]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/stable.git/commit
sched_ext: Keep bypass on between enable failure and scx_disable_workfn()
authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Wed, 3 Sep 2025 21:33:28 +0000 (11:33 -1000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 2 Nov 2025 13:18:03 +0000 (22:18 +0900)
commit09a75f371298a7142ad2eb0af04a571d4cf57e50
tree42355f70e4760f7baddbe55377afd72e6fed81c5
parentb7d86707660cf8220fb4f3292477ae3a8ef2297e
sched_ext: Keep bypass on between enable failure and scx_disable_workfn()

[ Upstream commit 4a1d9d73aabc8f97f48c4f84f936de3b265ffd6f ]

scx_enable() turns on the bypass mode while enable is in progress. If
enabling fails, it turns off the bypass mode and then triggers scx_error().
scx_error() will trigger scx_disable_workfn() which will turn on the bypass
mode again and unload the failed scheduler.

This moves the system out of bypass mode between the enable error path and
the disable path, which is unnecessary and can be brittle - e.g. the thread
running scx_enable() may already be on the failed scheduler and can be
switched out before it triggers scx_error() leading to a stall. The watchdog
would eventually kick in, so the situation isn't critical but is still
suboptimal.

There is nothing to be gained by turning off the bypass mode between
scx_enable() failure and scx_disable_workfn(). Keep bypass on.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
kernel/sched/ext.c