linux-kernel - [PATCH sched_ext/for-6.12] sched_ext: Make scx_rq_online() also test cpu_active() in addition to SCX_RQ

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Message-ID: <ZrPxkt57GdP6ILlA@slm.duckdns.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 12:13:38 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: David Vernet <void@...ifault.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: [PATCH sched_ext/for-6.12] sched_ext: Make scx_rq_online() also test
 cpu_active() in addition to SCX_RQ_ONLINE

scx_rq_online() currently only tests SCX_RQ_ONLINE. This isn't fully correct
- e.g. consume_dispatch_q() uses task_run_on_remote_rq() which tests
scx_rq_online() to see whether the current rq can run the task, and, if so,
calls consume_remote_task() to migrate the task to @rq. While the test
itself was done while locking @rq, @rq can be temporarily unlocked by
consume_remote_task() and nothing prevents SCX_RQ_ONLINE from going offline
before the migration takes place.

To address the issue, add cpu_active() test to scx_rq_online(). There is a
synchronize_rcu() between cpu_active() being cleared and the rq going
offline, so if an on-going scheduling operation sees cpu_active(), the
associated rq is guaranteed to not go offline until the scheduling operation
is complete.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Fixes: 60c27fb59f6c ("sched_ext: Implement sched_ext_ops.cpu_online/offline()")
---
 kernel/sched/ext.c |    9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -1818,7 +1818,14 @@ dispatch:
 
 static bool scx_rq_online(struct rq *rq)
 {
-	return likely(rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_ONLINE);
+	/*
+	 * Test both cpu_active() and %SCX_RQ_ONLINE. %SCX_RQ_ONLINE indicates
+	 * the online state as seen from the BPF scheduler. cpu_active() test
+	 * guarantees that, if this function returns %true, %SCX_RQ_ONLINE will
+	 * stay set until the current scheduling operation is complete even if
+	 * we aren't locking @rq.
+	 */
+	return likely((rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_ONLINE) && cpu_active(cpu_of(rq)));
 }
 
 static void do_enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, u64 enq_flags,