[PATCH 2/5] sched_ext: Gate local DSQ reenq on baseline cid access
From: Tejun Heo
Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 14:22:57 EST
scx_bpf_dsq_reenq() with an SCX_DSQ_LOCAL_ON target schedules deferred reenq
work on the cid's cpu, raising an IPI when the target rq isn't the locked
one. Nothing checks caps along the way, so a sub-sched holding no cap at all
on a cid can force its cpu to take IPIs and rq lock cycles at will. The
analogous scx_bpf_kick_cid() path gates delivery on SCX_CAP_BASE in
kick_one_cpu() to prevent exactly this.
Apply the same rule at the reenq scheduling point: if the calling sched
lacks SCX_CAP_BASE on the target cid, drop the reenq and count it in the new
SCX_EV_SUB_REENQ_DENIED event. The check is lockless, which is fine: a reenq
slipping through right after a revoke is harmless, and a wrong denial can't
happen - if the caller has seen its ownership of the cpu, the check sees it
too.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 12 ++++++++++++
kernel/sched/ext/internal.h | 9 ++++++++-
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 81c2d8eeae41..fd88b4d4f12a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,18 @@ void schedule_dsq_reenq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct scx_dispatch_q *dsq,
if (dsq->id == SCX_DSQ_LOCAL) {
rq = container_of(dsq, struct rq, scx.local_dsq);
+ /*
+ * A sub-sched lacking baseline access on the target cid has no
+ * business triggering IPIs. The lockless test is fine: slipping
+ * through right after a revoke is harmless and a wrong denial
+ * can't happen - if the caller has seen its ownership, so does
+ * this test.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(scx_missing_caps(sch, cpu_of(rq), SCX_CAP_BASE))) {
+ __scx_add_event(sch, SCX_EV_SUB_REENQ_DENIED, 1);
+ return;
+ }
+
struct scx_sched_pcpu *sch_pcpu = per_cpu_ptr(sch->pcpu, cpu_of(rq));
struct scx_deferred_reenq_local *drl = &sch_pcpu->deferred_reenq_local;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
index a9a853a71061..1bdf34f3fc3c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
@@ -1193,6 +1193,12 @@ struct scx_event_stats {
* kick degrades to a plain reschedule.
*/
s64 SCX_EV_SUB_PREEMPT_DENIED;
+
+ /*
+ * The number of times a local DSQ reenq was dropped because the
+ * sub-sched lacked baseline access on the target cid.
+ */
+ s64 SCX_EV_SUB_REENQ_DENIED;
};
#define SCX_EVENTS_LIST(SCX_EVENT) \
@@ -1212,7 +1218,8 @@ struct scx_event_stats {
SCX_EVENT(SCX_EV_INSERT_NOT_OWNED); \
SCX_EVENT(SCX_EV_SUB_BYPASS_DISPATCH); \
SCX_EVENT(SCX_EV_SUB_FORCED_ADMIT); \
- SCX_EVENT(SCX_EV_SUB_PREEMPT_DENIED)
+ SCX_EVENT(SCX_EV_SUB_PREEMPT_DENIED); \
+ SCX_EVENT(SCX_EV_SUB_REENQ_DENIED)
struct scx_sched;
--
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