Re: [PATCH 4/7] sched_ext: Add a DL server for sched_ext tasks

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 01:49:38PM +0100, Andrea Righi wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 01:29:01PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:50:35PM +0100, Andrea Righi wrote:
> > 
> > > @@ -1813,6 +1813,7 @@ void dl_server_stop(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
> > >  	hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&dl_se->dl_timer);
> > >  	dl_se->dl_defer_armed = 0;
> > >  	dl_se->dl_throttled = 0;
> > > +	dl_se->dl_defer_running = 0;
> > >  	dl_se->dl_defer_idle = 0;
> > >  	dl_se->dl_server_active = 0;
> > >  }
> > 
> > This should definitely not be in this patch. Why was this added? Were
> > you trying to do the same as:
> > 
> >   ca1e8eede4fc ("sched/deadline: Fix server stopping with runnable tasks")
> > 
> 
> The problem is that if remove this, RT can completely stall EXT tasks, also
> with ca1e8eede4fc applied.

But that's not something ext specific, right? Can you pull this change
out and write a sane Changelog for it, describing the problem and so?