[PATCHSET v2 sched_ext/for-7.3] sched_ext: Follow-up fixes and missing cap enforcement

From: Tejun Heo

Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 15:16:56 EST


Hello,

Follow-up fixes and enforcement holes plugged from the recent
sub-scheduler work. The first patch fixes the tools' restart loop
clobbering an exit that was requested while a restart was pending.

The rest tighten how cid-addressed operations from sub-schedulers are
handled when the caller lacks the necessary caps. Reenq to another
sched's local DSQs is now denied and counted, and a new event counts
the already-denied kicks. These checks are lockless - transient false
positives from cap rotation are harmless and false negatives can't
happen by visibility. cpuperf control moves behind a new SCX_CAP_PERF
which only the root holds by default, and scx_bpf_cidperf_set() reports
the result synchronously as its check is authoritative under the
target's rq lock.

v2: - Kernel-doc comment moved to scx_bpf_cpuperf_set() instead of being
left attached to the factored-out helper (0004, reported by
sashiko).
- The versioned scx_bpf_cidperf_set___v2() interface and the tools
compat wrapper are dropped. The cid-form interface is still under
initial development, so the signature is changed in place to
return s32 (0005).

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260724182125.985061-1-tj@xxxxxxxxxx

0001-tools-sched_ext-Don-t-restart-over-a-pending-exit-re.patch
0002-sched_ext-Gate-local-DSQ-reenq-on-baseline-cid-acces.patch
0003-sched_ext-Count-kicks-denied-for-lacking-baseline-ci.patch
0004-sched_ext-Factor-out-scx_cpuperf_set.patch
0005-sched_ext-Gate-scx_bpf_cidperf_set-behind-a-new-SCX_.patch

Based on sched_ext/for-7.3 (c509d8107026).

The patches are also available in the following git branch:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git scx-sub-cap-gates-v2

diffstat follows. Thanks.

kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
kernel/sched/ext/internal.h | 31 ++++++-
tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_central.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_cpu0.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_flatcg.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_pair.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c | 17 ++--
tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_simple.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c | 11 +--
12 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

--
tejun