[PATCH] sched_ext: Documentation: Mention scheduling class precedence
From: Christian Loehle
Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 05:35:47 EST
Mention the scheduling class precedence of fair and sched_ext to
clear up how sched_ext partial mode works.
Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
index 9e2882d937b4..100d45963781 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ in ``ops->flags``, all ``SCHED_NORMAL``, ``SCHED_BATCH``, ``SCHED_IDLE``, and
However, when the BPF scheduler is loaded and ``SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL`` is
set in ``ops->flags``, only tasks with the ``SCHED_EXT`` policy are scheduled
by sched_ext, while tasks with ``SCHED_NORMAL``, ``SCHED_BATCH`` and
-``SCHED_IDLE`` policies are scheduled by the fair-class scheduler.
+``SCHED_IDLE`` policies are scheduled by the fair-class scheduler which has
+higher sched_class precedence than ``SCHED_EXT``.
Terminating the sched_ext scheduler program, triggering `SysRq-S`, or
detection of any internal error including stalled runnable tasks aborts the
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2.34.1