[PATCH] sched/core: Fix context analysis errors in non-preferred CPU push

From: Shrikanth Hegde

Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 12:48:03 EST


Nathan reported build failure with clang23 when CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU=y.

kernel/sched/core.c:11298:3: error: releasing raw_spinlock 'rq_lockp(rq)' that was not held [-Werror,-Wthread-safety-analysis]
11298 | rq_unlock(rq, &rf);
| ^
kernel/sched/core.c:11303:1: error: raw_spinlock 'rq_lockp(__this_rq())' is not held on every path through here [-Werror,-Wthread-safety-analysis]

context_unsafe_alias(rq) was placed after rq_lock(), by which point it had
already associated the lock with the original rq alias.

Move the alias barrier before rq_lock() so that the changing rq alias is
accounted for before acquiring the lock.

Fixes: 74699f56ebcf ("sched/core: Push current task from non preferred CPU")
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260929121838.GA1814129@ax162/
Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
base commit: tip/sched/core
1fb28c664a19 ("virt/steal_governor: Enable the driver")

kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 0bb86a43a592..23677d76f9d2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -11283,10 +11283,10 @@ static int sched_non_preferred_cpu_push_stop(void *arg)
* safely bail out.
*/
cpu = select_fallback_rq(rq->cpu, p);
+ context_unsafe_alias(rq);
rq_lock(rq, &rf);
rq->npc_push_work_pending = false;
update_rq_clock(rq);
- context_unsafe_alias(rq);

if (task_rq(p) == rq && task_on_rq_queued(p)) {
struct rq *dest_rq = __migrate_task(rq, &rf, p, cpu);
--
2.52.0