Early when trying to get sched_ext and proxy-exe working together,
I kept tripping over NULL ptr in put_prev_task_scx() on the line:
if (sched_class_above(&ext_sched_class, next->sched_class)) {
Which was due to put_prev_task() passes a NULL next, calling:
prev->sched_class->put_prev_task(rq, prev, NULL);
put_prev_task_scx() already guards for a NULL next in the
switch_class case, but doesn't seem to have a guard for
sched_class_above() check.
I can't say I understand why this doesn't trip usually without
proxy-exec. And in newer kernels there are way fewer
put_prev_task(), and I can't easily reproduce the issue now
even with proxy-exec.
But we still have one put_prev_task() call left in core.c that
seems like it could trip this, so I wanted to send this out for
consideration.
tj: put_prev_task() can be called with NULL @next; however, when @p is
queued, that doesn't happen, so this condition shouldn't currently be
triggerable. The connection isn't straightforward or necessarily reliable,
so add the NULL check even if it can't currently be triggered.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251206022218.1541878-1-jstultz@google.com
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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