[PATCH 1/2] sched: restore timer_slack_ns when resetting RT policy on fork
From: Guanyou.Chen
Date: Thu May 21 2026 - 03:37:34 EST
Commit ed4fb6d7ef68 ("hrtimer: Use and report correct timerslack values
for realtime tasks") sets timer_slack_ns to 0 for RT tasks in
__setscheduler_params(). However, when an RT task with SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK
creates child threads, the children inherit timer_slack_ns=0 from the
parent. sched_fork() resets the child's policy to SCHED_NORMAL but does
not restore timer_slack_ns, leaving the child permanently running with
zero slack.
Fix this by restoring timer_slack_ns from default_timer_slack_ns in
sched_fork() when resetting from RT/DL to NORMAL policy, matching the
existing behavior in __setscheduler_params().
Note: this fix alone requires a correct default_timer_slack_ns to be
effective. See the following patch for that fix.
Fixes: ed4fb6d7ef68 ("hrtimer: Use and report correct timerslack values for realtime tasks")
Reported-by: Qiaoting.Lin <linqiaoting@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guanyou.Chen <chenguanyou@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chunhui.Li <chunhui.li@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b7f77c165a6e..b1a241810ce0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4649,6 +4649,7 @@ int sched_fork(u64 clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
p->policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(0);
p->rt_priority = 0;
+ p->timer_slack_ns = p->default_timer_slack_ns;
} else if (PRIO_TO_NICE(p->static_prio) < 0)
p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(0);
--
2.34.1