[PATCH] sched/ext: Prevent update_locked_rq() calls with NULL rq

From: Breno Leitao
Date: Wed Jul 16 2025 - 13:38:48 EST


Avoid invoking update_locked_rq() when the runqueue (rq) pointer is NULL
in the SCX_CALL_OP and SCX_CALL_OP_RET macros.

Previously, calling update_locked_rq(NULL) with preemption enabled could
trigger the following warning:

BUG: using __this_cpu_write() in preemptible [00000000]

This happens because __this_cpu_write() is unsafe to use in preemptible
context.

rq is NULL when an ops invoked from an unlocked context. In such cases, we
don't need to store any rq, since the value should already be NULL
(unlocked). Ensure that update_locked_rq() is only called when rq is
non-NULL, preventing calling __this_cpu_write() on preemptible context.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 18853ba782bef ("sched_ext: Track currently locked rq")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.15
---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index b498d867ba21..7dd5cbcb7a06 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -1272,7 +1272,8 @@ static inline struct rq *scx_locked_rq(void)

#define SCX_CALL_OP(sch, mask, op, rq, args...) \
do { \
- update_locked_rq(rq); \
+ if (rq) \
+ update_locked_rq(rq); \
if (mask) { \
scx_kf_allow(mask); \
(sch)->ops.op(args); \
@@ -1280,14 +1281,16 @@ do { \
} else { \
(sch)->ops.op(args); \
} \
- update_locked_rq(NULL); \
+ if (rq) \
+ update_locked_rq(NULL); \
} while (0)

#define SCX_CALL_OP_RET(sch, mask, op, rq, args...) \
({ \
__typeof__((sch)->ops.op(args)) __ret; \
\
- update_locked_rq(rq); \
+ if (rq) \
+ update_locked_rq(rq); \
if (mask) { \
scx_kf_allow(mask); \
__ret = (sch)->ops.op(args); \
@@ -1295,7 +1298,8 @@ do { \
} else { \
__ret = (sch)->ops.op(args); \
} \
- update_locked_rq(NULL); \
+ if (rq) \
+ update_locked_rq(NULL); \
__ret; \
})

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