[PATCHSET sched_ext/for-6.12-fixes] sched_ext: Fix RCU and other stalls while iterating tasks during enable/disable

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Oct 09 2024 - 17:44:22 EST


The enable/disable paths walk all tasks a couple times in bypass mode. There
are a couple problems:

- Bypass mode incorrectly depends on ops.select_cpu() which must not be
trusted in bypass mode.

- scx_tasks_lock is held while walking all tasks. This can lead to RCU and
other stalls on a large heavily contended system with many tasks.

Fix the former by always using the default select_cpu() in bypass mode and
the latter by periodically dropping scx_tasks_lock while iterating tasks.

This patchset contains the following patches:

0001-Revert-sched_ext-Use-shorter-slice-while-bypassing.patch
0002-sched_ext-Start-schedulers-with-consistent-p-scx.sli.patch
0003-sched_ext-Move-scx_buildin_idle_enabled-check-to-scx.patch
0004-sched_ext-bypass-mode-shouldn-t-depend-on-ops.select.patch
0005-sched_ext-Move-scx_tasks_lock-handling-into-scx_task.patch
0006-sched_ext-Don-t-hold-scx_tasks_lock-for-too-long.patch

0001 reverts an unnecessary earlier change.

0002 makes sure that p->scx.slice is consistent on scheduler load.

0003-0004 make bypass mode always use the default select_cpu().

0005-0006 make task iteration drop scx_tasks_lock periodically.

and is also available in the following git branch:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git scx-fix-task_iter-stalls

diffstat follows. Thanks.

kernel/sched/ext.c | 183 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
1 file changed, 100 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)

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tejun