Re: [PATCH sched_ext/for-6.18] sched_ext: Use cgroup_lock/unlock() to synchronize against cgroup operations
From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Sep 03 2025 - 17:49:25 EST
On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 01:39:34PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> SCX hooks into CPU cgroup controller operations and read-locks
> scx_cgroup_rwsem to exclude them while enabling and disable schedulers.
> While this works, it's unnecessarily complicated given that
> cgroup_[un]lock() are available and thus the cgroup operations can be locked
> out that way.
>
> Drop scx_cgroup_rwsem locking from the tg on/offline and cgroup [can_]attach
> operations. Instead, grab cgroup_lock() from scx_cgroup_lock(). Drop
> scx_cgroup_finish_attach() which is no longer necessary. Drop the now
> unnecessary rcu locking and css ref bumping in scx_cgroup_init() and
> scx_cgroup_exit().
>
> As scx_cgroup_set_weight/bandwidth() paths aren't protected by
> cgroup_lock(), rename scx_cgroup_rwsem to scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem and retain
> the locking there.
>
> This is overall simpler and will also allow enable/disable paths to
> synchronize against cgroup changes independent of the CPU controller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Applied to sched_ext/for-6.18.
Thanks.
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tejun