linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 5b33fc6492 sched_ext: Changes for v7.2
This depends on the BPF arena work in bpf-next and should be pulled after
 it. for-7.1-fixes was merged in a few times to avoid conflicts with the
 feature changes.
 
 - Most of this continues the in-development sub-scheduler support, which
   lets a root BPF scheduler delegate to nested sub-schedulers. The
   dispatch-path building blocks landed in 7.1. A follow-up patchset in
   development will complete enqueue-path support for hierarchical
   scheduling. This cycle adds most of that infrastructure:
 
   - Topological CPU IDs (cids): a dense, topology-ordered CPU numbering
     where the CPUs of a core, LLC, or NUMA node form contiguous ranges,
     so a topology unit becomes a (start, length) slice. Raw CPU numbers
     are sparse and don't track topological closeness, which makes them
     clumsy for sharding work across sub-schedulers and awkward in BPF.
 
   - cmask: bitmaps windowed over a slice of cid space, so a sub-scheduler
     can track, for example, the idle cids of its shard without a full
     NR_CPUS cpumask.
 
   - A struct_ops variant that cid-form sub-schedulers register with,
     along with the cid-form kfuncs they call.
 
   - BPF arena integration, which sub-scheduler support is built on. The
     bpf-next additions let the kernel read and write the BPF scheduler's
     arena directly, turning it into a real kernel/BPF shared-memory
     channel. Shared state like the per-CPU cmask now lives there.
 
   - scx_qmap is reworked to exercise the new arena and cid interfaces.
 
 - Exit-dump improvements: dump the faulting CPU first, expose the exit
   CPU to BPF and userspace, and normalize the dump header.
 
 - Misc kfuncs and cleanups: a task-ID lookup kfunc, __printf checking on
   the error and dump formatters, header reorganization, and assorted
   fixes.
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Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext

Pull sched_ext updates from Tejun Heo:
 "Most of this continues the in-development sub-scheduler support, which
  lets a root BPF scheduler delegate to nested sub-schedulers. The
  dispatch-path building blocks landed in 7.1. A follow-up patchset in
  development will complete enqueue-path support for hierarchical
  scheduling. This cycle adds most of that infrastructure:

   - Topological CPU IDs (cids): a dense, topology-ordered CPU numbering
     where the CPUs of a core, LLC, or NUMA node form contiguous ranges,
     so a topology unit becomes a (start, length) slice. Raw CPU numbers
     are sparse and don't track topological closeness, which makes them
     clumsy for sharding work across sub-schedulers and awkward in BPF.

   - cmask: bitmaps windowed over a slice of cid space, so a
     sub-scheduler can track, for example, the idle cids of its shard
     without a full NR_CPUS cpumask.

   - A struct_ops variant that cid-form sub-schedulers register with,
     along with the cid-form kfuncs they call.

   - BPF arena integration, which sub-scheduler support is built on. The
     bpf-next additions let the kernel read and write the BPF
     scheduler's arena directly, turning it into a real kernel/BPF
     shared-memory channel. Shared state like the per-CPU cmask now
     lives there.

   - scx_qmap is reworked to exercise the new arena and cid interfaces.

  Additionally:

   - Exit-dump improvements: dump the faulting CPU first, expose the
     exit CPU to BPF and userspace, and normalize the dump header.

   - Misc kfuncs and cleanups: a task-ID lookup kfunc, __printf checking
     on the error and dump formatters, header reorganization, and
     assorted fixes"

