> kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 14 ++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
> index 15123f181b5b..cd923f9f1f2a 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
> @@ -11115,7 +11115,7 @@ __bpf_kfunc struct task_struct *scx_bpf_dsq_peek(u64 dsq_id,
> /**
> * scx_bpf_dsq_reenq - Re-enqueue tasks on a DSQ
> * @dsq_id: DSQ to re-enqueue
> - * @reenq_flags: %SCX_RENQ_*
> + * @reenq_flags: %SCX_REENQ_*
> * @aux: implicit BPF argument to access bpf_prog_aux hidden from BPF progs
> *
> * Iterate over all of the tasks currently enqueued on the DSQ identified by
> @@ -11125,8 +11125,9 @@ __bpf_kfunc struct task_struct *scx_bpf_dsq_peek(u64 dsq_id,
> * - Local DSQs (%SCX_DSQ_LOCAL or %SCX_DSQ_LOCAL_ON | $cpu)
> * - User DSQs
> *
> - * Re-enqueues are performed asynchronously. Can be called from anywhere. A
> - * re-enqueue of an inactive cpu's local DSQ is ignored.
> + * Re-enqueues are performed asynchronously. Can be called from any context
> + * except NMI. A call from NMI aborts the scheduler. A re-enqueue of an inactive
> + * cpu's local DSQ is ignored.
> *
> * %SCX_DSQ_LOCAL resolves to the local DSQ of the rq the current scheduler
> * operation is locked to - e.g. the rq being dispatched for in ops.dispatch() -
> @@ -11223,9 +11224,10 @@ __bpf_kfunc bool scx_bpf_dsq_reenq_task(struct bpf_iter_scx_dsq *it__iter,
> * scx_bpf_reenqueue_local___v2 - Re-enqueue tasks on a local DSQ
> * @aux: implicit BPF argument to access bpf_prog_aux hidden from BPF progs
> *
> - * Iterate over all of the tasks currently enqueued on the local DSQ of the
> - * caller's CPU, and re-enqueue them in the BPF scheduler. Can be called from
> - * anywhere.
> + * Iterate over all of the tasks currently enqueued on the local DSQ of the rq
> + * the current scheduler operation is locked to, or the calling CPU's when no rq
> + * is locked, and re-enqueue them in the BPF scheduler. Can be called from any
> + * context except NMI. A call from NMI aborts the scheduler.
> *
> * This is now a special case of scx_bpf_dsq_reenq() and may be removed in the
> * future.
> --
> 2.56.0
>
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