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Commit 111a79800aed ("tools/sched_ext: Strip compatibility macros for
cgroup and dispatch APIs") removed the compat layer for v6.12-v6.13 kfunc
renaming, but v6.12 is the current LTS kernel and will remain supported
through 2026. Restore backward compatibility so schedulers built with v6.19+
headers can run on v6.12 kernels.
The restored compat differs from the original in two ways:
1. Uses ___new/___old suffixes instead of ___compat for clarity. The new
macros check for v6.13+ names (scx_bpf_dsq_move*), fall back to v6.12
names (scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq*, scx_bpf_consume), then return safe
no-ops for missing symbols.
2. Integrates with the args-struct-packing changes added in c0d630ba347c
("sched_ext: Wrap kfunc args in struct to prepare for aux__prog").
scx_bpf_dsq_insert_vtime() now tries __scx_bpf_dsq_insert_vtime (args
struct), then scx_bpf_dsq_insert_vtime___compat (v6.13-v6.18), then
scx_bpf_dispatch_vtime___compat (pre-v6.13).
Forward compatibility is not restored - binaries built against v6.13 or
earlier headers won't run on v6.19+ kernels, as the old kfunc names are not
exported. This is acceptable since the priority is new binaries running on
older kernels.
Also add missing compat checks for ops.cgroup_set_bandwidth() (added v6.17)
and ops.cgroup_set_idle() (added v6.19). These need to be NULLed out in
userspace on older kernels.
Reported-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Acked-and-tested-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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The ops.cpu_acquire/release() callbacks miss events under multiple conditions.
There are two distinct task dispatch gaps that can cause cpu_released flag
desynchronization:
1. balance-to-pick_task gap: This is what was originally reported. balance_scx()
can enqueue a task, but during consume_remote_task() when the rq lock is
released, a higher priority task can be enqueued and ultimately picked while
cpu_released remains false. This gap is closeable via RETRY_TASK handling.
2. ttwu-to-pick_task gap: ttwu() can directly dispatch a task to a CPU's local
DSQ. By the time the sched path runs on the target CPU, higher class tasks may
already be queued. In such cases, nothing on sched_ext side will be invoked,
and the only solution would be a hook invoked regardless of sched class, which
isn't desirable.
Rather than adding invasive core hooks, BPF schedulers can use generic BPF
mechanisms like tracepoints. From SCX scheduler's perspective, this is congruent
with other mechanisms it already uses and doesn't add further friction.
The main use case for cpu_release() was calling scx_bpf_reenqueue_local() when
a CPU gets preempted by a higher priority scheduling class. However, the old
scx_bpf_reenqueue_local() could only be called from cpu_release() context.
Add a new version of scx_bpf_reenqueue_local() that can be called from any
context by deferring the actual re-enqueue operation. This eliminates the need
for cpu_acquire/release() ops entirely. Schedulers can now use standard BPF
mechanisms like the sched_switch tracepoint to detect and handle CPU preemption.
Update scx_qmap to demonstrate the new approach using sched_switch instead of
cpu_release, with compat support for older kernels. Mark cpu_acquire/release()
as deprecated. The old scx_bpf_reenqueue_local() variant will be removed in
v6.23.
Reported-by: Wen-Fang Liu <liuwenfang@honor.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/8d64c74118c6440f81bcf5a4ac6b9f00@honor.com/
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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2dbbdeda77a6 ("sched_ext: Fix scx_bpf_dsq_insert() backward binary
compatibility") renamed the new bool-returning variant to scx_bpf_dsq_insert___v2
in the kernel. However, libbpf currently only strips ___SUFFIX on the BPF side,
not on kernel symbols, so the compat wrapper couldn't match the kernel kfunc and
would always fall back to the old variant even when the new one was available.
Add an extra ___compat suffix as a workaround - libbpf strips one suffix on the
BPF side leaving ___v2, which then matches the kernel kfunc directly. In the
future when libbpf strips all suffixes on both sides, all suffixes can be
dropped.
