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authorCheng-Yang Chou <yphbchou0911@gmail.com>2026-04-20 09:54:44 +0300
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2026-04-20 20:57:08 +0300
commitacfbd1552e0406c397afa6d03fc2088acb059228 (patch)
tree7e397bc4297f007ffa18bfa90f16418ca2f81b1b
parentd722d70a8be441df1c3e3e9be454d99f527f93d5 (diff)
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sched_ext: Documentation: clarify arena-backed doubly-linked lists in scx_qmap
Update scx_qmap description to reflect arena-backed doubly-linked lists with per-queue bpf_res_spin_lock. Also update scx_qmap.bpf.c to reflect switch from PIDs to TIDs. Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Cheng-Yang Chou <yphbchou0911@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst2
-rw-r--r--tools/sched_ext/README.md6
-rw-r--r--tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c2
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
index fba09aa1cd4e..c4f59c08d8a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ Where to Look
custom DSQ.
* ``scx_qmap[.bpf].c``: A multi-level FIFO scheduler supporting five
- levels of priority implemented with ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_QUEUE``.
+ levels of priority implemented with arena-backed doubly-linked lists.
* ``scx_central[.bpf].c``: A central FIFO scheduler where all scheduling
decisions are made on one CPU, demonstrating ``LOCAL_ON`` dispatching,
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/README.md b/tools/sched_ext/README.md
index 6e282bce453c..0ee5a3d997e5 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/README.md
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/README.md
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ well on single-socket systems with a unified L3 cache.
Another simple, yet slightly more complex scheduler that provides an example of
a basic weighted FIFO queuing policy. It also provides examples of some common
-useful BPF features, such as sleepable per-task storage allocation in the
-`ops.prep_enable()` callback, and using the `BPF_MAP_TYPE_QUEUE` map type to
-enqueue tasks. It also illustrates how core-sched support could be implemented.
+useful BPF features, such as arena-backed doubly-linked lists threaded through
+per-task context and `bpf_res_spin_lock` for per-queue synchronization. It also
+illustrates how core-sched support could be implemented.
## scx_central
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
index 2f4c45f6544d..a73a2dcbaeb7 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
*
* This scheduler demonstrates:
*
- * - BPF-side queueing using PIDs.
+ * - BPF-side queueing using TIDs.
* - BPF arena for scheduler state.
* - Core-sched support.
*