* tag 'sched_ext-for-7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext: (59 commits)
  sched_ext: Add scx_arena_to_kaddr() / scx_kaddr_to_arena()
  sched_ext: Make scx_bpf_kick_cid() return s32
  sched_ext: Add scx_cmask_test() and scx_cmask_for_each_cid()
  tools/sched_ext: Order single-cid cmask helpers as (cid, mask)
  sched_ext: Order single-cid cmask helpers as (cid, mask)
  selftests/sched_ext: Fix dsq_move_to_local check
  sched_ext: Guard BPF arena helper calls to fix 32-bit build
  sched_ext: idle: Fix errno loss in scx_idle_init()
  sched_ext: Convert ops.set_cmask() to arena-resident cmask
  sched_ext: Sub-allocator over kernel-claimed BPF arena pages
  sched_ext: Require an arena for cid-form schedulers
  sched_ext: Add cmask mask ops
  sched_ext: Track bits[] storage size in struct scx_cmask
  sched_ext: Rename scx_cmask.nr_bits to nr_cids
  tools/sched_ext: scx_qmap: Fix qa arena placement
  sched_ext: Mark !CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED dummy stubs static inline
  sched_ext: Replace tryget_task_struct() with get_task_struct()
  sched_ext: Add scx_task_iter_relock() and use it in scx_root_enable_workfn()
  sched_ext: Fix ops_cid layout assert
  sched_ext: Use offsetofend on both sides of the ops_cid layout assert
  ...
2026-06-17 12:10:11 +01:00
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bpf bpf-next-7.2 2026-06-17 09:18:14 +01:00
cgroup cgroup: Changes for v7.2 2026-06-17 12:03:56 +01:00
configs slab: support for compiler-assisted type-based slab cache partitioning 2026-05-14 10:44:09 +02:00
debug kgdb: update outdated references to kgdb_wait() 2026-04-21 16:41:54 +01:00
dma Driver core changes for 7.2-rc1 2026-06-15 12:41:17 +05:30
entry futex: Provide infrastructure to plug the non contended robust futex unlock race 2026-06-03 11:38:52 +02:00
events bpf-next-7.2 2026-06-17 09:18:14 +01:00
futex Locking updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:21:14 +05:30
gcov Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
irq Locking updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:21:14 +05:30
kcsan kcsan: test: Adjust "expect" allocation type for kmalloc_obj 2026-02-26 09:54:08 -08:00
livepatch Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
liveupdate kho: fix order calculation for kho_unpreserve_pages() 2026-05-26 11:01:49 +03:00
locking Scheduler updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:50:18 +05:30
module module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() 2026-06-04 16:37:32 +00:00
power Merge branches 'pm-sleep', 'pm-powercap' and 'pm-tools' 2026-06-11 21:42:36 +02:00
printk Merge branch 'rework/prb-fixes' into for-linus 2026-04-20 13:42:01 +02:00
rcu Updates for the NOHZ subsystem: 2026-06-15 13:48:52 +05:30
sched sched_ext: Changes for v7.2 2026-06-17 12:10:11 +01:00
time A series of updates for the VDSO: 2026-06-15 13:57:13 +05:30
trace bpf-next-7.2 2026-06-17 09:18:14 +01:00
unwind Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
.gitignore kheaders: rebuild kheaders_data.tar.xz when a file is modified within a minute 2025-06-24 20:30:37 +09:00
acct.c fs: move SB_I_USERNS_VISIBLE to FS_USERNS_MOUNT_RESTRICTED 2026-05-11 23:13:01 +02:00
async.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: widen ino fields to u64 2026-03-06 14:31:26 +01:00
audit_tree.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_watch.c audit: widen ino fields to u64 2026-03-06 14:31:26 +01:00
audit.c audit: enforce AUDIT_LOCKED for AUDIT_TRIM and AUDIT_MAKE_EQUIV 2026-05-12 16:10:38 -04:00
audit.h audit: widen ino fields to u64 2026-03-06 14:31:26 +01:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix coding style issues 2026-03-05 22:16:08 -05:00
auditsc.c audit: fix incorrect inheritable capability in CAPSET records 2026-05-12 16:05:57 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c x86/asm: Remove ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL usage 2025-12-03 16:53:19 +01:00
capability.c capability: Remove unused has_capability 2025-03-07 22:03:09 -06:00
cfi.c cfi: Move BPF CFI types and helpers to generic code 2025-07-31 18:23:53 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Remove rcu_task_trace_heavyweight_{enter,exit}() 2026-01-01 16:39:46 +08:00
cpu_pm.c syscore: Pass context data to callbacks 2025-11-14 10:01:52 +01:00
cpu.c driver core: Replace dev->offline + ->offline_disabled with accessors 2026-04-26 23:51:02 +02:00
crash_core_test.c crash: add KUnit tests for crash_exclude_mem_range 2025-09-13 17:32:55 -07:00
crash_core.c kernel/crash: remove inclusion of crypto/sha1.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump/dm-crypt: don't print in arch-specific code 2026-04-02 23:36:24 -07:00
crash_reserve.c kernel/crash: remove inclusion of crypto/sha1.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
cred.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
delayacct.c delayacct: fix uapi timespec64 definition 2026-02-08 00:13:32 -08:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c
exec_domain.c
exec_state.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
exit.c Scheduler updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:50:18 +05:30
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
fork.c Scheduler updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:50:18 +05:30
freezer.c freezer: Clarify that only cgroup1 freezer uses PM freezer 2025-10-30 20:10:27 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: make it possible to override TAR 2025-08-06 10:23:36 +09:00
groups.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: explicitly report I/O wait state in log output 2026-03-27 21:19:40 -07:00
iomem.c mm/memremap: Pass down MEMREMAP_* flags to arch_memremap_wb() 2025-02-21 15:05:38 +01:00