Fixes: 2dbbdeda77a6 ("sched_ext: Fix scx_bpf_dsq_insert() backward binary compatibility")
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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cded46d97159 ("sched_ext: Make scx_bpf_dsq_insert*() return bool")
introduced a new bool-returning scx_bpf_dsq_insert() and renamed the old
void-returning version to scx_bpf_dsq_insert___compat, with the expectation
that libbpf would match old binaries to the ___compat variant, maintaining
backward binary compatibility. However, while libbpf ignores ___suffix on
the BPF side when matching symbols, it doesn't do so for kernel-side symbols.
Old binaries compiled with the original scx_bpf_dsq_insert() could no longer
resolve the symbol.
Fix by reversing the naming: Keep scx_bpf_dsq_insert() as the old
void-returning interface and add ___v2 to the new bool-returning version.
This allows old binaries to continue working while new code can use the
___v2 variant. Once libbpf is updated to ignore kernel-side ___SUFFIX, the
___v2 suffix can be dropped when the compat interface is removed.
v2: Use ___v2 instead of ___new.
Fixes: cded46d97159 ("sched_ext: Make scx_bpf_dsq_insert*() return bool")
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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The builtin DSQ queue data structures are meant to be used by a wide
range of different sched_ext schedulers with different demands on these
data structures. They might be per-cpu with low-contention, or
high-contention shared queues. Unfortunately, DSQs have a coarse-grained
lock around the whole data structure. Without going all the way to a
lock-free, more scalable implementation, a small step we can take to
reduce lock contention is to allow a lockless, small-fixed-cost peek at
the head of the queue.
This change allows certain custom SCX schedulers to cheaply peek at
queues, e.g. during load balancing, before locking them. But it
represents a few extra memory operations to update the pointer each
time the DSQ is modified, including a memory barrier on ARM so the write
appears correctly ordered.
This commit adds a first_task pointer field which is updated
atomically when the DSQ is modified, and allows any thread to peek at
the head of the queue without holding the lock.
Signed-off-by: Ryan Newton <newton@meta.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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for sub-scheduler authority checks. Add compat wrappers which fall back to
direct p->scx field writes on older kernels.
Suggested-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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In preparation for hierarchical schedulers, change scx_bpf_dsq_insert() and
scx_bpf_dsq_insert_vtime() to return bool instead of void. With
sub-schedulers, there will be no reliable way to guarantee a task is still
owned by the sub-scheduler at insertion time (e.g., the task may have been
migrated to another scheduler). The bool return value will enable
sub-schedulers to detect and gracefully handle insertion failures.
For the root scheduler, insertion failures will continue to trigger scheduler
abort via scx_error(), so existing code doesn't need to check the return
value. Backward compatibility is maintained through compat wrappers.
Also update scx_bpf_dsq_move() documentation to clarify that it can return
false for sub-schedulers when @dsq_id points to a disallowed local DSQ.
Reviewed-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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scx_bpf_dsq_insert_vtime() and scx_bpf_select_cpu_and() currently have 5
parameters. An upcoming change will add aux__prog parameter which will exceed
BPF's 5 argument limit.
Prepare by adding new kfuncs __scx_bpf_dsq_insert_vtime() and
__scx_bpf_select_cpu_and() that take args structs. The existing kfuncs are
kept as compatibility wrappers. BPF programs use inline wrappers that detect
kernel API version via bpf_core_type_exists() and use the new struct-based
kfuncs when available, falling back to compat kfuncs otherwise. This allows
BPF programs to work with both old and new kernels.
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Enough time has passed since the introduction of scx_bpf_task_cgroup() and
the scx_bpf_dispatch* -> scx_bpf_dsq* kfunc renaming. Strip the compatibility
macros.
Acked-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Introduce a compatibility helper that allows BPF schedulers to use
scx_bpf_cpu_curr() on older kernels.
