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sched_ext: Clarify CPU context for running/stopping callbacks
authorAndrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:02:05 +0000 (23:02 +0200)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:34:32 +0000 (13:34 -1000)
commit069ac9e161eb9d5bfd5a4a5bf016522353226a51
treed701fab2064903f77cd3388222c467ccc10b95b5
parentac47c272b2668cd28e22b58921f3fd2b9daae2c7
sched_ext: Clarify CPU context for running/stopping callbacks

The ops.running() and ops.stopping() callbacks can be invoked from a CPU
other than the one the task is assigned to, particularly when a task
property is changed, as both scx_next_task_scx() and dequeue_task_scx() may
run on CPUs different from the task's target CPU.

This behavior can lead to confusion or incorrect assumptions if not
properly clarified, potentially resulting in bugs (see [1]).

Therefore, update the documentation to clarify this aspect and advise
users to use scx_bpf_task_cpu() to determine the actual CPU the task
will run on or was running on.

[1] https://github.com/sched-ext/scx/pull/1728

Cc: Jake Hillion <jake@hillion.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
kernel/sched/ext.c