sched_ext: Fix starvation of scx_enable() under fair-class saturation

index 0bb8fa927e9e..deb22c8e25cd 100644
@@ -4924,20 +4924,30 @@ static int validate_ops(struct scx_sched *sch, const struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int scx_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops, struct bpf_link *link)
+/*
+ * scx_enable() is offloaded to a dedicated system-wide RT kthread to avoid
+ * starvation. During the READY -> ENABLED task switching loop, the calling
+ * thread's sched_class gets switched from fair to ext. As fair has higher
+ * priority than ext, the calling thread can be indefinitely starved under
+ * fair-class saturation, leading to a system hang.
+ */
+struct scx_enable_cmd {
+	struct kthread_work	work;
+	struct sched_ext_ops	*ops;
+	int			ret;
+};
+
+static void scx_enable_workfn(struct kthread_work *work)
 {
+	struct scx_enable_cmd *cmd =
+		container_of(work, struct scx_enable_cmd, work);
+	struct sched_ext_ops *ops = cmd->ops;
 	struct scx_sched *sch;
 	struct scx_task_iter sti;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	int i, cpu, ret;
 
-	if (!cpumask_equal(housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN),
-			   cpu_possible_mask)) {
-		pr_err("sched_ext: Not compatible with \"isolcpus=\" domain isolation\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	mutex_lock(&scx_enable_mutex);
 
 	if (scx_enable_state() != SCX_DISABLED) {

@@ -5154,13 +5164,15 @@ static int scx_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops, struct bpf_link *link)
 
 	atomic_long_inc(&scx_enable_seq);
 
-	return 0;
+	cmd->ret = 0;
+	return;
 
 err_free_ksyncs:
 	free_kick_syncs();
 err_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&scx_enable_mutex);
-	return ret;
+	cmd->ret = ret;
+	return;
 
 err_disable_unlock_all:
 	scx_cgroup_unlock();

@@ -5179,7 +5191,41 @@ static int scx_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops, struct bpf_link *link)
 	 */
 	scx_error(sch, "scx_enable() failed (%d)", ret);
 	kthread_flush_work(&sch->disable_work);
-	return 0;
+	cmd->ret = 0;
+}
+
+static int scx_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops, struct bpf_link *link)
+{
+	static struct kthread_worker *helper;
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(helper_mutex);
+	struct scx_enable_cmd cmd;
+
+	if (!cpumask_equal(housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN),
+			   cpu_possible_mask)) {
+		pr_err("sched_ext: Not compatible with \"isolcpus=\" domain isolation\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!READ_ONCE(helper)) {
+		mutex_lock(&helper_mutex);
+		if (!helper) {
+			helper = kthread_run_worker(0, "scx_enable_helper");
+			if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(helper)) {
+				helper = NULL;
+				mutex_unlock(&helper_mutex);
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
+			sched_set_fifo(helper->task);
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&helper_mutex);
+	}
+
+	kthread_init_work(&cmd.work, scx_enable_workfn);
+	cmd.ops = ops;
+
+	kthread_queue_work(READ_ONCE(helper), &cmd.work);
+	kthread_flush_work(&cmd.work);
+	return cmd.ret;
 }