Fixes: 20b158094a1ad ("sched_ext: Introduce scx_bpf_cpu_curr()")
Cc: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Receive tools/sched_ext updates form https://github.com/sched-ext/scx to
sync userspace bits:
- basic BPF arena allocator abstractions,
- additional process flags definitions,
- fixed is_migration_disabled() helper,
- separate out user_exit_info BPF and user space code.
This also fixes the following warning when building the selftests:
tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h:550:9: warning: 'likely' macro redefined [-Wmacro-redefined]
550 | #define likely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
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Co-developed-by: Cheng-Yang Chou <yphbchou0911@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Introduce __COMPAT_scx_bpf_events() to use scx_bpf_events() in a
compatible way also with kernels that don't provide this kfunc.
This also fixes the following error with scx_qmap when running on a
kernel that does not provide scx_bpf_events():
; scx_bpf_events(&events, sizeof(events)); @ scx_qmap.bpf.c:777
318: (b7) r2 = 72 ; R2_w=72 async_cb
319: <invalid kfunc call>
kfunc 'scx_bpf_events' is referenced but wasn't resolved
Fixes: 9865f31d852a4 ("sched_ext: Add scx_bpf_events() and scx_read_event() for BPF schedulers")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Similarly to scx_bpf_nr_cpu_ids(), introduce a new kfunc
scx_bpf_nr_node_ids() to expose the maximum number of NUMA nodes in the
system.
BPF schedulers can use this information together with the new node-aware
kfuncs, for example to create per-node DSQs, validate node IDs, etc.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Introduce a new kfunc to retrieve the node associated to a CPU:
int scx_bpf_cpu_node(s32 cpu)
Add the following kfuncs to provide BPF schedulers direct access to
per-node idle cpumasks information:
const struct cpumask *scx_bpf_get_idle_cpumask_node(int node)
const struct cpumask *scx_bpf_get_idle_smtmask_node(int node)
s32 scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu_node(const cpumask_t *cpus_allowed,
int node, u64 flags)
s32 scx_bpf_pick_any_cpu_node(const cpumask_t *cpus_allowed,
int node, u64 flags)
Moreover, trigger an scx error when any of the non-node aware idle CPU
kfuncs are used when SCX_OPS_BUILTIN_IDLE_PER_NODE is enabled.
Cc: Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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This provides compatible testing of SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED.
More specifically, it handles two cases:
1. a BPF scheduler is compiled against vmlinux.h where
SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED is defined, but it runs on a kernel that does not
have SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED. In this case, the test result of
'enq_flags & SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED' will always be false. That test result
is semantically incorrect because the kernel before SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED
has never skipped select_task_rq_scx(), so the result should be true.
2. a BPF scheduler is compiling against vmlinux.h where
SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED is not defined. In this case, directly using
SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED causes compilation errors.
To hide such complexity, introduce __COMPAT_is_enq_cpu_selected(),
which checks if SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED exists in runtime using BPF CO-RE.
This consists of three parts:
1. Add enum_defs.autogen.h, which has macros (HAVE_{enum name}) denoting
whether SCX enums are defined in the vmlinux.h or not.
2. Implement __COMPAT_is_enq_cpu_selected(), which provide the test of
SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED in a compatible way.
3. Use __COMPAT_is_enq_cpu_selected() in scx_qmap.
Note that this is a sync of the relevant PR [1] in the scx repo.
[1] https://github.com/sched-ext/scx/pull/1314
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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scx_bpf_now() is added to the header files so the BPF scheduler
can use it.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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scx_bpf_dsq_move[_vtime]*()
In sched_ext API, a repeatedly reported pain point is the overuse of the
verb "dispatch" and confusion around "consume":
- ops.dispatch()
- scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]()
- scx_bpf_consume()
- scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*()
This overloading of the term is historical. Originally, there were only
built-in DSQs and moving a task into a DSQ always dispatched it for
execution. Using the verb "dispatch" for the kfuncs to move tasks into these
DSQs made sense.
