From 63c1a12bc0e09af7dee919c4fb4a300a719d5125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Guanyou.Chen" Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 21:09:59 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] sched: restore timer_slack_ns when resetting RT policy on fork Commit ed4fb6d7ef68 ("hrtimer: Use and report correct timerslack values for realtime tasks") sets timer_slack_ns to 0 for RT tasks in __setscheduler_params(). However, when an RT task with SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK creates child threads, the children inherit timer_slack_ns=0 from the parent. sched_fork() resets the child's policy to SCHED_NORMAL but does not restore timer_slack_ns, leaving the child permanently running with zero slack. Fix this by restoring timer_slack_ns from default_timer_slack_ns in sched_fork() when resetting from RT/DL to NORMAL policy, matching the existing behavior in __setscheduler_params(). Note: this fix alone requires a correct default_timer_slack_ns to be effective. See the following patch for that fix. Fixes: ed4fb6d7ef68 ("hrtimer: Use and report correct timerslack values for realtime tasks") Reported-by: Qiaoting.Lin Signed-off-by: Guanyou.Chen Signed-off-by: Chunhui.Li Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522131000.1664983-2-chenguanyou@xiaomi.com --- kernel/sched/core.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index 5a317f62a516..2cfe8932d5db 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -4826,6 +4826,7 @@ int sched_fork(u64 clone_flags, struct task_struct *p) p->policy = SCHED_NORMAL; p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(0); p->rt_priority = 0; + p->timer_slack_ns = p->default_timer_slack_ns; } else if (PRIO_TO_NICE(p->static_prio) < 0) p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(0);