[PATCH 16/36] sched_ext: Allow BPF schedulers to disallow specific tasks from joining SCHED_EXT

[Tejun Heo]

BPF schedulers might not want to schedule certain tasks - e.g. kernel
threads. This patch adds p->scx.disallow which can be set by BPF schedulers
in such cases. The field can be changed anytime and setting it in
ops.prep_enable() guarantees that the task can never be scheduled by
sched_ext.

scx_qmap is updated with the -d option to disallow a specific PID:

  # echo $$
  1092
  # egrep '(policy)|(ext\.enabled)' /proc/self/sched
  policy                                       :                    0
  ext.enabled                                  :                    0
  # ./set-scx 1092
  # egrep '(policy)|(ext\.enabled)' /proc/self/sched
  policy                                       :                    7
  ext.enabled                                  :                    0

Run "scx_qmap -d 1092" in another terminal.

  # grep rejected /sys/kernel/debug/sched/ext
  nr_rejected                   : 1
  # egrep '(policy)|(ext\.enabled)' /proc/self/sched
  policy                                       :                    0
  ext.enabled                                  :                    0
  # ./set-scx 1092
  setparam failed for 1092 (Permission denied)

* v2: Use atomic_long_t instead of atomic64_t for scx_kick_cpus_pnt_seqs to
  accommodate 32bit archs.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Vernet <dvernet@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Josh Don <joshdon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/sched/ext.h      | 12 ++++++++++
 kernel/sched/core.c            |  4 ++++
 kernel/sched/ext.c             | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/sched/ext.h             |  3 +++
 tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c |  4 ++++
 tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c     |  8 ++++++-
 6 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/ext.h b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
index ec85415431d9..9d41acaf89c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/ext.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
@@ -411,6 +411,18 @@ struct sched_ext_entity {
 	 */
 	u64			slice;
 
+	/*
+	 * If set, reject future sched_setscheduler(2) calls updating the policy
+	 * to %SCHED_EXT with -%EACCES.
+	 *
+	 * If set from ops.prep_enable() and the task's policy is already
+	 * %SCHED_EXT, which can happen while the BPF scheduler is being loaded
+	 * or by inhering the parent's policy during fork, the task's policy is
+	 * rejected and forcefully reverted to %SCHED_NORMAL. The number of such
+	 * events are reported through /sys/kernel/debug/sched_ext::nr_rejected.
+	 */
+	bool			disallow;	/* reject switching into SCX */
+
 	/* cold fields */
 	struct list_head	tasks_node;
 };
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c2ce0e8ac407..6b8883fedf33 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7809,6 +7809,10 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	retval = scx_check_setscheduler(p, policy);
+	if (retval)
+		goto unlock;
+
 	/*
 	 * If not changing anything there's no need to proceed further,
 	 * but store a possible modification of reset_on_fork.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 37a0f9c148d9..025b6103b87d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ struct static_key_false scx_has_op[SCX_NR_ONLINE_OPS] =
 static atomic_t scx_exit_kind = ATOMIC_INIT(SCX_EXIT_DONE);
 static struct scx_exit_info scx_exit_info;
 
+static atomic_long_t scx_nr_rejected = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0);
+
 /*
  * The maximum amount of time in jiffies that a task may be runnable without
  * being scheduled on a CPU. If this timeout is exceeded, it will trigger
@@ -1725,6 +1727,8 @@ static int scx_ops_prepare_task(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_OPS_PREPPED);
 
+	p->scx.disallow = false;
+
 	if (SCX_HAS_OP(prep_enable)) {
 		struct scx_enable_args args = { };
 
@@ -1735,6 +1739,27 @@ static int scx_ops_prepare_task(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (p->scx.disallow) {
+		struct rq *rq;
+		struct rq_flags rf;
+
+		rq = task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
+
+		/*
+		 * We're either in fork or load path and @p->policy will be
+		 * applied right after. Reverting @p->policy here and rejecting
+		 * %SCHED_EXT transitions from scx_check_setscheduler()
+		 * guarantees that if ops.prep_enable() sets @p->disallow, @p
+		 * can never be in SCX.
+		 */
+		if (p->policy == SCHED_EXT) {
+			p->policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
+			atomic_long_inc(&scx_nr_rejected);
+		}
+
+		task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
+	}
+
 	p->scx.flags |= (SCX_TASK_OPS_PREPPED | SCX_TASK_WATCHDOG_RESET);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1896,6 +1921,18 @@ static void switching_to_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 static void wakeup_preempt_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,int wake_flags) {}
 static void switched_to_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) {}
 