Later, user DSQs were added and scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]() updated to be
able to insert tasks into any DSQ. The only allowed DSQ to DSQ transfer was
from a non-local DSQ to a local DSQ and this operation was named "consume".
This was already confusing as a task could be dispatched to a user DSQ from
ops.enqueue() and then the DSQ would have to be consumed in ops.dispatch().
Later addition of scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq*() made the confusion even worse
as "dispatch" in this context meant moving a task to an arbitrary DSQ from a
user DSQ.
Clean up the API with the following renames:
1. scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]() -> scx_bpf_dsq_insert[_vtime]()
2. scx_bpf_consume() -> scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local()
3. scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*() -> scx_bpf_dsq_move[_vtime]*()
This patch performs the third set of renames. Compatibility is maintained
by:
- The previous kfunc names are still provided by the kernel so that old
binaries can run. Kernel generates a warning when the old names are used.
- compat.bpf.h provides wrappers for the new names which automatically fall
back to the old names when running on older kernels. They also trigger
build error if old names are used for new builds.
- scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*() were already wrapped in __COMPAT
macros as they were introduced during v6.12 cycle. Wrap new API in
__COMPAT macros too and trigger build errors on both __COMPAT prefixed and
naked usages of the old names.
The compat features will be dropped after v6.15.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Bechberger <me@mostlynerdless.de>
Acked-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.com>
Cc: Dan Schatzberg <dschatzberg@meta.com>
Cc: Ming Yang <yougmark94@gmail.com>
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In sched_ext API, a repeatedly reported pain point is the overuse of the
verb "dispatch" and confusion around "consume":
- ops.dispatch()
- scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]()
- scx_bpf_consume()
- scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*()
This overloading of the term is historical. Originally, there were only
built-in DSQs and moving a task into a DSQ always dispatched it for
execution. Using the verb "dispatch" for the kfuncs to move tasks into these
DSQs made sense.
Later, user DSQs were added and scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]() updated to be
able to insert tasks into any DSQ. The only allowed DSQ to DSQ transfer was
from a non-local DSQ to a local DSQ and this operation was named "consume".
This was already confusing as a task could be dispatched to a user DSQ from
ops.enqueue() and then the DSQ would have to be consumed in ops.dispatch().
Later addition of scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq*() made the confusion even worse
as "dispatch" in this context meant moving a task to an arbitrary DSQ from a
user DSQ.
Clean up the API with the following renames:
1. scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]() -> scx_bpf_dsq_insert[_vtime]()
2. scx_bpf_consume() -> scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local()
3. scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*() -> scx_bpf_dsq_move[_vtime]*()
This patch performs the second rename. Compatibility is maintained by:
- The previous kfunc names are still provided by the kernel so that old
binaries can run. Kernel generates a warning when the old names are used.
- compat.bpf.h provides wrappers for the new names which automatically fall
back to the old names when running on older kernels. They also trigger
build error if old names are used for new builds.
The compat features will be dropped after v6.15.
v2: Comment and documentation updates.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Bechberger <me@mostlynerdless.de>
Acked-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.com>
Cc: Dan Schatzberg <dschatzberg@meta.com>
Cc: Ming Yang <yougmark94@gmail.com>
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In sched_ext API, a repeatedly reported pain point is the overuse of the
verb "dispatch" and confusion around "consume":
- ops.dispatch()
- scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]()
- scx_bpf_consume()
- scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*()
This overloading of the term is historical. Originally, there were only
built-in DSQs and moving a task into a DSQ always dispatched it for
execution. Using the verb "dispatch" for the kfuncs to move tasks into these
DSQs made sense.
