linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/34] sched_ext: Update p->scx.disallow warning in scx_init

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Message-ID: <20260121231140.832332-6-tj@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:11:11 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sched-ext@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: void@...ifault.com,
	andrea.righi@...ux.dev,
	changwoo@...lia.com,
	emil@...alapatis.com,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 05/34] sched_ext: Update p->scx.disallow warning in scx_init_task()

- Always trigger the warning if p->scx.disallow is set for fork inits. There
  is no reason to set it during forks.

- Flip the positions of if/else arms to ease adding error conditions.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/ext.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 213f421b00e5..e61af4b0961c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -2908,7 +2908,10 @@ static int scx_init_task(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg, bool fork
 	scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_INIT);
 
 	if (p->scx.disallow) {
-		if (!fork) {
+		if (unlikely(fork)) {
+			scx_error(sch, "ops.init_task() set task->scx.disallow for %s[%d] during fork",
+				  p->comm, p->pid);
+		} else {
 			struct rq *rq;
 			struct rq_flags rf;
 
@@ -2927,9 +2930,6 @@ static int scx_init_task(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg, bool fork
 			}
 
 			task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
-		} else if (p->policy == SCHED_EXT) {
-			scx_error(sch, "ops.init_task() set task->scx.disallow for %s[%d] during fork",
-				  p->comm, p->pid);
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
2.52.0