[PATCH v2 sched_ext/for-7.2-fixes] sched_ext: Preserve rq tracking across local DSQ dispatch

From: Andrea Righi

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 13:39:14 EST


dispatch_to_local_dsq() can run from scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local() while
ops.dispatch() has recorded the current rq. Moving a task to a local DSQ
may switch to the source or destination rq before synchronously invoking
ops.dequeue() through the following path:

SCX_CALL_OP(dispatch, rq)
ops.dispatch()
scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local()
scx_flush_dispatch_buf()
finish_dispatch()
dispatch_to_local_dsq()
scx_dispatch_enqueue()
local_dsq_post_enq()
call_task_dequeue()
SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(dequeue, locked_rq, ...)

The nested callback saves the recorded rq and restores it on return. If
dispatch_to_local_dsq() switched locks, that rq is no longer held and
update_locked_rq() can trigger the following lockdep assertion while
restoring it:

WARNING: kernel/sched/sched.h:1641 at call_task_dequeue+0x160/0x170
Call Trace:
scx_dispatch_enqueue+0x2b0/0x460
dispatch_to_local_dsq+0x138/0x230
scx_flush_dispatch_buf+0x1af/0x220
scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local___v2+0xe2/0x1c0
bpf__sched_ext_ops_dispatch+0x4b/0xa7
do_pick_task_scx+0x3b6/0x910
__pick_next_task+0x105/0x1f0
__schedule+0x3e7/0x1980

Clear the tracked rq before switching locks and restore it only after
reacquiring the original rq.

scx_dsq_move() has the same problem when it drops this_rq while
ops.dispatch() is active, so apply the same tracking treatment there too.

Fixes: 7fb39e4eb4c3 ("sched_ext: Save and restore scx_locked_rq across SCX_CALL_OP")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 7.1+
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Apply the same rq tracking fix to scx_dsq_move() (sashiko AI)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260707135854.1379730-1-arighi@xxxxxxxxxx/

kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index e75e2fd5ab7e3..872d1e1f83d14 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -2577,6 +2577,7 @@ static void dispatch_to_local_dsq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq,
struct rq *src_rq = task_rq(p);
struct rq *dst_rq = container_of(dst_dsq, struct rq, scx.local_dsq);
struct rq *locked_rq = rq;
+ struct rq *tracked_rq = scx_locked_rq();

/*
* We're synchronized against dequeue through DISPATCHING. As @p can't
@@ -2590,6 +2591,16 @@ static void dispatch_to_local_dsq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq,
return;
}

+ /*
+ * This may be called from an SCX op with @rq recorded as the currently
+ * locked rq. Clear the tracking while switching rq locks so nested
+ * callbacks don't restore an rq which isn't locked anymore.
+ */
+ if (tracked_rq) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(tracked_rq != rq);
+ update_locked_rq(NULL);
+ }
+
/*
* @p is on a possibly remote @src_rq which we need to lock to move the
* task. If dequeue is in progress, it'd be locking @src_rq and waiting
@@ -2648,6 +2659,8 @@ static void dispatch_to_local_dsq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq,
raw_spin_rq_unlock(locked_rq);
raw_spin_rq_lock(rq);
}
+ if (tracked_rq)
+ update_locked_rq(tracked_rq);
}

/**
@@ -8782,7 +8795,7 @@ static bool scx_dsq_move(struct bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern *kit,
{
struct scx_dispatch_q *src_dsq = kit->dsq, *dst_dsq;
struct scx_sched *sch;
- struct rq *this_rq, *src_rq, *locked_rq;
+ struct rq *this_rq, *src_rq, *locked_rq, *tracked_rq;
bool dispatched = false;
bool in_balance;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -8824,6 +8837,18 @@ static bool scx_dsq_move(struct bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern *kit,
this_rq = this_rq();
in_balance = this_rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_IN_BALANCE;

+ /*
+ * When called from ops.dispatch(), @this_rq is recorded as the
+ * currently locked rq. Clear the tracking while switching rq locks so
+ * nested callbacks don't restore an rq which is no longer locked.
+ */
+ tracked_rq = scx_locked_rq();
+ if (tracked_rq) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!in_balance);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(tracked_rq != this_rq);
+ update_locked_rq(NULL);
+ }
+
if (in_balance) {
if (this_rq != src_rq) {
raw_spin_rq_unlock(this_rq);
@@ -8864,6 +8889,8 @@ static bool scx_dsq_move(struct bpf_iter_scx_dsq_kern *kit,
raw_spin_rq_unlock(locked_rq);
raw_spin_rq_lock(this_rq);
}
+ if (tracked_rq)
+ update_locked_rq(tracked_rq);
} else {
raw_spin_rq_unlock_irqrestore(locked_rq, flags);
}
--
2.55.0