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>

2 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index 486c00536207..af61b2d0d311 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ 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;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index bee98fdcdd01..df5b2c952cf7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4673,6 +4673,41 @@ bool scx_allow_ttwu_queue(const struct task_struct *p)
 }
 
 /**
+ * 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
  *