+int scx_check_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_rq_held(task_rq(p));
+
+	/* if disallow, reject transitioning into SCX */
+	if (scx_enabled() && READ_ONCE(p->scx.disallow) &&
+	    p->policy != policy && policy == SCHED_EXT)
+		return -EACCES;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Omitted operations:
  *
@@ -2333,6 +2370,8 @@ static int scx_ops_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
 	atomic_set(&scx_exit_kind, SCX_EXIT_NONE);
 	scx_warned_zero_slice = false;
 
+	atomic_long_set(&scx_nr_rejected, 0);
+
 	/*
 	 * Keep CPUs stable during enable so that the BPF scheduler can track
 	 * online CPUs by watching ->on/offline_cpu() after ->init().
@@ -2521,6 +2560,8 @@ static int scx_debug_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %ld\n", "enabled", scx_enabled());
 	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %s\n", "enable_state",
 		   scx_ops_enable_state_str[scx_ops_enable_state()]);
+	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %lu\n", "nr_rejected",
+		   atomic_long_read(&scx_nr_rejected));
 	mutex_unlock(&scx_ops_enable_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2574,6 +2615,9 @@ static int bpf_scx_btf_struct_access(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,
 		if (off >= offsetof(struct task_struct, scx.slice) &&
 		    off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.slice))
 			return SCALAR_VALUE;
+		if (off >= offsetof(struct task_struct, scx.disallow) &&
+		    off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.disallow))
+			return SCALAR_VALUE;
 	}
 
 	return -EACCES;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.h b/kernel/sched/ext.h
index c4da4e2838fd..bd283ee54da7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ void scx_pre_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 int scx_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 void scx_post_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 void scx_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p);
+int scx_check_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy);
 void init_sched_ext_class(void);
 
 __printf(2, 3) void scx_ops_error_kind(enum scx_exit_kind kind,
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ static inline void scx_pre_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline int scx_fork(struct task_struct *p) { return 0; }
 static inline void scx_post_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void scx_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline int scx_check_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
+					 int policy) { return 0; }
 static inline void init_sched_ext_class(void) {}
 static inline void scx_notify_sched_tick(void) {}
 
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
index a1bdb5774a63..d0bc67095062 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
 const volatile u64 slice_ns = SCX_SLICE_DFL;
 const volatile u32 stall_user_nth;
 const volatile u32 stall_kernel_nth;
+const volatile s32 disallow_tgid;
 
 u32 test_error_cnt;
 
@@ -224,6 +225,9 @@ void BPF_STRUCT_OPS(qmap_dispatch, s32 cpu, struct task_struct *prev)
 s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS(qmap_prep_enable, struct task_struct *p,
 		   struct scx_enable_args *args)
 {
+	if (p->tgid == disallow_tgid)
+		p->scx.disallow = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * @p is new. Let's ensure that its task_ctx is available. We can sleep
 	 * in this function and the following will automatically use GFP_KERNEL.
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c
index 711827b38578..6002cef833ab 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ const char help_fmt[] =
 "\n"
 "See the top-level comment in .bpf.c for more details.\n"
 "\n"
-"Usage: %s [-s SLICE_US] [-e COUNT] [-t COUNT] [-T COUNT]\n"
+"Usage: %s [-s SLICE_US] [-e COUNT] [-t COUNT] [-T COUNT] [-d PID]\n"
 "\n"
 "  -s SLICE_US   Override slice duration\n"
 "  -e COUNT      Trigger scx_bpf_error() after COUNT enqueues\n"
 "  -t COUNT      Stall every COUNT'th user thread\n"
 "  -T COUNT      Stall every COUNT'th kernel thread\n"
+"  -d PID        Disallow a process from switching into SCHED_EXT (-1 for self)\n"
 "  -h            Display this help and exit\n";
 
 static volatile int exit_req;
@@ -61,6 +62,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'T':
 			skel->rodata->stall_kernel_nth = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
 			break;
+		case 'd':
+			skel->rodata->disallow_tgid = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
+			if (skel->rodata->disallow_tgid < 0)
+				skel->rodata->disallow_tgid = getpid();
+			break;
 		default:
 			fprintf(stderr, help_fmt, basename(argv[0]));
 			return opt != 'h';
-- 
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