irq_work.c irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT 2026-05-11 16:28:04 +02:00
jump_label.c jump_label: use ATOMIC_INIT() for initialization of .enabled 2026-03-16 13:16:48 +01:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Get rid of kallsyms relative base 2026-01-22 15:58:22 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
kcmp.c kcmp: improve performance adding an unlikely hint to task comparisons 2025-02-21 10:25:33 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz kernel: Fix "select" wording on HZ_250 description 2025-02-21 09:20:30 +01:00
Kconfig.kexec liveupdate: kho: move to kernel/liveupdate 2025-11-27 14:24:33 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt sched: Further restrict the preemption modes 2026-01-08 12:43:57 +01:00
kcov.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kexec_core.c kernel/kexec: remove inclusion of crypto/hash.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
kexec_elf.c kexec: initialize ELF lowest address to ULONG_MAX 2025-03-16 22:30:47 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec: derive purgatory entry from symbol 2026-01-31 16:16:07 -08:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: enable CMA based contiguous allocation 2025-08-02 12:01:38 -07:00
kexec.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kheaders.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace() 2026-03-13 23:15:26 +09:00
kstack_erase.c sysctl: remove __user qualifier from stack_erasing_sysctl buffer argument 2025-11-27 15:44:53 +01:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier 2026-04-03 19:39:52 +02:00
kthread.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
latencytop.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
Makefile exec: introduce struct task_exec_state 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
module_signature.c module: Give 'enum pkey_id_type' a more specific name 2026-03-24 21:42:37 +00:00
notifier.c
nscommon.c nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls 2026-02-27 22:00:08 +01:00
nsproxy.c vfs-7.1-rc1.mount.v2 2026-04-14 19:59:25 -07:00
nstree.c nstree: tighten permission checks for listing 2026-02-27 22:00:11 +01:00
padata.c padata: Put CPU offline callback in ONLINE section to allow failure 2026-03-22 11:17:59 +09:00
panic.c bug/kunit: Core support for suppressing warning backtraces 2026-05-14 10:50:00 -06:00
params.c kernel: param: initialize module_kset in a pure_initcall 2026-06-08 23:27:56 +02:00
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: allow opening pid_for_children before init was created 2026-03-20 14:44:26 +01:00
pid_sysctl.h treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
pid.c pidfd: refuse access to tasks that have started exiting harder 2026-05-19 08:57:47 +02:00
profile.c
ptrace.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
regset.c
relay.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource_kunit.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource.c PCI: Align head space better 2026-03-27 10:19:08 -05:00
rseq.c rseq: Reenable performance optimizations conditionally 2026-05-06 17:40:27 +02:00
scftorture.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
scs.c scs: fix a wrong parameter in __scs_magic 2025-11-12 10:00:13 -08:00
seccomp.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
signal.c signal: clear JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK for caller in zap_other_threads() 2026-05-22 15:19:31 +02:00
smp.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
smpboot.c sched/smp: Use the SMP version of idle_thread_set_boot_cpu() 2025-06-13 08:47:20 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Prepare for deferred hrtimer rearming 2026-02-27 16:40:13 +01:00
stacktrace.c
static_call_inline.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c sched: Simplify ifdeffery around cpu_smt_mask 2026-05-19 12:17:37 +02:00
sys_ni.c rseq: Implement sys_rseq_slice_yield() 2026-01-22 11:11:17 +01:00
sys.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
sysctl-test.c sysctl: move u8 register test to lib/test_sysctl.c 2025-04-14 14:13:41 +02:00
sysctl.c sysctl: fix uninitialized variable in proc_do_large_bitmap 2026-03-26 09:32:19 +01:00
task_work.c task_work: Fix NMI race condition 2025-10-29 10:29:54 +01:00
taskstats.c taskstats: set version in TGID exit notifications 2026-04-15 02:15:02 -07:00
torture.c torture: Add torture_sched_set_normal() for user-specified nice values 2026-05-24 09:38:47 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func() 2026-04-14 05:17:02 -04:00
tsacct.c tsacct: skip all kernel threads 2026-01-26 19:07:13 -08:00
ucount.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq 2026-05-07 11:30:08 -10:00
up.c
user_namespace.c Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c ns: drop custom reference count initialization for initial namespaces 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
utsname.c namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
vhost_task.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
vmcore_info.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-04-16 20:11:56 -07:00
watch_queue.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: improve buddy system detection timeliness 2026-03-27 21:19:47 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/hardlockup: simplify perf event probe and remove per-cpu dependency 2026-02-08 00:13:35 -08:00
watchdog.c watchdog/hardlockup: improve buddy system detection timeliness 2026-03-27 21:19:47 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Show in-flight work item duration in stall diagnostics 2026-03-05 07:27:48 -10:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Changes for v7.2 2026-06-17 11:57:44 +01:00