sched_ext: Queue the kick_sync wait from set_next_task_scx()

The SCX_KICK_WAIT wait is deferred to rq->scx.kick_sync_bal_cb, which a
final pick queues on the local rq. Under core scheduling, a pick that
returns a task isn't final: pick_next_task() goes on to pick the SMT
siblings, and their dispatch can release the shared rq lock with the
callback still queued. A CPU acquiring the rq lock in that window then
finds a pending balance callback and triggers the warning in
rq_pin_lock().

Fix this by queuing the callback from set_next_task_scx() on SNT_PICK
and SNT_REPICK. put_prev_set_next_task() calls it once the pick is
final, after the core-wide selection, so the rq lock can't be dropped
with the callback queued. If the CPU ends up running idle or a higher
class task, no SCX task runs there and there's nothing to wait for:
kick_sync_pending stays set and the next pick of an SCX task waits
before running it.

Also, proxy exec zaps the balance callbacks and picks again when
find_proxy_task() fails, so clear kick_sync_pending when the callback
runs rather than when it's queued.

Fixes: 415cb193bb ("sched_ext: Fix SCX_KICK_WAIT deadlock by deferring wait to balance callback")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.0+: c72945693b90: sched: Restart fair hrtick after same-task repicks
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.0+
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Andrea Righi 2026-10-18 18:24:15 +02:00 committed by Tejun Heo
parent 993e8fbfec
commit e2859566ff

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@ -3422,6 +3422,8 @@ static void scx_start_task_running(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
p->scx.flags |= SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED; p->scx.flags |= SCX_TASK_RUN_TRACKED;
} }
static void kick_sync_wait_bal_cb(struct rq *rq);
static void set_next_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, enum snt_e type) static void set_next_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, enum snt_e type)
{ {
bool first = type == SNT_PICK; bool first = type == SNT_PICK;
@ -3437,6 +3439,20 @@ static void set_next_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, enum snt_e t
(type == SNT_PICK || type == SNT_REPICK)) (type == SNT_PICK || type == SNT_REPICK))
rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_PROXY_PENDING; rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_PROXY_PENDING;
/*
* Defer the kick_sync wait to a balance callback which can drop rq lock
* and enable IRQs. Waiting directly in the pick path would deadlock
* against CPUs sending us IPIs (e.g., TLB flushes) while we wait for
* them.
*
* Queue it only once the pick is final, so that the rq lock can't be
* released with the callback queued (e.g., by another dispatch during
* a core-wide selection). If no SCX task gets picked, there's nothing
* to wait for and kick_sync_pending stays set for the next SCX pick.
*/
if (unlikely(rq->scx.kick_sync_pending) && (type == SNT_PICK || type == SNT_REPICK))
queue_balance_callback(rq, &rq->scx.kick_sync_bal_cb, kick_sync_wait_bal_cb);
if (type == SNT_REPICK) if (type == SNT_REPICK)
return; return;
@ -3717,17 +3733,22 @@ static void kick_sync_wait_bal_cb(struct rq *rq)
s32 cpu; s32 cpu;
/* /*
* This callback is queued and normally flushed within @rq's own * This callback is queued once the pick is final and flushed within
* scheduling pass. However, dispatch can drop the rq lock while it sits * @rq's own scheduling pass. If a lock taker on a foreign CPU ever
* queued, and lock takers in that window (the sched class change paths, * flushes it, the snapshots are unrelated to that CPU. Don't get in the
* the scx task iterator) flush pending balance callbacks on release, * way and leave the wait pending for @rq's next pick.
* running this one on a foreign CPU whose snapshots are unrelated. The
* kicked CPUs are already on their way to advance the kick_syncs being
* waited on. Don't get in the way.
*/ */
if (unlikely(cpu_of(rq) != smp_processor_id())) if (unlikely(cpu_of(rq) != smp_processor_id()))
return; return;
/*
* Clear only when the wait actually runs. The callback can be dropped
* without running (e.g., proxy exec zaps the balance callbacks and
* picks again when find_proxy_task() fails), in which case the next
* pick must queue it again.
*/
rq->scx.kick_sync_pending = false;
ks = __this_cpu_read(scx_kick_syncs); ks = __this_cpu_read(scx_kick_syncs);
ksyncs = rcu_dereference_sched(ks)->syncs; ksyncs = rcu_dereference_sched(ks)->syncs;
@ -3926,25 +3947,12 @@ do_pick_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf, bool force_scx)
* NULL pick from the dl_server, the core continues picking and can * NULL pick from the dl_server, the core continues picking and can
* release the rq lock (e.g., prev_balance() or another dispatch). In * release the rq lock (e.g., prev_balance() or another dispatch). In
* that case, run the deferred work from irq_work, which doesn't depend * that case, run the deferred work from irq_work, which doesn't depend
* on the current rq lock section, and leave the kick sync wait pending * on the current rq lock section.
* for the next pick.
*/ */
if (p != RETRY_TASK && (p || !force_scx)) { if (p != RETRY_TASK && (p || !force_scx)) {
/* under core scheduling, see dispatch_core_pick() */ /* under core scheduling, see dispatch_core_pick() */
if (!core_sched) if (!core_sched)
maybe_queue_balance_callback(rq); maybe_queue_balance_callback(rq);
/*
* Defer to a balance callback which can drop rq lock and enable
* IRQs. Waiting directly in the pick path would deadlock against
* CPUs sending us IPIs (e.g., TLB flushes) while we wait for
* them.
*/
if (unlikely(rq->scx.kick_sync_pending)) {
rq->scx.kick_sync_pending = false;
queue_balance_callback(rq, &rq->scx.kick_sync_bal_cb,
kick_sync_wait_bal_cb);
}
} else if (!core_sched && (rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_BAL_CB_PENDING)) { } else if (!core_sched && (rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_BAL_CB_PENDING)) {
rq->scx.flags &= ~SCX_RQ_BAL_CB_PENDING; rq->scx.flags &= ~SCX_RQ_BAL_CB_PENDING;
schedule_deferred(rq); schedule_deferred(rq);