[PATCH v2 2/3] sched_ext: Track bits[] storage size in struct scx_cmask
From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue May 19 2026 - 04:09:00 EST
scx_cmask carries @base and @nr_cids but not the bits[] allocation size, so
helpers reshaping the active range have no way to check it fits and later
kfuncs taking caller-provided storage can't validate it.
Add @alloc_words (u64 word count) annotated with __counted_by, and split the
bit-range API into three helpers:
- SCX_CMASK_DEFINE() / __SCX_CMASK_DEFINE() define an on-stack cmask, the
latter taking an explicit capacity for oversized storage.
SCX_CMASK_DEFINE_SHARD() is a thin wrapper that always reserves
SCX_CID_SHARD_MAX_CPUS bits of storage.
- scx_cmask_init() / __scx_cmask_init() initialize a cmask, with the same
tight-vs-explicit split.
- scx_cmask_reframe() reshapes the active range without resizing storage.
The BPF mirror (cmask_init / __cmask_init / cmask_reframe) gets the same
shape.
Add scx_cmask_clear() and scx_cmask_fill() to zero and set the
active-range bits respectively. scx_cpumask_to_cmask() uses
scx_cmask_clear(); scx_cmask_init() would otherwise re-write @alloc_words
on every call.
A later patch uses @alloc_words in scx_cmask_ref_shard() to refuse output
storage that can't hold the requested shard.
v2: Init per-CPU scx_set_cmask_scratch (was zero-init, emitted empty
cmasks). Add nr_cids/alloc_cids check in BPF __cmask_init().
(sashiko AI)
Widen SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS()/CMASK_NR_WORDS() to compute in u64 so that
@nr_cids near U32_MAX no longer wraps to a small value and bypasses
the bounds check in cmask_reframe(). (Andrea)
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext_cid.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++--
kernel/sched/ext_cid.h | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++-
kernel/sched/ext_types.h | 62 +++++++++++++++++++----
tools/sched_ext/include/scx/cid.bpf.h | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
4 files changed, 224 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext_cid.c b/kernel/sched/ext_cid.c
index bdd8ef8eae3d..44dd47a87709 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext_cid.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext_cid.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static s32 scx_cid_arrays_alloc(void)
s16 *cid_to_cpu, *cpu_to_cid;
struct scx_cid_topo *cid_topo;
struct scx_cmask __percpu *set_cmask_scratch;
+ s32 cpu;
if (scx_cid_to_cpu_tbl)
return 0;
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ static s32 scx_cid_arrays_alloc(void)
WRITE_ONCE(scx_cid_to_cpu_tbl, cid_to_cpu);
WRITE_ONCE(scx_cpu_to_cid_tbl, cpu_to_cid);
WRITE_ONCE(scx_cid_topo, cid_topo);
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+ scx_cmask_init(per_cpu_ptr(set_cmask_scratch, cpu),
+ 0, npossible);
WRITE_ONCE(scx_set_cmask_scratch, set_cmask_scratch);
return 0;
}
@@ -222,19 +226,61 @@ s32 scx_cid_init(struct scx_sched *sch)
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * scx_cmask_clear - Zero every bit in @m's active range
+ * @m: cmask to clear
+ *
+ * Storage past the active range is left as is.
+ */
+void scx_cmask_clear(struct scx_cmask *m)
+{
+ u32 nr_words;
+
+ if (!m->nr_cids)
+ return;
+ nr_words = (m->base + m->nr_cids - 1) / 64 - m->base / 64 + 1;
+ memset(m->bits, 0, nr_words * sizeof(u64));
+}
+
+/**
+ * scx_cmask_fill - Set every bit in @m's active range
+ * @m: cmask to fill
+ *
+ * Counterpart to scx_cmask_clear(). Storage past the active range is left as is.
+ */
+void scx_cmask_fill(struct scx_cmask *m)
+{
+ u32 nr_words, head_bits, tail_bits;
+
+ if (!m->nr_cids)
+ return;
+ nr_words = (m->base + m->nr_cids - 1) / 64 - m->base / 64 + 1;
+ memset(m->bits, 0xff, nr_words * sizeof(u64));
+
+ /* clear word-0 bits below base */
+ head_bits = m->base & 63;
+ if (head_bits)
+ m->bits[0] &= ~((1ULL << head_bits) - 1);
+
+ /* clear last-word bits at or past base + nr_cids */
+ tail_bits = (m->base + m->nr_cids) & 63;
+ if (tail_bits)
+ m->bits[nr_words - 1] &= (1ULL << tail_bits) - 1;
+}
+
/**
* scx_cpumask_to_cmask - Translate a kernel cpumask into a cmask
* @src: source cpumask
* @dst: cmask to write
*
- * Initialize @dst to cover the full cid space [0, num_possible_cpus()) and
- * set the bit for each cid whose cpu is in @src.
