[Patch v4 07/16] sched/cache: Fix rcu warning when accessing sd_llc domain

From: Tim Chen

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 16:36:33 EST


From: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>

rcu_dereference_all() should be used to access the
sd_llc domain under RCU protection.

This bug was reported by sashiko.

Fixes: df0d98475954 ("sched/cache: Introduce infrastructure for cache-aware load balancing")
Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 01ce646792ff..be96d80c9310 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ static void task_cache_work(struct callback_head *work)

for_each_cpu(cpu, cpus) {
/* XXX sched_cluster_active */
- struct sched_domain *sd = per_cpu(sd_llc, cpu);
+ struct sched_domain *sd = rcu_dereference_all(per_cpu(sd_llc, cpu));
unsigned long occ, m_occ = 0, a_occ = 0;
int m_cpu = -1, i;

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2.32.0