sched_ext, rcu: Eject BPF scheduler on RCU CPU stall panic

JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-111810

commit cb44400
Author: David Dai <david.dai@linux.dev>
Date:   Tue Jun 24 15:49:06 2025 -0700

    sched_ext, rcu: Eject BPF scheduler on RCU CPU stall panic

    For systems using a sched_ext scheduler and has panic_on_rcu_stall
    enabled, try kicking out the current scheduler before issuing a panic.

    While there are numerous reasons for RCU CPU stalls that are not
    directly attributed to the scheduler, deferring the panic gives
    sched_ext an opportunity to provide additional debug info when ejecting
    the current scheduler. Also, handling the event more gracefully allows
    us to potentially recover the system instead of incurring additional
    down time.

    Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: David Dai <david.dai@linux.dev>
    Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

Signed-off-by: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>

Author: auldp

include/linux/sched/ext.h

@@ -206,12 +206,14 @@ struct sched_ext_entity {
 void sched_ext_free(struct task_struct *p);
 void print_scx_info(const char *log_lvl, struct task_struct *p);
 void scx_softlockup(u32 dur_s);
+bool scx_rcu_cpu_stall(void);
 
 #else	/* !CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
 
 static inline void sched_ext_free(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void print_scx_info(const char *log_lvl, struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void scx_softlockup(u32 dur_s) {}
+static inline bool scx_rcu_cpu_stall(void) { return false; }
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
 

kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h

@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ static void panic_on_rcu_stall(void)
 {
 	static int cpu_stall;
 
+	/*
+	 * Attempt to kick out the BPF scheduler if it's installed and defer
+	 * the panic to give the system a chance to recover.
+	 */
+	if (scx_rcu_cpu_stall())
+		return;
+
 	if (++cpu_stall < sysctl_max_rcu_stall_to_panic)
 		return;
 

kernel/sched/ext.c

@@ -4614,6 +4614,41 @@ bool scx_allow_ttwu_queue(const struct task_struct *p)
 		p->sched_class != &ext_sched_class;
 }
 
+/**
+ * scx_rcu_cpu_stall - sched_ext RCU CPU stall handler
+ *
+ * While there are various reasons why RCU CPU stalls can occur on a system
+ * that may not be caused by the current BPF scheduler, try kicking out the
+ * current scheduler in an attempt to recover the system to a good state before
+ * issuing panics.
+ */
+bool scx_rcu_cpu_stall(void)
+{
+	struct scx_sched *sch;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	sch = rcu_dereference(scx_root);
+	if (unlikely(!sch)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	switch (scx_enable_state()) {
+	case SCX_ENABLING:
+	case SCX_ENABLED:
+		break;
+	default:
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	scx_error(sch, "RCU CPU stall detected!");
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * scx_softlockup - sched_ext softlockup handler
  * @dur_s: number of seconds of CPU stuck due to soft lockup