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sched_ext: Don't kick CPUs running higher classes
authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:25:45 +0000 (09:25 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:57:45 +0000 (16:57 +0100)
commit664e78f2d4ec3ea09c96ec96c0992b2f910979bb
tree1a582b8c347ed96dfa4b85d65988405081568d24
parentedb9fab1b78c67b43e21189cf12fccab121c881d
sched_ext: Don't kick CPUs running higher classes

commit a9c1fbbd6dadbaa38c157a07d5d11005460b86b9 upstream.

When a sched_ext scheduler tries to kick a CPU, the CPU may be running a
higher class task. sched_ext has no control over such CPUs. A sched_ext
scheduler couldn't have expected to get access to the CPU after kicking it
anyway. Skip kicking when the target CPU is running a higher class.

Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernel/sched/ext.c