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sched_ext: Fix pick_task_scx() picking non-queued tasks when it's called without balance()
a6250aa ("sched_ext: Handle cases where pick_task_scx() is called without preceding balance_scx()") added a workaround to handle the cases where pick_task_scx() is called without prececing balance_scx() which is due to a fair class bug where pick_taks_fair() may return NULL after a true return from balance_fair(). The workaround detects when pick_task_scx() is called without preceding balance_scx() and emulates SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP and triggers kicking to avoid stalling. Unfortunately, the workaround code was testing whether @Prev was on SCX to decide whether to keep the task running. This is incorrect as the task may be on SCX but no longer runnable. This could lead to a non-runnable task to be returned from pick_task_scx() which cause interesting confusions and failures. e.g. A common failure mode is the task ending up with (!on_rq && on_cpu) state which can cause potential wakers to busy loop, which can easily lead to deadlocks. Fix it by testing whether @Prev has SCX_TASK_QUEUED set. This makes @prev_on_scx only used in one place. Open code the usage and improve the comment while at it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Pat Cody <patcody@meta.com> Fixes: a6250aa ("sched_ext: Handle cases where pick_task_scx() is called without preceding balance_scx()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+ Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
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kernel/sched/ext.c

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@@ -3117,7 +3117,6 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_task_scx(struct rq *rq)
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{
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struct task_struct *prev = rq->curr;
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struct task_struct *p;
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bool prev_on_scx = prev->sched_class == &ext_sched_class;
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bool keep_prev = rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP;
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bool kick_idle = false;
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@@ -3137,14 +3136,18 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_task_scx(struct rq *rq)
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* if pick_task_scx() is called without preceding balance_scx().
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*/
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if (unlikely(rq->scx.flags & SCX_RQ_BAL_PENDING)) {
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if (prev_on_scx) {
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if (prev->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_QUEUED) {
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keep_prev = true;
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} else {
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keep_prev = false;
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kick_idle = true;
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}
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} else if (unlikely(keep_prev && !prev_on_scx)) {
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/* only allowed during transitions */
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} else if (unlikely(keep_prev &&
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prev->sched_class != &ext_sched_class)) {
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/*
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* Can happen while enabling as SCX_RQ_BAL_PENDING assertion is
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* conditional on scx_enabled() and may have been skipped.
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*/
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WARN_ON_ONCE(scx_ops_enable_state() == SCX_OPS_ENABLED);
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keep_prev = false;
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}

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