[PATCH v2] sched_ext: Honor SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED on framework-internal goto-local paths

From: zhidao su

Date: Sun Apr 19 2026 - 23:57:01 EST


SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED promises that SCX_ENQ_IMMED is set on all local
DSQ enqueues. scx_vet_enq_flags() enforces this for BPF kfunc callers
(scx_bpf_dsq_insert, scx_bpf_dsq_move_*), but the framework-internal
goto-local paths in do_enqueue_task() — PF_EXITING, migration-disabled,
and !scx_rq_online fallbacks — bypass scx_vet_enq_flags() entirely.

When a scheduler sets SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED, tasks hitting these
goto-local paths arrive at dispatch_enqueue() without SCX_ENQ_IMMED in
enq_flags, violating the flag's documented semantics.

This can be observed with trace_printk instrumentation at the enqueue:
label while running a multi-threaded fork-exit workload under a scheduler
with SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED:

Before (scx_simple + ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED, 2 CPUs, mmap-contention exit):
95 PF_EXITING local enqueues, 95/95 IMMED=0 ALW=1 <-- bug

After:
1030 PF_EXITING local enqueues, 1030/1030 IMMED=1 ALW=1 <-- fixed

Fix by checking SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED at the enqueue: label and
setting SCX_ENQ_IMMED when dispatching to a local DSQ. This mirrors
what scx_vet_enq_flags() does for BPF callers.

Fixes: 3229ac4a5ef5 ("sched_ext: Add SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED ops flag")
Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Resend to correct a submission error in v1 where unrelated files
were accidentally included in the patch. The code change is
identical; only kernel/sched/ext.c is modified. Apologies for
the noise.
---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 9628c64e5592..0758f5e5a8f0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -1859,7 +1859,9 @@ static void do_enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, u64 enq_flags,
* Clear persistent TASK_IMMED for fresh enqueues, see dsq_inc_nr().
* Note that exiting and migration-disabled tasks that skip
* ops.enqueue() below will lose IMMED protection unless
- * %SCX_OPS_ENQ_EXITING / %SCX_OPS_ENQ_MIGRATION_DISABLED are set.
+ * %SCX_OPS_ENQ_EXITING / %SCX_OPS_ENQ_MIGRATION_DISABLED are set,
+ * or %SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED is enabled (which re-applies IMMED
+ * at the enqueue: label below).
*/
p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_IMMED;

@@ -1949,6 +1951,17 @@ static void do_enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, u64 enq_flags,
*/
touch_core_sched(rq, p);
refill_task_slice_dfl(sch, p);
+
+ /*
+ * Honor %SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED for framework-internal local DSQ
+ * enqueues (PF_EXITING, migration-disabled, !online fallbacks).
+ * scx_vet_enq_flags() already handles this for BPF kfunc callers,
+ * but the goto-local paths above bypass it.
+ */
+ if ((sch->ops.flags & SCX_OPS_ALWAYS_ENQ_IMMED) &&
+ dsq == &rq->scx.local_dsq)
+ enq_flags |= SCX_ENQ_IMMED;
+
dispatch_enqueue(sch, rq, dsq, p, enq_flags);
}

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