[PATCH 2/2] sched/fair: Fix premature check of WAKEUP_PREEMPTION

From: Abel Wu
Date: Fri Feb 21 2025 - 06:13:14 EST


Idle tasks are by definition preempted by non-idle tasks whether feat
WAKEUP_PREEMPTION is enabled or not. This isn't true any longer since
commit faa42d29419d ("sched/fair: Make SCHED_IDLE entity be preempted in strict hierarchy")
which gives priority to WAKEUP_PREEMPTION, so when !FAIR_GROUP_SCHED,
SCHED_IDLE tasks do not preempt by non-idle tasks.

Fixes: faa42d29419d ("sched/fair: Make SCHED_IDLE entity be preempted in strict hierarchy")
Signed-off-by: Abel Wu <wuyun.abel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4340178f29b7..de9a2689de9c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8768,9 +8768,6 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int
if (test_tsk_need_resched(rq->curr))
return;

- if (!sched_feat(WAKEUP_PREEMPTION))
- return;
-
find_matching_se(&se, &pse);
WARN_ON_ONCE(!pse);

@@ -8783,6 +8780,9 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int
if (cse_is_idle && !pse_is_idle)
goto preempt;

+ if (!sched_feat(WAKEUP_PREEMPTION))
+ return;
+
/*
* IDLE entities do not preempt others.
*/
--
2.37.3