diff --git a/include/linux/sched/ext.h b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a05dfcf533b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_SCHED_EXT_H
+#define _LINUX_SCHED_EXT_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT
+#error "NOT IMPLEMENTED YET"
+#else	/* !CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
+
+static inline void sched_ext_free(struct task_struct *p) {}
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
+#endif	/* _LINUX_SCHED_EXT_H */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index a90c6a4938c6..606c6b349799 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
 #include <linux/sched/cputime.h>
+#include <linux/sched/ext.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/rtmutex.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -833,6 +834,7 @@ void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	WARN_ON(refcount_read(&tsk->usage));
 	WARN_ON(tsk == current);
 
+	sched_ext_free(tsk);
 	io_uring_free(tsk);
 	cgroup_free(tsk);
 	task_numa_free(tsk, true);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9c5bfeeb30ba..b9e69e009343 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4554,6 +4554,8 @@ late_initcall(sched_core_sysctl_init);
  */
 int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	__sched_fork(clone_flags, p);
 	/*
 	 * We mark the process as NEW here. This guarantees that
@@ -4590,12 +4592,16 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 		p->sched_reset_on_fork = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (dl_prio(p->prio))
-		return -EAGAIN;
-	else if (rt_prio(p->prio))
+	scx_pre_fork(p);
+
+	if (dl_prio(p->prio)) {
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+		goto out_cancel;
+	} else if (rt_prio(p->prio)) {
 		p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
-	else
+	} else {
 		p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class;
+	}
 
 	init_entity_runnable_average(&p->se);
 
@@ -4613,6 +4619,10 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&p->pushable_dl_tasks);
 #endif
 	return 0;
+
+out_cancel:
+	scx_cancel_fork(p);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int sched_cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *p, struct kernel_clone_args *kargs)
@@ -4643,16 +4653,18 @@ int sched_cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *p, struct kernel_clone_args *kargs)
 		p->sched_class->task_fork(p);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
 
-	return 0;
+	return scx_fork(p);
 }
 
 void sched_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p)
 {
+	scx_cancel_fork(p);
 }
 
 void sched_post_fork(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	uclamp_post_fork(p);
+	scx_post_fork(p);
 }
 
 unsigned long to_ratio(u64 period, u64 runtime)
@@ -5800,10 +5812,13 @@ static void put_prev_task_balance(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
 	 * We can terminate the balance pass as soon as we know there is
 	 * a runnable task of @class priority or higher.
 	 */
-	for_class_range(class, prev->sched_class, &idle_sched_class) {
+	for_balance_class_range(class, prev->sched_class, &idle_sched_class) {
 		if (class->balance(rq, prev, rf))
 			break;
 	}
+#else
+	/* SCX needs the balance call even in UP, call it explicitly */
+	balance_scx_on_up(rq, prev, rf);
 #endif
 
 	put_prev_task(rq, prev);
@@ -5818,6 +5833,9 @@ __pick_next_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct rq_flags *rf)
 	const struct sched_class *class;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
+	if (scx_enabled())
+		goto restart;
+
 	/*
 	 * Optimization: we know that if all tasks are in the fair class we can
 	 * call that function directly, but only if the @prev task wasn't of a
@@ -5843,7 +5861,7 @@ __pick_next_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct rq_flags *rf)
 restart:
 	put_prev_task_balance(rq, prev, rf);
 
-	for_each_class(class) {
+	for_each_active_class(class) {
 		p = class->pick_next_task(rq);
 		if (p)
 			return p;
@@ -5876,7 +5894,7 @@ static inline struct task_struct *pick_task(struct rq *rq)
 	const struct sched_class *class;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
-	for_each_class(class) {
+	for_each_active_class(class) {
 		p = class->pick_task(rq);
 		if (p)
 			return p;
@@ -9810,6 +9828,7 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 	balance_push_set(smp_processor_id(), false);
 #endif
 	init_sched_fair_class();
+	init_sched_ext_class();
 
 	psi_init();
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.h b/kernel/sched/ext.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f348158ed33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT
+#error "NOT IMPLEMENTED YET"
+#else	/* CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
+
+#define scx_enabled()		false
+
+static inline void scx_pre_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline int scx_fork(struct task_struct *p) { return 0; }
+static inline void scx_post_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline void scx_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline int balance_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
+			      struct rq_flags *rf) { return 0; }
+static inline void init_sched_ext_class(void) {}
+
+#define for_each_active_class		for_each_class
+#define for_balance_class_range		for_class_range
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
+static inline void balance_scx_on_up(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
+				     struct rq_flags *rf)
+{
+	balance_scx(rq, prev, rf);
+}
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+#error "NOT IMPLEMENTED YET"
+#else
+static inline void scx_update_idle(struct rq *rq, bool idle) {}
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index f26ab2675f7d..86bc5832bdc4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -428,11 +428,13 @@ static void check_preempt_curr_idle(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int fl
 
 static void put_prev_task_idle(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
 {
+	scx_update_idle(rq, false);
 }
 
 static void set_next_task_idle(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *next, bool first)
 {
 	update_idle_core(rq);
+	scx_update_idle(rq, true);
 	schedstat_inc(rq->sched_goidle);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 0741827e3541..c00c27de2a30 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -3252,4 +3252,6 @@ enum cpu_cftype_id {
 extern struct cftype cpu_cftypes[CPU_CFTYPE_CNT + 1];
 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED */
 
+#include "ext.h"
+
 #endif /* _KERNEL_SCHED_SCHED_H */
