[PATCH v3] sched_ext: Don't warn on core-sched forced idle in put_prev_task_scx()

From: Tejun Heo

Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 18:55:57 EST


put_prev_task_scx() warns when a runnable task drops to a lower sched_class
without SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST, on the assumption that balance_one() would have
kept it running. Core scheduling breaks that: a forced-idle SMT sibling
reschedules through the core_pick fast path in pick_next_task(), which skips
pick_task_scx() and thus balance_one(), so a runnable task can drop to idle
with ENQ_LAST unset.

Gate the warning on sched_cpu_cookie_match(): a cookie mismatch means core
scheduling forced the idle, while a match (or core scheduling off) still
catches a genuine missing-ENQ_LAST drop.

v3: Gate the warning on sched_cpu_cookie_match() so it is suppressed only on
the forced-idle CPU instead of whenever core scheduling is enabled, so a
genuine missing-ENQ_LAST drop is still caught (Andrea Righi).
v2: Reworded the description (Kuba Piecuch).

Fixes: 7c65ae81ea86 ("sched_ext: Don't call put_prev_task_scx() before picking the next task")
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 3b2e13bc924b..e75e2fd5ab7e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -3090,9 +3090,14 @@ static void put_prev_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
* sched_class, %SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST must be set. Tell
* ops.enqueue() that @p is the only one available for this cpu,
* which should trigger an explicit follow-up scheduling event.
+ *
+ * Core scheduling can force this CPU idle while @p stays
+ * runnable. @p's cookie then won't match the core's, so skip
+ * the warning in that case.
*/
if (next && sched_class_above(&ext_sched_class, next->sched_class)) {
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!(sch->ops.flags & SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(sched_cpu_cookie_match(rq, p) &&
+ !(sch->ops.flags & SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST));
do_enqueue_task(rq, p, SCX_ENQ_LAST, -1);
} else {
do_enqueue_task(rq, p, 0, -1);