[PATCH sched_ext/for-7.3-fixes] sched_ext: Wait for SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING before reenqueueing a task
From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 16:09:47 EST
ebf1ccff79c4 ("sched_ext: Fix ops.dequeue() semantics") moved the final
ops_state store in scx_dispatch_enqueue() after the DSQ unlock so that the
custody update and ops.dequeue() precede it. A task can thus be found on a
DSQ while still SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING.
The dequeue and core-sched pick paths wait for the state to clear in
ops_dequeue() but the reenqueue paths don't. A reenqueue in that window runs
ops.enqueue() and sets SCX_OPSS_QUEUED before the dispatch has completed.
The dispatcher's final store then overwrites it with SCX_OPSS_NONE and
finish_dispatch() drops every later dispatch of the task.
Wait for SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING to clear before dequeueing a task for
reenqueue, the same way ops_dequeue() does.
Fixes: ebf1ccff79c4 ("sched_ext: Fix ops.dequeue() semantics")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v7.1+
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 13 +++++++++++++
kernel/sched/ext/internal.h | 1 +
kernel/sched/ext/sub.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -4404,6 +4404,17 @@ static bool local_task_should_reenq(stru
return *reenq_flags & SCX_REENQ_ANY;
}
+/*
+ * The dispatcher stores the final ops_state after dropping the DSQ lock, so @p
+ * can be found on a DSQ while still %SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING. Reenqueueing @p
+ * before that store lands would have it clobber the new %SCX_OPSS_QUEUED.
+ */
+void scx_reenq_wait_dispatching(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ if (unlikely(atomic_long_read_acquire(&p->scx.ops_state) == SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING))
+ wait_ops_state(p, SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING);
+}
+
static u32 reenq_local(struct scx_sched *sch, struct rq *rq, u64 reenq_flags)
{
LIST_HEAD(tasks);
@@ -4447,6 +4458,7 @@ static u32 reenq_local(struct scx_sched
if (!local_task_should_reenq(rq, p, &reenq_flags, &reason))
continue;
+ scx_reenq_wait_dispatching(p);
scx_dispatch_dequeue(rq, p);
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK))
@@ -4570,6 +4582,7 @@ static void reenq_user(struct rq *rq, st
}
/* @p is on @dsq, its rq and @dsq are locked */
+ scx_reenq_wait_dispatching(p);
dispatch_dequeue_locked(p, dsq);
raw_spin_unlock(&dsq->lock);
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
@@ -2078,6 +2078,7 @@ void scx_kick_cpu(struct scx_sched *sch,
u64 __scx_bpf_now(struct rq *rq);
void schedule_dsq_reenq(struct scx_sched *sch, struct scx_dispatch_q *dsq,
u64 reenq_flags, struct rq *locked_rq);
+void scx_reenq_wait_dispatching(struct task_struct *p);
int __scx_init_task(struct scx_sched *sch, struct task_struct *p,
struct cgroup *cgrp, bool fork);
void scx_enable_task(struct scx_sched *sch, struct task_struct *p);
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ void scx_reenq_reject(struct rq *rq)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p->migration_pending))
continue;
+ scx_reenq_wait_dispatching(p);
scx_dispatch_dequeue(rq, p);
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_REENQ_REASON_MASK))