[PATCH sched_ext/for-7.3 29/32] sched_ext: Replay ecaps notifications suppressed by bypass

From: Tejun Heo

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 04:19:50 EST


scx_process_sync_ecaps() consumes ecaps syncs while the sched is bypassing
without delivering ops.sub_ecaps_updated(), leaving reported_ecaps stale.
Nothing re-queued a sync when bypass lifted, so a cid whose caps never
change again would never be notified. Attach-time initial grants hit this
every time: they are consumed during the enable bypass window, so a sched
never learned its initial effective caps through the callback.

Re-queue a sync for every (sched, cpu) with an undelivered delta at the
per-cpu bypass exit in scx_bypass(), next to the idle renotify catch-up. The
next balance on the cpu then delivers the pending delta with proper dispatch
context.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 4 +++-
kernel/sched/ext/sub.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sched/ext/sub.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index bd934928d31d..4c5c80393c2d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -5597,8 +5597,10 @@ void scx_bypass(struct scx_sched *sch, bool bypass)
pcpu->flags |= SCX_SCHED_PCPU_BYPASSING;
} else {
pcpu->flags &= ~SCX_SCHED_PCPU_BYPASSING;
- if (was_bypassing)
+ if (was_bypassing) {
unbypass_renotify_idle(rq, pos, pcpu);
+ scx_unbypass_replay_ecaps(rq, pos);
+ }
}
}

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
index 90caf76db8bf..15edcf4f81ee 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
@@ -550,6 +550,41 @@ void scx_process_sync_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
scx_schedule_reenq_local(rq, SCX_REENQ_CAP_REVOKE);
}

+/**
+ * scx_unbypass_replay_ecaps - Replay a bypass-suppressed ecaps notification
+ * @rq: rq of the cpu leaving bypass
+ * @sch: scheduler that just left bypass on @rq's cpu
+ *
+ * scx_process_sync_ecaps() consumes syncs while bypassing without delivering
+ * ops.sub_ecaps_updated(), leaving reported_ecaps stale. Nothing re-queues a
+ * sync when bypass lifts, so without a replay a cid that never changes again
+ * would never be notified. The attach-time initial grants are the acute case
+ * as they are consumed during the enable bypass window. Re-queue a sync for
+ * any undelivered delta so the next balance delivers it.
+ */
+void scx_unbypass_replay_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct scx_sched *sch)
+{
+ s32 cpu = cpu_of(rq);
+ struct scx_sched_pcpu *pcpu = per_cpu_ptr(sch->pcpu, cpu);
+ struct scx_pshard *ps;
+ s32 cid;
+
+ lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
+
+ /* root holds every cap and never uses ecaps */
+ if (!sch->level)
+ return;
+
+ if (READ_ONCE(pcpu->ecaps) == pcpu->reported_ecaps)
+ return;
+
+ cid = __scx_cpu_to_cid(cpu);
+ ps = sch->pshard[scx_cid_to_shard[cid]];
+
+ guard(raw_spinlock)(&ps->lock);
+ queue_sync_ecaps(sch, cid);
+}
+
/*
* A cpu came back. Re-seed each sub-sched's ecaps on the cpu's cid. The sync
* recomputes effective caps from the pshard and fires ops.sub_ecaps_updated()
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.h b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.h
index 9f74c142b73f..dd33472fadd4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ void scx_free_pshards(struct scx_sched *sch);
s32 scx_alloc_pshards(struct scx_sched *sch);
void scx_init_root_caps(struct scx_sched *sch);
void scx_process_sync_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev);
+void scx_unbypass_replay_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct scx_sched *sch);
void scx_online_ecaps(struct rq *rq);
void scx_offline_ecaps(struct rq *rq);
void scx_discard_ecaps_to_sync(s32 cpu, struct scx_sched_pcpu *pcpu);
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ static inline void scx_free_pshards(struct scx_sched *sch) {}
static inline s32 scx_alloc_pshards(struct scx_sched *sch) { return 0; }
static inline void scx_init_root_caps(struct scx_sched *sch) {}
static inline void scx_process_sync_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev) {}
+static inline void scx_unbypass_replay_ecaps(struct rq *rq, struct scx_sched *sch) {}
static inline void scx_online_ecaps(struct rq *rq) {}
static inline void scx_offline_ecaps(struct rq *rq) {}
static inline void scx_discard_ecaps_to_sync(s32 cpu, struct scx_sched_pcpu *pcpu) {}
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