[PATCH 2/8] sched_ext: Factor out scx_rehome_task() and scx_punt_task()
From: Tejun Heo
Date: Sat Jul 18 2026 - 04:17:39 EST
Factor out scx_rehome_task() and scx_punt_task() from the sub-disable
re-home loop and scx_fail_parent(). The upcoming cgroup migration re-homing
also needs scx_rehome_task(). No functional changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext/sub.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
index c7f70cf877d1..5f7ac6696d17 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
@@ -758,6 +758,57 @@ void drain_descendants(struct scx_sched *sch)
wait_event(scx_unlink_waitq, list_empty(&sch->children));
}
+/**
+ * scx_rehome_task - Move a task to a sched it has been initialized for
+ * @to: sched taking over @p, @p's init on it already complete
+ * @p: task to re-home
+ *
+ * Exit @p from its current sched and switch it over to @to, overriding the
+ * state to %SCX_TASK_READY to account for the already completed init. A task
+ * on a non-ext class, possible under an %SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL root, stays
+ * %READY and is enabled by switching_to_scx() if it switches over.
+ */
+static void scx_rehome_task(struct scx_sched *to, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&p->pi_lock);
+ lockdep_assert_rq_held(task_rq(p));
+
+ scoped_guard (sched_change, p, DEQUEUE_SAVE | DEQUEUE_MOVE) {
+ scx_disable_and_exit_task(scx_task_sched(p), p);
+ scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_INIT_BEGIN);
+ scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_INIT);
+ scx_set_task_sched(p, to);
+ scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_READY);
+ if (p->sched_class == &ext_sched_class)
+ scx_enable_task(to, p);
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * scx_punt_task - Hand a task to a failed sched without initialization
+ * @to: failed and bypassed sched taking custody of @p
+ * @p: task to punt
+ *
+ * Take @p off its current sched and put it on @to at %SCX_TASK_NONE. @to is
+ * dying and its teardown will re-home @p properly.
+ *
+ * Used when @to must take over @p but failed to initialize it. Bypass keeps
+ * scheduling decisions away from @to but @p can still trigger its task ops,
+ * which may confuse the BPF side. @to is dying anyway. The exit paths skip
+ * %NONE tasks (see __scx_disable_and_exit_task() and switched_from_scx()).
+ */
+static void scx_punt_task(struct scx_sched *to, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&p->pi_lock);
+ lockdep_assert_rq_held(task_rq(p));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!READ_ONCE(to->bypass_depth));
+
+ scoped_guard (sched_change, p, DEQUEUE_SAVE | DEQUEUE_MOVE) {
+ scx_disable_and_exit_task(scx_task_sched(p), p);
+ scx_set_task_sched(p, to);
+ }
+}
+
static void scx_fail_parent(struct scx_sched *sch,
struct task_struct *failed, s32 fail_code)
{
@@ -769,9 +820,9 @@ static void scx_fail_parent(struct scx_sched *sch,
fail_code, failed->comm, failed->pid);
/*
- * Once $parent is bypassed, it's safe to put SCX_TASK_NONE tasks into
- * it. This may cause downstream failures on the BPF side but $parent is
- * dying anyway.
+ * Once $parent is bypassed, tasks can be punted into it. This may
+ * cause downstream failures on the BPF side but $parent is dying
+ * anyway.
*/
scx_bypass(parent, true);
@@ -780,10 +831,7 @@ static void scx_fail_parent(struct scx_sched *sch,
if (scx_task_on_sched(parent, p))
continue;
- scoped_guard (sched_change, p, DEQUEUE_SAVE | DEQUEUE_MOVE) {
- scx_disable_and_exit_task(sch, p);
- scx_set_task_sched(p, parent);
- }
+ scx_punt_task(parent, p);
}
scx_task_iter_stop(&sti);
}
@@ -881,27 +929,7 @@ void scx_sub_disable(struct scx_sched *sch)
continue;
}
- scoped_guard (sched_change, p, DEQUEUE_SAVE | DEQUEUE_MOVE) {
- /*
- * $p is initialized for $parent and still attached to
- * @sch. Disable and exit for @sch, switch over to
- * $parent and override the state to READY to account
- * for $p having already been initialized.
- */
- scx_disable_and_exit_task(sch, p);
- scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_INIT_BEGIN);
- scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_INIT);
- scx_set_task_sched(p, parent);
- scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_READY);
-
- /*
- * A task on a non-ext class, possible under an
- * %SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL root, stays READY and is
- * enabled by switching_to_scx() if it switches over.
- */
- if (p->sched_class == &ext_sched_class)
- scx_enable_task(parent, p);
- }
+ scx_rehome_task(parent, p);
task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
put_task_struct(p);
--
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