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SCX_KICK_WAIT is used to synchronously wait for the target CPU to complete a reschedule and can be used to implement operations like core scheduling. This used to be implemented by scx_next_task_picked() incrementing pnt_seq, which was always called when a CPU picks the next task to run, allowing SCX_KICK_WAIT to reliably wait for the target CPU to enter the scheduler and pick the next task. However, commitb999e365c2("sched_ext: Replace scx_next_task_picked() with switch_class()") replaced scx_next_task_picked() with the switch_class() callback, which is only called when switching between sched classes. This broke SCX_KICK_WAIT because pnt_seq would no longer be reliably incremented unless the previous task was SCX and the next task was not. This fix leverages commit4c95380701("sched/ext: Fold balance_scx() into pick_task_scx()") which refactored the pick path making put_prev_task_scx() the natural place to track task switches for SCX_KICK_WAIT. The fix moves pnt_seq increment to put_prev_task_scx() and also increments it in pick_task_scx() to handle cases where the same task is re-selected, whether by BPF scheduler decision or slice refill. The semantics: If the current task on the target CPU is SCX, SCX_KICK_WAIT waits until the CPU enters the scheduling path. This provides sufficient guarantee for use cases like core scheduling while keeping the operation self-contained within SCX. v2: - Also increment pnt_seq in pick_task_scx() to handle same-task re-selection (Andrea Righi). - Use smp_cond_load_acquire() for the busy-wait loop for better architecture optimization (Peter Zijlstra). Reported-by: Wen-Fang Liu <liuwenfang@honor.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/228ebd9e6ed3437996dffe15735a9caa@honor.com Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.