linux-kernel - [tip: sched/core] sched/core: Add assertions to QUEUE

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Message-ID: <176569840215.498.1024118342410459931.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:46:42 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/core] sched/core: Add assertions to QUEUE_CLASS

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     47efe2ddccb1f285a02bfcf1e079f49bf7a9ccb3
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/47efe2ddccb1f285a02bfcf1e079f49bf7a9ccb3
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:56:34 +01:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:25:02 +01:00

sched/core: Add assertions to QUEUE_CLASS

Add some checks to the sched_change pattern to validate assumptions
around changing classes.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251127154725.771691954@infradead.org
---
 kernel/sched/core.c  | 13 +++++++++++++
 kernel/sched/sched.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 41ba0be..4479f7d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -10782,6 +10782,7 @@ struct sched_change_ctx *sched_change_begin(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int 
 
 	*ctx = (struct sched_change_ctx){
 		.p = p,
+		.class = p->sched_class,
 		.flags = flags,
 		.queued = task_on_rq_queued(p),
 		.running = task_current_donor(rq, p),
@@ -10812,6 +10813,11 @@ void sched_change_end(struct sched_change_ctx *ctx)
 
 	lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
 
+	/*
+	 * Changing class without *QUEUE_CLASS is bad.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(p->sched_class != ctx->class && !(ctx->flags & ENQUEUE_CLASS));
+
 	if ((ctx->flags & ENQUEUE_CLASS) && p->sched_class->switching_to)
 		p->sched_class->switching_to(rq, p);
 
@@ -10823,6 +10829,13 @@ void sched_change_end(struct sched_change_ctx *ctx)
 	if (ctx->flags & ENQUEUE_CLASS) {
 		if (p->sched_class->switched_to)
 			p->sched_class->switched_to(rq, p);
+
+		/*
+		 * If this was a degradation in class someone should have set
+		 * need_resched by now.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(sched_class_above(ctx->class, p->sched_class) &&
+			     !test_tsk_need_resched(p));
 	} else {
 		p->sched_class->prio_changed(rq, p, ctx->prio);
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 67cff7d..a40582d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -3968,6 +3968,7 @@ extern void balance_callbacks(struct rq *rq, struct balance_callback *head);
 struct sched_change_ctx {
 	u64			prio;
 	struct task_struct	*p;
+	const struct sched_class *class;
 	int			flags;
 	bool			queued;
 	bool			running;