From: Tao Cui ops.cgroup_set_idle() is documented to be invoked when a cgroup transitions between idle and non-idle states, and scx_group_set_weight() already skips value-preserving writes. scx_group_set_idle() delivers every write unconditionally, so rewriting an already-correct cpu.idle value feeds the BPF scheduler a transition callback each time, which toggle- or accounting-based schedulers miscount. Mirror the weight guard and only deliver on an actual change. Verified with a probe scheduler printing each callback: rewriting cpu.idle=1 twice on an already-idle cgroup delivered two callbacks before and none after. Fixes: 347ed2d566da ("sched/ext: Implement cgroup_set_idle() callback") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b53c61a1-4d7d-4232-941f-d48b0563d4ed@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Tao Cui Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi --- v1 -> v2: Fix the Link: msgid (missing @linux.dev, Andrea). kernel/sched/ext/ext.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c index 8041c87a3562..8b3625107b72 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c +++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c @@ -4933,7 +4933,8 @@ void scx_group_set_idle(struct task_group *tg, bool idle) percpu_down_read(&scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem); sch = scx_tg_knob_sched(tg); - if (scx_cgroup_enabled && sch && SCX_HAS_OP(sch, cgroup_set_idle)) + if (scx_cgroup_enabled && sch && SCX_HAS_OP(sch, cgroup_set_idle) && + tg->scx.sched_idle != idle) SCX_CALL_OP(sch, cgroup_set_idle, NULL, tg_cgrp(tg), idle); /* Update the task group's idle state */ -- 2.43.0