+ * Clear @dst's active range and set the bit for each cid whose cpu is in
+ * @src and lies within that range. Out-of-range cids are silently ignored.
*/
void scx_cpumask_to_cmask(const struct cpumask *src, struct scx_cmask *dst)
{
s32 cpu;
- scx_cmask_init(dst, 0, num_possible_cpus());
+ scx_cmask_clear(dst);
for_each_cpu(cpu, src) {
s32 cid = __scx_cpu_to_cid(cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext_cid.h b/kernel/sched/ext_cid.h
index e1c44a180bb1..223ed0e857ec 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext_cid.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext_cid.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ extern s16 *scx_cpu_to_cid_tbl;
extern struct scx_cid_topo *scx_cid_topo;
extern struct btf_id_set8 scx_kfunc_ids_init;
+void scx_cmask_clear(struct scx_cmask *m);
+void scx_cmask_fill(struct scx_cmask *m);
s32 scx_cid_init(struct scx_sched *sch);
int scx_cid_kfunc_init(void);
void scx_cpumask_to_cmask(const struct cpumask *src, struct scx_cmask *dst);
@@ -147,11 +149,64 @@ static inline u64 *__scx_cmask_word(const struct scx_cmask *m, u32 cid)
return (u64 *)&m->bits[cid / 64 - m->base / 64];
}
+/**
+ * __scx_cmask_init - Initialize @m with explicit storage capacity
+ * @m: cmask to initialize
+ * @base: first cid of the active range
+ * @nr_cids: number of cids in the active range
+ * @alloc_cids: storage capacity in cids, at least @nr_cids
+ *
+ * Use when storage is sized larger than the initial active range. All of
+ * bits[] is zeroed.
+ */
+static inline void __scx_cmask_init(struct scx_cmask *m, u32 base, u32 nr_cids,
+ u32 alloc_cids)
+{
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(alloc_cids < nr_cids))
+ nr_cids = alloc_cids;
+
+ m->base = base;
+ m->nr_cids = nr_cids;
+ m->alloc_words = SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS(alloc_cids);
+ memset(m->bits, 0, m->alloc_words * sizeof(u64));
+}
+
+/**
+ * scx_cmask_init - Initialize @m on tight storage
+ * @m: cmask to initialize
+ * @base: first cid of the active range
+ * @nr_cids: number of cids in the active range
+ *
+ * All of bits[] is zeroed.
+ */
static inline void scx_cmask_init(struct scx_cmask *m, u32 base, u32 nr_cids)
{
+ __scx_cmask_init(m, base, nr_cids, nr_cids);
+}
+
+/**
+ * scx_cmask_reframe - Reshape @m's active range without resizing storage
+ * @m: cmask to reframe
+ * @base: new active range base
+ * @nr_cids: new active range length, must fit within @m->alloc_words
+ *
+ * Body bits within the new range become garbage - only the head and tail
+ * words are zeroed to keep the padding invariant.
+ */
+static inline void scx_cmask_reframe(struct scx_cmask *m, u32 base, u32 nr_cids)
+{
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS(nr_cids) > m->alloc_words))
+ return;
+
+ if (nr_cids) {
+ u32 last_word = ((base & 63) + nr_cids - 1) / 64;
+
+ m->bits[0] = 0;
+ m->bits[last_word] = 0;
+ }
+
m->base = base;
m->nr_cids = nr_cids;
- memset(m->bits, 0, SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS(nr_cids) * sizeof(u64));
}
static inline void __scx_cmask_set(struct scx_cmask *m, u32 cid)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext_types.h b/kernel/sched/ext_types.h
index c6c4e3db7311..8b3527e21fca 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext_types.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext_types.h
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ struct scx_cid_topo {
*
* A cmask covers the cid range [base, base + nr_cids). bits[] is aligned to the
* global 64-cid grid: bits[0] spans [base & ~63, (base & ~63) + 64), so the
- * first (base & 63) bits of bits[0] are head padding and any tail past base +
- * nr_cids is tail padding. Both must stay zero for the lifetime of the mask;
- * all mutating helpers preserve that invariant.
+ * first (base & 63) bits of bits[0] are head padding and the trailing bits of
+ * the last active word past base + nr_cids are tail padding. Both stay zero;
+ * all mutating helpers preserve that. Words past the last active word are not
+ * read by any helper and have no constraint.
