Re: [PATCH 3/3] sched_ext: Allow scx_bpf_reenqueue_local() to be called from anywhere
From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Oct 27 2025 - 14:05:51 EST
On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 06:49:53PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > That's what I thought too and the gap between balance() and pick_task() can
> > be closed that way. However, while plugging that, I realized there's another
> > bigger gap between ttwu() and pick_task() because ttwu() can directly
> > dispatch a task into the local DSQ of a CPU. That one, there's no way to
> > close without a global hook.
>
> This would've been prime Changelog material. As is the Changelog was so
> vague I wasn't even sure it was that particular problem.
>
> Please update the changelog to be clearer.
Oh yeah, good point.
> Also, why is this patch already in a pull request to Linus? what's the
> hurry.
Hmmm? It shouldn't be. Let me check again. No, it isn't. What are you
looking at?
Thanks.
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tejun