Withouth reseting dl_bw the effect is any *new* task to switch
SCHED_DEADLINE will be prevented. You will get EBUSY for new tasks.

sched_setattr()
   if (... dl_overflow(p, policy, attr) ...)
   __setscheduler()
      __setscheduler_params()
        __setparam_dl()

sched_setattr() verifies if there is enough bandwith available before allowing
to switch to SCHED_DEALINE. Because we do not set p->dl.dl_bw back to 0 after
switching from SCHED_DEADLINE to any other scheduler we end up in dl_overflow()
to underflow the total bandwith (dl_b->total_bw). This can be triggered by
toggling between SCHED_DEADLINE and SCHED_OTHER.

kernel/sched/core.c:
@@ -2039,8 +2039,12 @@ static int dl_overflow(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
        u64 new_bw = dl_policy(policy) ? to_ratio(period, runtime) : 0;
        int cpus, err = -1;

-       if (new_bw == p->dl.dl_bw)
+       printk("dl_b->bw %llu dl_b->total_bw %llu p->dl.dl_bw %llu period %llu 
runtime %llu new_bw %llu -> ",
+                        dl_b->bw, dl_b->total_bw, p->dl.dl_bw, period, 
runtime, new_bw);
+
+       if (new_bw == p->dl.dl_bw) {
+               printk("1\n");
                return 0;
+       }

        /*
         * Either if a task, enters, leave, or stays -deadline but changes
@@ -2053,14 +2057,17 @@ static int dl_overflow(struct task_struct *p, int 
policy,
            !__dl_overflow(dl_b, cpus, 0, new_bw)) {
                __dl_add(dl_b, new_bw);
                err = 0;
+               printk("2\n");
        } else if (dl_policy(policy) && task_has_dl_policy(p) &&
                   !__dl_overflow(dl_b, cpus, p->dl.dl_bw, new_bw)) {
                __dl_clear(dl_b, p->dl.dl_bw);
                __dl_add(dl_b, new_bw);
                err = 0;
+               printk("3\n");
        } else if (!dl_policy(policy) && task_has_dl_policy(p)) {
                __dl_clear(dl_b, p->dl.dl_bw);
                err = 0;
+               printk("4\n");
        }
        raw_spin_unlock(&dl_b->lock);

[   19.506909] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   19.507906] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.508906] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.509908] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 0 
runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.510993] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073709027328 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.513583] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073709027328 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.515686] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073708503040 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.517532] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073708503040 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.518503] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073707978752 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.519231] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073707978752 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.520027] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073707454464 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.520759] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073707454464 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.521460] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073706930176 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.522154] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073706930176 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.522809] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073706405888 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.523729] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073706405888 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.524569] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073705881600 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.525434] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073705881600 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   19.526224] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073705357312 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 200000 runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 1
[   19.527077] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 18446744073705357312 p->dl.dl_bw 
524288 period 0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4

 With the patch applied I get this result:

[   17.345812] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.346664] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.347333] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.347832] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.348369] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.348868] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.349456] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.349953] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.350598] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.351107] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.351637] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.352144] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.352805] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.353366] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.353867] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.354458] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.355066] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.355716] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4
[   17.356414] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 0 p->dl.dl_bw 0 period 200000 
runtime 100000 new_bw 524288 -> 2
[   17.356961] dl_b->bw 996147 dl_b->total_bw 524288 p->dl.dl_bw 524288 period 
0 runtime 0 new_bw 0 -> 4

Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
---
This patch is based on mainline 3.17-rc3

And here my simple test program which triggers the problem.
Run it twice on your machine to see the error.

/*
 * Switch between SCHED_OTHER and SCHED_DEADLINE test.
 *
 * Parts stolen from libdl
 *  (C) Dario Faggioli <[email protected]>, 2009, 2010
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License (COPYING file) for more details.
 */

struct sched_attr {
        __u32 size;

        __u32 sched_policy;
        __u64 sched_flags;

        /* SCHED_NORMAL, SCHED_BATCH */
        __s32 sched_nice;

        /* SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR */
        __u32 sched_priority;

        /* SCHED_DEADLINE */
        __u64 sched_runtime;
        __u64 sched_deadline;
        __u64 sched_period;
};

static int sched_setattr(pid_t pid, const struct sched_attr *attr,
                        unsigned int flags)
{
        return syscall(__NR_sched_setattr, pid, attr, flags);
}

static void handle_err(const char *str)
{
        perror(str);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        struct sched_attr other;
        struct sched_attr dl;
        int i, err;

        dl.size = sizeof(struct sched_attr);
        dl.sched_policy = SCHED_DEADLINE;
        dl.sched_flags = 0;
        dl.sched_nice = 0;
        dl.sched_priority = 0;
        dl.sched_runtime =  100000;
        dl.sched_deadline = 200000;
        dl.sched_period =   200000;

        other.size = sizeof(struct sched_attr);
        other.sched_policy = SCHED_OTHER;
        other.sched_flags = 0;
        other.sched_nice = 0;
        other.sched_priority = 0;
        other.sched_runtime =  0;
        other.sched_deadline = 0;
        other.sched_period = 0;

        for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                err = sched_setattr(0, &dl, 0);
                if (err < 0)
                        handle_err("Could not set SCHED_DEADLINE attributes");

                err = sched_setattr(0, &other, 0);
                if (err < 0)
                        handle_err("Could not set SCHED_OTHER attributes");
        }

        return 0;
}
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index ec1a286..1ce935e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3236,6 +3236,9 @@ static void __setscheduler_params(struct task_struct *p,
 {
        int policy = attr->sched_policy;
 
+       if (!dl_policy(policy) && task_has_dl_policy(p))
+               p->dl.dl_bw = 0;
+
        if (policy == SETPARAM_POLICY)
                policy = p->policy;
 
-- 
1.9.3

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