[PATCH] Revert "sched/fair: Remove dead code on enqueue_task_fair()"
From: Kayra Cizmeci
Date: Thu Oct 15 2026 - 04:29:36 EST
This reverts commit 819224e506bc7c2d61ec6a58ec6e876b505abce9.
The cfs_rq->curr == se case can actually happen with CFS_BANDWIDTH,
so the removed code is needed. Document this.
Fixes: 819224e506bc ("sched/fair: Remove dead code on enqueue_task_fair()")
Reported-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/fd3f9d83-cb5b-496b-b7c1-b40f31cf795e@xxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Killing my own beast :-).
Not tested at all BTW.
kernel/sched/fair.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index b42a0ca2a69e..436270f1786a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7991,6 +7991,7 @@ enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = &rq->cfs;
unsigned long weight;
+ bool curr;
if (task_is_throttled(p) && enqueue_throttled_task(p))
return;
@@ -8019,14 +8020,25 @@ enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
if (p->in_iowait)
cpufreq_update_util(rq, SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT);
+ curr = (cfs_rq->curr == se);
+ /*
+ * This can actually happen with CFS_BANDWIDTH, a task can be throttled
+ * and dequeued, unthrottled from another CPU and then enqueued again
+ * before schedule().
+ */
+ if (curr)
+ place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags);
if (se->on_rq && se->sched_delayed)
requeue_delayed_entity(cfs_rq, se);
weight = enqueue_hierarchy(p, flags);
- reweight_eevdf(cfs_rq, se, weight, false);
- place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags | ENQUEUE_QUEUED);
- __enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se);
+
+ if (!curr) {
+ reweight_eevdf(cfs_rq, se, weight, false);
+ place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags | ENQUEUE_QUEUED);
+ __enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se);
+ }
if (!rq_h_nr_queued && rq->cfs.h_nr_queued)
dl_server_start(&rq->fair_server);
--
2.53.0