[PATCH v3 03/13] sched/isolation: RCU-protect all housekeeping cpumask readers
From: Jing Wu
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 23:13:25 EST
Extend housekeeping_dereference_check() to validate all runtime-mutable
types (HK_TYPE_DOMAIN, HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE, HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ), not
only HK_TYPE_DOMAIN. Boot-only types (HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT) remain
unchecked.
Add housekeeping_cpumask_rcu() for callers that already hold an RCU
read lock. This variant uses rcu_dereference() without the lockdep
annotation, avoiding false-positive lockdep warnings in RCU read-side
critical sections.
Use READ_ONCE() consistently when testing housekeeping.flags in paths
that may race with housekeeping_update_types().
Signed-off-by: Jing Wu <realwujing@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <yuanql9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched/isolation.h | 6 +++++
kernel/sched/isolation.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/isolation.h b/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
index eecbcbe802bd0..ed6e1c6980131 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ enum hk_type {
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(housekeeping_overridden);
extern int housekeeping_any_cpu(enum hk_type type);
extern const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask(enum hk_type type);
+extern const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask_rcu(enum hk_type type);
extern bool housekeeping_enabled(enum hk_type type);
extern void housekeeping_affine(struct task_struct *t, enum hk_type type);
extern bool housekeeping_test_cpu(int cpu, enum hk_type type);
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@ static inline const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask(enum hk_type type)
return cpu_possible_mask;
}
+static inline const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask_rcu(enum hk_type type)
+{
+ return cpu_possible_mask;
+}
+
static inline bool housekeeping_enabled(enum hk_type type)
{
return false;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/isolation.c b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
index 4eca18cc5e8ce..3d5d3f12853c7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/isolation.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
@@ -121,25 +121,40 @@ bool housekeeping_enabled(enum hk_type type)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(housekeeping_enabled);
+/*
+ * Types that can change at runtime via cpuset isolated partitions.
+ * Boot-only types (DOMAIN_BOOT) are always safe to read without lockdep.
+ */
+static bool housekeeping_type_can_change(enum hk_type type)
+{
+ switch (type) {
+ case HK_TYPE_DOMAIN:
+ case HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE:
+ case HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ:
+ return true;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
static bool housekeeping_dereference_check(enum hk_type type)
{
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP) && type == HK_TYPE_DOMAIN) {
- /* Cpuset isn't even writable yet? */
- if (system_state <= SYSTEM_SCHEDULING)
- return true;
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP) || !housekeeping_type_can_change(type))
+ return true;
- /* CPU hotplug write locked, so cpuset partition can't be overwritten */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) && lockdep_is_cpus_write_held())
- return true;
+ /* Cpuset isn't even writable yet? */
+ if (system_state <= SYSTEM_SCHEDULING)
+ return true;
- /* Cpuset lock held, partitions not writable */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPUSETS) && lockdep_is_cpuset_held())
- return true;
+ /* CPU hotplug write locked, so cpuset partition can't be overwritten */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) && lockdep_is_cpus_write_held())
+ return true;
- return false;
- }
+ /* Cpuset lock held, partitions not writable */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPUSETS) && lockdep_is_cpuset_held())
+ return true;
- return true;
+ return false;
}
static inline struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask_dereference(enum hk_type type)
@@ -162,12 +177,26 @@ const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask(enum hk_type type)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(housekeeping_cpumask);
+const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask_rcu(enum hk_type type)
+{
+ const struct cpumask *mask = NULL;
+
+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&housekeeping_overridden)) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(housekeeping.flags) & BIT(type))
+ mask = rcu_dereference(housekeeping.cpumasks[type]);
+ }
+ if (!mask)
+ mask = cpu_possible_mask;
+ return mask;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(housekeeping_cpumask_rcu);
+
int housekeeping_any_cpu(enum hk_type type)
{
int cpu;
if (static_branch_unlikely(&housekeeping_overridden)) {
- if (housekeeping.flags & BIT(type)) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(housekeeping.flags) & BIT(type)) {
cpu = sched_numa_find_closest(housekeeping_cpumask(type), smp_processor_id());
if (cpu < nr_cpu_ids)
return cpu;
--
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