Re: [PATCH v2] sched_ext: pass the initial cpu.idle state in scx_cgroup_init_args

From: Tejun Heo

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 12:55:05 EST


Hello, Tao.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 10:28:16PM +0800, Tao Cui wrote:
> +
> + /* whether the cgroup is configured idle via cpu.idle */
> + bool idle;

In sched_ext, a bare "idle" reads as CPU idle state (ops.update_idle(),
idle cpumasks, scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu()). cpu.idle is the cgroup analog
of the SCHED_IDLE policy, so please name the field sched_idle instead.
Renaming tg->scx.idle to match would be nice too.

Thanks.

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tejun