[tip: sched/core] Revert "sched/fair: Remove dead code on enqueue_task_fair()"

From: tip-bot2 for Kayra Cizmeci

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 04:09:09 EST


The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 0a94d0ea8d8b464ff597ae2f534dd60b64b4da0f
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/0a94d0ea8d8b464ff597ae2f534dd60b64b4da0f
Author: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:29:18 +03:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:49:04 +02:00

Revert "sched/fair: Remove dead code on enqueue_task_fair()"

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>
Signed-off-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/fd3f9d83-cb5b-496b-b7c1-b40f31cf795e@xxxxxxx/
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261015082919.4344-1-kayracizmeci@xxxxxxxxx
---
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 a90e48d..0feec17 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8156,6 +8156,7 @@ 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;
@@ -8184,14 +8185,25 @@ 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);