linux-kernel - [PATCH] tools/sched_ext: scx_central: fix sched

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Message-ID: <20260211213027.914485-1-devnexen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:30:27 +0000
From: David Carlier <devnexen@...il.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	David Vernet <dvernet@...a.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Carlier <devnexen@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tools/sched_ext: scx_central: fix sched_setaffinity() call with the set size

The cpu set is dynamically allocated for nr_cpu_ids using CPU_ALLOC(),
so the size passed to sched_setaffinity() should be CPU_ALLOC_SIZE()
rather than sizeof(cpu_set_t). Valgrind flagged this as accessing
unaddressable bytes past the allocation.

Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@...il.com>
---
 tools/sched_ext/scx_central.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_central.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_central.c
index 55931a4cd71c..a6dfd45de70c 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_central.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_central.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	__u64 seq = 0, ecode;
 	__s32 opt;
 	cpu_set_t *cpuset;
+	size_t cpuset_size;
 
 	libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn);
 	signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
@@ -106,9 +107,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 */
 	cpuset = CPU_ALLOC(skel->rodata->nr_cpu_ids);
 	SCX_BUG_ON(!cpuset, "Failed to allocate cpuset");
-	CPU_ZERO_S(CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(skel->rodata->nr_cpu_ids), cpuset);
+	cpuset_size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(skel->rodata->nr_cpu_ids);
+	CPU_ZERO_S(cpuset_size, cpuset);
 	CPU_SET(skel->rodata->central_cpu, cpuset);
-	SCX_BUG_ON(sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(*cpuset), cpuset),
+	SCX_BUG_ON(sched_setaffinity(0, cpuset_size, cpuset),
 		   "Failed to affinitize to central CPU %d (max %d)",
 		   skel->rodata->central_cpu, skel->rodata->nr_cpu_ids - 1);
 	CPU_FREE(cpuset);
-- 
2.51.0