[PATCH 1/2] sched/fair: Fix panic if NEXT_BUDDY enabled

From: Adam Li
Date: Sun Nov 24 2024 - 21:13:46 EST


Enabling NEXT_BUDDY may trigger warning and kernel panic:

[ 124.977300] cfs_rq->next->sched_delayed
[ 124.977310] WARNING: CPU: 51 PID: 2150 at kernel/sched/fair.c:5621 pick_task_fair+0x130/0x150
<snip>
[ 297.371198] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000051
[ 297.406112] CPU: 116 UID: 0 PID: 10328 Comm: Grizzly-worker( Tainted: G W E 6.12.0.adam+ #1
[ 297.597362] Call trace:
[ 297.599795] pick_task_fair+0x50/0x150 (P)
[ 297.603879] pick_task_fair+0x50/0x150 (L)
[ 297.607963] pick_next_task_fair+0x30/0x3c0
[ 297.612134] __pick_next_task+0x4c/0x220
[ 297.616045] pick_next_task+0x44/0x980
[ 297.619782] __schedule+0x3d0/0x628
[ 297.623259] do_task_dead+0x50/0x60
[ 297.626736] do_exit+0x28c/0x410
[ 297.629955] do_group_exit+0x3c/0xa0
[ 297.633518] get_signal+0x8c4/0x8d0
[ 297.636996] do_signal+0x9c/0x270
[ 297.640299] do_notify_resume+0xe0/0x198
[ 297.644212] el0_svc+0xf4/0x170
[ 297.647342] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x10c/0x138
[ 297.651687] el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0
[ 297.655339] Code: d503201f 1400002a aa1403e0 97ffda0b (39414401)
[ 297.661439] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[ 297.726593] Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception

Do not set next buddy if sched_delayed is set.

Signed-off-by: Adam Li <adamli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index fbdca89c677f..cd1188b7f3df 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8748,6 +8748,8 @@ static void set_next_buddy(struct sched_entity *se)
return;
if (se_is_idle(se))
return;
+ if (se->sched_delayed)
+ return;
cfs_rq_of(se)->next = se;
}
}
--
2.25.1