[PATCH sched/urgent] sched/fair: set_load_weight() must also call reweight_task() for SCHED_IDLE tasks

[Tejun Heo]

When a task's weight is being changed, set_load_weight() is called with
@update_load set. As weight changes aren't trivial for the fair class,
set_load_weight() calls fair.c::reweight_task() for fair class tasks.

However, set_load_weight() first tests task_has_idle_policy() on entry and
skips calling reweight_task() for SCHED_IDLE tasks. This is buggy as
SCHED_IDLE tasks are just fair tasks with a very low weight and they would
incorrectly skip load, vlag and position updates.

Fix it by updating reweight_task() to take struct load_weight as idle weight
can't be expressed with prio and making set_load_weight() call
reweight_task() for SCHED_IDLE tasks too when @update_load is set.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240624102331.GI31592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 9059393e4ec1 ("sched/fair: Use reweight_entity() for set_user_nice()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.15+
---
Hello,

Peter, I took the liberty to use struct load_weight instead of open coding
weight and inv_weight. As it's an obviously user visible bug, I tagged it
with the stable tag but given how long it's been broken, I'm not sure how
urgent it is, so please use your discretion. I verified that the
reweight_task() is called with the right weights on SCHED_IDLE switches.

Thanks.

 kernel/sched/core.c  |   23 ++++++++++-------------
 kernel/sched/fair.c  |    7 +++----
 kernel/sched/sched.h |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1328,27 +1328,24 @@ int tg_nop(struct task_group *tg, void *
 void set_load_weight(struct task_struct *p, bool update_load)
 {
 	int prio = p->static_prio - MAX_RT_PRIO;
-	struct load_weight *load = &p->se.load;
+	struct load_weight lw;
 
-	/*
-	 * SCHED_IDLE tasks get minimal weight:
-	 */
 	if (task_has_idle_policy(p)) {
-		load->weight = scale_load(WEIGHT_IDLEPRIO);
-		load->inv_weight = WMULT_IDLEPRIO;
-		return;
+		lw.weight = scale_load(WEIGHT_IDLEPRIO);
+		lw.inv_weight = WMULT_IDLEPRIO;
+	} else {
+		lw.weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
+		lw.inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * SCHED_OTHER tasks have to update their load when changing their
 	 * weight
 	 */
-	if (update_load && p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class) {
-		reweight_task(p, prio);
-	} else {
-		load->weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
-		load->inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
-	}
+	if (update_load && p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class)
+		reweight_task(p, &lw);
+	else
+		p->se.load = lw;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3835,15 +3835,14 @@ static void reweight_entity(struct cfs_r
 	}
 }
 
-void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, int prio)
+void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, const struct load_weight *lw)
 {
 	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
 	struct load_weight *load = &se->load;
-	unsigned long weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
 
-	reweight_entity(cfs_rq, se, weight);
-	load->inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
+	reweight_entity(cfs_rq, se, lw->weight);
+	load->inv_weight = lw->inv_weight;
 }
 
 static inline int throttled_hierarchy(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq);
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ extern void init_sched_dl_class(void);
 extern void init_sched_rt_class(void);
 extern void init_sched_fair_class(void);
 
-extern void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, int prio);
+extern void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, const struct load_weight *lw);
 
 extern void resched_curr(struct rq *rq);
 extern void resched_cpu(int cpu);