[PATCH sched_ext/for-7.3 05/32] sched_ext: Reject direct slice and dsq_vtime writes for cid-form schedulers

From: Tejun Heo

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 04:13:04 EST


Direct writes to p->scx.slice and p->scx.dsq_vtime bypass
scx_bpf_task_set_slice/dsq_vtime() and the authority checks they carry.
Those checks exist for sub-schedulers, which attach only through the
cid-form struct_ops, so the direct writes only need to be closed there.

Give sched_ext_ops_cid its own verifier ops that reject the two fields.
cid-form is a new interface with no legacy users, so there is no
compatibility to keep. The cpu-form keeps direct writes, and the deprecation
warning they carried is dropped.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index f4725698f5ef..4a93ed72e5aa 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -7003,6 +7003,21 @@ static bool bpf_scx_is_valid_access(int off, int size,
return btf_ctx_access(off, size, type, prog, info);
}

+/* common to both forms: only scx.disallow is writable */
+static int bpf_scx_btf_struct_access_common(const struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
+ int off, int size)
+{
+ const struct btf_type *t;
+
+ t = btf_type_by_id(reg->btf, reg->btf_id);
+ if (t == task_struct_type &&
+ off >= offsetof(struct task_struct, scx.disallow) &&
+ off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.disallow))
+ return SCALAR_VALUE;
+
+ return -EACCES;
+}
+
static int bpf_scx_btf_struct_access(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,
const struct bpf_reg_state *reg, int off,
int size)
@@ -7011,23 +7026,22 @@ static int bpf_scx_btf_struct_access(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,

t = btf_type_by_id(reg->btf, reg->btf_id);
if (t == task_struct_type) {
- /*
- * COMPAT: Will be removed in v6.23.
- */
if ((off >= offsetof(struct task_struct, scx.slice) &&
off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.slice)) ||
(off >= offsetof(struct task_struct, scx.dsq_vtime) &&
- off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.dsq_vtime))) {
- pr_warn_ratelimited("sched_ext: Writing directly to p->scx.slice/dsq_vtime is deprecated, use scx_bpf_task_set_slice/dsq_vtime()\n");
- return SCALAR_VALUE;
- }
-
- if (off >= offsetof(struct task_struct, scx.disallow) &&
- off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.disallow))
+ off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.dsq_vtime)))
return SCALAR_VALUE;
}

- return -EACCES;
+ return bpf_scx_btf_struct_access_common(reg, off, size);
+}
+
+/* cid-form rejects direct slice and dsq_vtime writes in favor of the kfuncs */
+static int bpf_scx_cid_btf_struct_access(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,
+ const struct bpf_reg_state *reg, int off,
+ int size)
+{
+ return bpf_scx_btf_struct_access_common(reg, off, size);
}

static const struct bpf_verifier_ops bpf_scx_verifier_ops = {
@@ -7036,6 +7050,12 @@ static const struct bpf_verifier_ops bpf_scx_verifier_ops = {
.btf_struct_access = bpf_scx_btf_struct_access,
};

+static const struct bpf_verifier_ops bpf_scx_cid_verifier_ops = {
+ .get_func_proto = bpf_base_func_proto,
+ .is_valid_access = bpf_scx_is_valid_access,
+ .btf_struct_access = bpf_scx_cid_btf_struct_access,
+};
+
static int bpf_scx_init_member(const struct btf_type *t,
const struct btf_member *member,
void *kdata, const void *udata)
@@ -7376,7 +7396,7 @@ static struct sched_ext_ops_cid __bpf_ops_sched_ext_ops_cid = {
* verified to match by the BUILD_BUG_ON checks in scx_init().
*/
static struct bpf_struct_ops bpf_sched_ext_ops_cid = {
- .verifier_ops = &bpf_scx_verifier_ops,
+ .verifier_ops = &bpf_scx_cid_verifier_ops,
.reg = bpf_scx_reg_cid,
.unreg = bpf_scx_unreg,
.check_member = bpf_scx_check_member,
--
2.54.0