Later, user DSQs were added and scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]() updated to be
able to insert tasks into any DSQ. The only allowed DSQ to DSQ transfer was
from a non-local DSQ to a local DSQ and this operation was named "consume".
This was already confusing as a task could be dispatched to a user DSQ from
ops.enqueue() and then the DSQ would have to be consumed in ops.dispatch().
Later addition of scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq*() made the confusion even worse
as "dispatch" in this context meant moving a task to an arbitrary DSQ from a
user DSQ.
Clean up the API with the following renames:
1. scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]() -> scx_bpf_dsq_insert[_vtime]()
2. scx_bpf_consume() -> scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local()
3. scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*() -> scx_bpf_dsq_move[_vtime]*()
This patch performs the first set of renames. Compatibility is maintained
by:
- The previous kfunc names are still provided by the kernel so that old
binaries can run. Kernel generates a warning when the old names are used.
- compat.bpf.h provides wrappers for the new names which automatically fall
back to the old names when running on older kernels. They also trigger
build error if old names are used for new builds.
The compat features will be dropped after v6.15.
v2: Documentation updates.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Bechberger <me@mostlynerdless.de>
Acked-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.com>
Cc: Dan Schatzberg <dschatzberg@meta.com>
Cc: Ming Yang <yougmark94@gmail.com>
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cgroup support and scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq() are newly added since
8bb30798fd6e ("sched_ext: Fixes incorrect type in bpf_scx_init()") which is
the current earliest commit targeted by BPF schedulers. Add compat helpers
for them and apply them in the example schedulers.
These will be dropped after a few kernel releases. The exact backward
compatibility window hasn't been decided yet.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add two simple example BPF schedulers - simple and qmap.
* simple: In terms of scheduling, it behaves identical to not having any
operation implemented at all. The two operations it implements are only to
improve visibility and exit handling. On certain homogeneous
configurations, this actually can perform pretty well.
* qmap: A fixed five level priority scheduler to demonstrate queueing PIDs
on BPF maps for scheduling. While not very practical, this is useful as a
simple example and will be used to demonstrate different features.
v7: - Compat helpers stripped out in prepartion of upstreaming as the
upstreamed patchset will be the baselinfe. Utility macros that can be
used to implement compat features are kept.
- Explicitly disable map autoattach on struct_ops to avoid trying to
attach twice while maintaining compatbility with older libbpf.
v6: - Common header files reorganized and cleaned up. Compat helpers are
added to demonstrate how schedulers can maintain backward
compatibility with older kernels while making use of newly added
features.
- simple_select_cpu() added to keep track of the number of local
dispatches. This is needed because the default ops.select_cpu()
implementation is updated to dispatch directly and won't call
ops.enqueue().
- Updated to reflect the sched_ext API changes. Switching all tasks is
the default behavior now and scx_qmap supports partial switching when
`-p` is specified.
- tools/sched_ext/Kconfig dropped. This will be included in the doc
instead.
v5: - Improve Makefile. Build artifects are now collected into a separate
dir which change be changed. Install and help targets are added and
clean actually cleans everything.
- MEMBER_VPTR() improved to improve access to structs. ARRAY_ELEM_PTR()
and RESIZEABLE_ARRAY() are added to support resizable arrays in .bss.
- Add scx_common.h which provides common utilities to user code such as
SCX_BUG[_ON]() and RESIZE_ARRAY().
- Use SCX_BUG[_ON]() to simplify error handling.
v4: - Dropped _example prefix from scheduler names.
v3: - Rename scx_example_dummy to scx_example_simple and restructure a bit
to ease later additions. Comment updates.
- Added declarations for BPF inline iterators. In the future, hopefully,
these will be consolidated into a generic BPF header so that they
don't need to be replicated here.
v2: - Updated with the generic BPF cpumask helpers.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: David Vernet <dvernet@meta.com>
Acked-by: Josh Don <joshdon@google.com>
Acked-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>
Acked-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@google.com>
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