From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,
	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7.1 015/271] sched_ext: Dont enable non-ext tasks in the sub-sched task loops
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:29:00 +0200
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7.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 5cdc928598095b2c7d5f265e5f21eadd1634bfbe ]

Root enable and scx_post_fork() enable a task only if it's on the ext class.
Tasks on other classes, possible under an SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL root, are
left READY and enabled by switching_to_scx() when they switch over. The sub
enable-commit pass and the sub-disable re-home loop enable unconditionally,
so a fair-class READY task in the subtree becomes ENABLED while not on
sched_ext. A later switch to SCHED_EXT then trips the task state validation
WARN (ENABLED with the previous state not READY) and calls ops.enable() a
second time.

Gate scx_enable_task() on the task's class in both loops.

Fixes: 337ec00b1d9c ("sched_ext: Implement cgroup sub-sched enabling and disabling")
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/ext.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index a8c4f665d173c..40df1be44a6d5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -5874,15 +5874,22 @@ static void scx_sub_disable(struct scx_sched *sch)
 			/*
 			 * $p is initialized for $parent and still attached to
 			 * @sch. Disable and exit for @sch, switch over to
-			 * $parent, override the state to READY to account for
-			 * $p having already been initialized, and then enable.
+			 * $parent and override the state to READY to account
+			 * for $p having already been initialized.
 			 */
 			scx_disable_and_exit_task(sch, p);
 			scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_INIT_BEGIN);
 			scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_INIT);
 			scx_set_task_sched(p, parent);
 			scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_READY);
-			scx_enable_task(parent, p);
+
+			/*
+			 * A task on a non-ext class, possible under an
+			 * %SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL root, stays READY and is
+			 * enabled by switching_to_scx() if it switches over.
+			 */
+			if (p->sched_class == &ext_sched_class)
+				scx_enable_task(parent, p);
 		}
 
 		task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
@@ -7377,10 +7384,14 @@ static void scx_sub_enable_workfn(struct kthread_work *work)
 
 			/*
 			 * $p is now only initialized for @sch and READY, which
-			 * is what we want. Assign it to @sch and enable.
+			 * is what we want. Assign it to @sch and, if it's on
+			 * the ext class, enable. A non-ext task, possible under
+			 * an %SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL root, stays READY and is
+			 * enabled by switching_to_scx() if it switches over.
 			 */
 			scx_set_task_sched(p, sch);
-			scx_enable_task(sch, p);
+			if (p->sched_class == &ext_sched_class)
+				scx_enable_task(sch, p);
 
 			p->scx.flags &= ~SCX_TASK_SUB_INIT;
 		}
-- 
2.53.0