[PATCH 09/15] sched_ext: Generalize the reject DSQ reenqueue path

From: Andrea Righi

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 11:35:02 EST


The reject DSQ is currently specific to sub-scheduler cap failures. Its
storage and initialization depend on CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED, and the drain
path assumes every rejected task was rejected for SCX_TASK_REENQ_CAP.

Other transient placement failures need the same ability to park a task
on its source rq and return it to the owning BPF scheduler. Make the
reject DSQ unconditional and carry the reenqueue reason directly in
p->scx.flags from the rejection site.

This is a preparatory change to support proxy execution with sched_ext.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
kernel/sched/ext/sub.c | 3 +++
kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 1ad65b8051008..b43b2834141e6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -1632,11 +1632,10 @@ static void scx_dispatch_enqueue(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq,
struct scx_dispatch_q *dsq, struct task_struct *p,
u64 slice, u64 vtime, u64 enq_flags)
{
- bool is_rq_owned = false;
+ bool is_rq_owned = dsq_is_rq_owned(dsq);

if (dsq->id == SCX_DSQ_LOCAL) {
dsq = scx_resolve_local_dsq(sch, rq, p, &enq_flags);
- is_rq_owned = true;
}

WARN_ON_ONCE(p->scx.dsq || !list_empty(&p->scx.dsq_list.node));
@@ -1841,6 +1840,9 @@ void scx_dispatch_dequeue(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
}
p->scx.dsq = NULL;

+ if (dsq->id == SCX_DSQ_REJECT)
+ p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK;
+
if (!is_rq_owned)
raw_spin_unlock(&dsq->lock);
}
@@ -4582,14 +4584,14 @@ static void process_deferred_reenq_users(struct rq *rq)
}
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
/*
- * Drain @rq->scx.reject_dsq, reenqueueing each task so the BPF re-decides
- * from p->scx.reenq_reason_*.
+ * Drain @rq->scx.reject_dsq and reenqueue each task so that its owning BPF
+ * scheduler chooses placement again.
*
- * A task can be re-rejected repeatedly. The reenqueue is bounded per task in
- * scx_do_enqueue_task(), which ejects the owning sub past SCX_REENQ_MAX_REPEAT.
- * Rejection can't happen for root.
+ * A task can be re-rejected repeatedly. Reenqueues are bounded per task by
+ * SCX_REENQ_MAX_REPEAT in scx_do_enqueue_task(), which ejects the owning
+ * scheduler. The private list below prevents a task from being revisited in
+ * the same round.
*/
static void scx_reenq_reject(struct rq *rq)
{
@@ -4598,23 +4600,22 @@ static void scx_reenq_reject(struct rq *rq)

lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);

- if (!scx_has_subs() || list_empty(&rq->scx.reject_dsq.list))
+ if (list_empty(&rq->scx.reject_dsq.list))
return;

/*
- * Move to a private list so a task re-rejected by the
+ * Move tasks to a private list so a task re-rejected by
* scx_do_enqueue_task() below isn't revisited this round.
*/
list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &rq->scx.reject_dsq.list, scx.dsq_list.node) {
+ u32 reason = p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK;
+
/* migration_pending tasks should have bypassed to local DSQ */
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p->migration_pending))
- continue;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(p->migration_pending);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!reason);

scx_dispatch_dequeue(rq, p);
-
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK))
- p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK;
- p->scx.flags |= SCX_TASK_REENQ_CAP;
+ p->scx.flags |= reason;

list_add_tail(&p->scx.dsq_list.node, &tasks);
}
@@ -4627,9 +4628,6 @@ static void scx_reenq_reject(struct rq *rq)
p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK;
}
}
-#else
-static void scx_reenq_reject(struct rq *rq) {}
-#endif

static void run_deferred(struct rq *rq)
{
@@ -8687,8 +8685,8 @@ void __init init_sched_ext_class(void)

/* local_dsq's sch will be set during scx_root_enable() */
BUG_ON(scx_init_dsq(&rq->scx.local_dsq, SCX_DSQ_LOCAL, NULL));
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
BUG_ON(scx_init_dsq(&rq->scx.reject_dsq, SCX_DSQ_REJECT, NULL));
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
scx_rescue_init(rq);
#endif

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
index 2391bb0c0ecb0..a04eccd837348 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
@@ -752,6 +752,9 @@ struct scx_dispatch_q *scx_resolve_local_dsq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *r

p->scx.reenq_reason_caps = missing;
p->scx.reenq_reason_cid = cid;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK))
+ p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK;
+ p->scx.flags |= SCX_TASK_REENQ_CAP;

return &rq->scx.reject_dsq;
}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index ee3ba7b5b11f5..aa8664e189aff 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -808,8 +808,8 @@ struct scx_rq_rescue {

struct scx_rq {
struct scx_dispatch_q local_dsq;
+ struct scx_dispatch_q reject_dsq; /* staging for rejected tasks */
#ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
- struct scx_dispatch_q reject_dsq; /* staging for cap-rejected tasks */
struct scx_rq_rescue rescue;
#endif
struct list_head runnable_list; /* runnable tasks on this rq */
--
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