[PATCH sched_ext/for-7.1-fixes] sched_ext: Reset dsq_vtime and slice when a task leaves SCX

From: Andrea Righi

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 09:49:31 EST


When a task switches out of the sched_ext class, p->scx.dsq_vtime and
p->scx.slice keep whatever values they last held. On enable, slice is
reset to slice_dfl, but dsq_vtime is owned by the BPF scheduler and is
never cleared by the core, so a task that leaves SCX and later returns
carries a stale dsq_vtime across the round-trip.

The stale values are also visible to other SCX schedulers if they
inspects the scx fields of non-SCX tasks.

Zero dsq_vtime and slice in switched_from_scx() after scx_disable_task()
so the fields are reset to the same baseline a freshly forked task has.
The reset is done after the disable callback so the BPF scheduler can
still observe the task's final values.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 8e88a25bc602f..915d5ece5d277 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -3942,10 +3942,11 @@ static void switched_from_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
* scx_disable_task() would WARN on the non-%ENABLED state and trigger a
* NONE -> READY validation failure.
*/
- if (scx_get_task_state(p) == SCX_TASK_NONE)
- return;
+ if (scx_get_task_state(p) != SCX_TASK_NONE)
+ scx_disable_task(scx_task_sched(p), p);

- scx_disable_task(scx_task_sched(p), p);
+ p->scx.dsq_vtime = 0;
+ p->scx.slice = 0;
}

static void switched_to_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) {}
--
2.54.0