sched_ext: Documentation: improve accuracy of task lifecycle pseudo-code

* Add ops.quiescent() and ops.runnable() to the sched_change path.
  When a queued task has one of its scheduling properties changed
  (e.g. nice, affinity), it goes through dequeue() -> quiescent() ->
  (property change callback, e.g. ops.set_weight()) -> runnable() ->
  enqueue().

* Change && to || in ops.enqueue() condition. We want to enqueue tasks
  that have a non-zero slice and are not in any DSQ.

* Call ops.dispatch() and ops.dequeue() only for tasks that have had
  ops.enqueue() called. This is to account for tasks direct-dispatched
  from ops.select_cpu().

* Add a note explaining that the pseudo-code provides a simplified view
  of the task lifecycle and list some examples of cases that the
  pseudo-code does not account for.

Fixes: a4f61f0a1a ("sched_ext: Documentation: Add ops.dequeue() to task lifecycle")
Signed-off-by: Kuba Piecuch <jpiecuch@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Kuba Piecuch
2026-04-09 16:57:44 +00:00
committed by Tejun Heo
parent ff1befcb16
commit 71ba9a5cb1

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@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ for more information.
Task Lifecycle
--------------
The following pseudo-code summarizes the entire lifecycle of a task managed
by a sched_ext scheduler:
The following pseudo-code presents a rough overview of the entire lifecycle
of a task managed by a sched_ext scheduler:
.. code-block:: c
@@ -423,21 +423,26 @@ by a sched_ext scheduler:
ops.runnable(); /* Task becomes ready to run */
while (task_is_runnable(task)) {
if (task is not in a DSQ && task->scx.slice == 0) {
if (task is not in a DSQ || task->scx.slice == 0) {
ops.enqueue(); /* Task can be added to a DSQ */
/* Task property change (i.e., affinity, nice, etc.)? */
if (sched_change(task)) {
ops.dequeue(); /* Exiting BPF scheduler custody */
ops.quiescent();
/* Property change callback, e.g. ops.set_weight() */
ops.runnable();
continue;
}
/* Any usable CPU becomes available */
ops.dispatch(); /* Task is moved to a local DSQ */
ops.dequeue(); /* Exiting BPF scheduler custody */
}
/* Any usable CPU becomes available */
ops.dispatch(); /* Task is moved to a local DSQ */
ops.dequeue(); /* Exiting BPF scheduler custody */
ops.running(); /* Task starts running on its assigned CPU */
while (task_is_runnable(task) && task->scx.slice > 0) {
@@ -456,6 +461,30 @@ by a sched_ext scheduler:
ops.disable(); /* Disable BPF scheduling for the task */
ops.exit_task(); /* Task is destroyed */
Note that the above pseudo-code does not cover all possible state transitions
and edge cases, to name a few examples:
* ``ops.dispatch()`` may fail to move the task to a local DSQ due to a racing
property change on that task, in which case ``ops.dispatch()`` will be
retried.
* The task may be direct-dispatched to a local DSQ from ``ops.enqueue()``,
in which case ``ops.dispatch()`` and ``ops.dequeue()`` are skipped and we go
straight to ``ops.running()``.
* Property changes may occur at virtually any point during the task's lifecycle,
not just when the task is queued and waiting to be dispatched. For example,
changing a property of a running task will lead to the callback sequence
``ops.stopping()`` -> ``ops.quiescent()`` -> (property change callback) ->
``ops.runnable()`` -> ``ops.running()``.
* A sched_ext task can be preempted by a task from a higher-priority scheduling
class, in which case it will exit the tick-dispatch loop even though it is runnable
and has a non-zero slice.
See the "Scheduling Cycle" section for a more detailed description of how
a freshly woken up task gets on a CPU.
Where to Look
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