FAILED: patch "[PATCH] sched_ext: Derive SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP from the core enqueue" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x df5cdc2c832ca4e8a6d774596b9005558761a403
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026092935-grating-eloquence-e564@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From df5cdc2c832ca4e8a6d774596b9005558761a403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:24 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] sched_ext: Derive SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP from the core enqueue
flags

schedule_deferred_locked() skips scheduling a deferred action while SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP is set and relies on the task_woken_scx() call that follows a wakeup enqueue to run it. enqueue_task_scx() sets the flag from the merged enqueue flags, which include the flags stashed for a remote activation. move_remote_task_to_local_dsq() thus sets SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP on the destination rq when the moved task was woken up, although no task_woken_scx() follows that activation.

An IMMED insert into a busy destination requests a local reenqueue during that enqueue. The request gets linked but not scheduled and stays pending until an unrelated wakeup or preemption on that CPU runs the deferred actions. The IMMED task sits behind the running task in the meantime. If nothing runs them before the scheduler is disabled, the request outlives the scheduler and points into its freed per-cpu area, which the next scheduler dereferences from run_deferred().

Test the core enqueue flags for the wakeup bit. Only the core's wakeup path is followed by task_woken_scx().

index 725b890fcab9..e207ccd17164 100644
@@ -2141,7 +2141,12 @@ static void enqueue_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int core_enq_
 	int sticky_cpu = p->scx.sticky_cpu;
 	u64 enq_flags = core_enq_flags | rq->scx.remote_activate_enq_flags;
 
-	if (enq_flags & ENQUEUE_WAKEUP)
+	/*
+	 * SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP promises a task_woken_scx() call once this enqueue
+	 * returns. Only the core's wakeup path delivers one. The flags stashed
+	 * for a remote activation may carry the wakeup bit without it.
+	 */
+	if (core_enq_flags & ENQUEUE_WAKEUP)
 		rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP;
 
 	/*

From: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit df5cdc2c832ca4e8a6d774596b9005558761a403 ]

schedule_deferred_locked() skips scheduling a deferred action while SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP is set and relies on the task_woken_scx() call that follows a wakeup enqueue to run it. enqueue_task_scx() sets the flag from the merged enqueue flags, which include the flags stashed for a remote activation. move_remote_task_to_local_dsq() thus sets SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP on the destination rq when the moved task was woken up, although no task_woken_scx() follows that activation.

An IMMED insert into a busy destination requests a local reenqueue during that enqueue. The request gets linked but not scheduled and stays pending until an unrelated wakeup or preemption on that CPU runs the deferred actions. The IMMED task sits behind the running task in the meantime. If nothing runs them before the scheduler is disabled, the request outlives the scheduler and points into its freed per-cpu area, which the next scheduler dereferences from run_deferred().

Test the core enqueue flags for the wakeup bit. Only the core's wakeup path is followed by task_woken_scx().

---
 kernel/sched/ext.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index 812e0c34bb801..059675018c718 100644
@@ -1382,7 +1382,12 @@ static void enqueue_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int core_enq_
 	int sticky_cpu = p->scx.sticky_cpu;
 	u64 enq_flags = core_enq_flags | rq->scx.extra_enq_flags;
 
-	if (enq_flags & ENQUEUE_WAKEUP)
+	/*
+	 * SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP promises a task_woken_scx() call once this enqueue
+	 * returns. Only the core's wakeup path delivers one. The flags stashed
+	 * for a remote activation may carry the wakeup bit without it.
+	 */
+	if (core_enq_flags & ENQUEUE_WAKEUP)
 		rq->scx.flags |= SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP;
 
 	if (sticky_cpu >= 0)

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