*
* Grid alignment means two cmasks always address bits[] against the same global
* 64-cid windows, so cross-cmask word ops (AND, OR, ...) reduce to
@@ -83,22 +84,61 @@ struct scx_cid_topo {
struct scx_cmask {
u32 base;
u32 nr_cids;
- DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(u64, bits);
+ u32 alloc_words;
+ u64 bits[] __counted_by(alloc_words);
};
/*
* Number of u64 words of bits[] storage that covers @nr_cids regardless of base
* alignment. The +1 absorbs up to 63 bits of head padding when base is not
* 64-aligned - always allocating one extra word beats branching on base or
- * splitting the compute.
+ * splitting the compute. The u64 cast keeps the +63 from wrapping when @nr_cids
+ * is near U32_MAX, so callers bounds-checking the result against @alloc_words
+ * catch the overflow instead of seeing a small value.
*/
-#define SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS(nr_cids) (((nr_cids) + 63) / 64 + 1)
+#define SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS(nr_cids) ((u32)(((u64)(nr_cids) + 63) / 64 + 1))
-/*
- * Define an on-stack cmask for up to @cap_bits. @name is a struct scx_cmask *
- * aliasing zero-initialized storage; call scx_cmask_init() to set base/nr_cids.
+/**
+ * __SCX_CMASK_DEFINE - Define an on-stack cmask with explicit storage capacity
+ * @NAME: variable name to define
+ * @BASE: first cid of the active range
+ * @NR_CIDS: active range length
+ * @ALLOC_CIDS: storage capacity in cids, at least @NR_CIDS
+ *
+ * @NAME aliases zero-initialized storage with the active range set to
+ * [BASE, BASE + NR_CIDS). Use scx_cmask_reframe() to reshape later, up to
+ * @ALLOC_CIDS.
+ */
+#define __SCX_CMASK_DEFINE(NAME, BASE, NR_CIDS, ALLOC_CIDS) \
+ _DEFINE_FLEX(struct scx_cmask, NAME, bits, SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS(ALLOC_CIDS), \
+ = { .base = (BASE), \
+ .nr_cids = (NR_CIDS), \
+ .alloc_words = SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS(ALLOC_CIDS) })
+
+/**
+ * SCX_CMASK_DEFINE - Define an on-stack cmask on tight storage
+ * @NAME: variable name to define
+ * @BASE: first cid of the active range
+ * @NR_CIDS: active range length, also storage capacity
+ *
+ * @NAME aliases zero-initialized storage with the active range and storage
+ * both [BASE, BASE + NR_CIDS).
+ */
+#define SCX_CMASK_DEFINE(NAME, BASE, NR_CIDS) \
+ __SCX_CMASK_DEFINE(NAME, BASE, NR_CIDS, NR_CIDS)
+
+/**
+ * SCX_CMASK_DEFINE_SHARD - Define an on-stack cmask sized to one shard
+ * @NAME: variable name to define
+ * @BASE: first cid of the active range
+ * @NR_CIDS: active range length, must be <= SCX_CID_SHARD_MAX_CPUS
+ *
+ * Storage is fixed at SCX_CID_SHARD_MAX_CPUS, active range framed by
+ * (BASE, NR_CIDS). Passing NR_CIDS > SCX_CID_SHARD_MAX_CPUS leaves the
+ * cmask claiming more bits than storage holds and subsequent cmask
+ * operations will overrun.
*/
-#define SCX_CMASK_DEFINE(name, cap_bits) \
- DEFINE_RAW_FLEX(struct scx_cmask, name, bits, SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS(cap_bits))
+#define SCX_CMASK_DEFINE_SHARD(NAME, BASE, NR_CIDS) \
+ __SCX_CMASK_DEFINE(NAME, BASE, NR_CIDS, SCX_CID_SHARD_MAX_CPUS)
#endif /* _KERNEL_SCHED_EXT_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/cid.bpf.h b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/cid.bpf.h
index 182fed233abc..e281c88fa824 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/cid.bpf.h
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/cid.bpf.h
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@
#define CMASK_MAX_WORDS 129
#endif
-#define CMASK_NR_WORDS(nr_cids) (((nr_cids) + 63) / 64 + 1)
+/*
+ * Mirrors SCX_CMASK_NR_WORDS in kernel/sched/ext_types.h. The u64 cast keeps
+ * the +63 from wrapping when @nr_cids is near U32_MAX, so cmask_reframe()
+ * bounds-checking the result against alloc_words catches the overflow instead
+ * of seeing a small value.
+ */
+#define CMASK_NR_WORDS(nr_cids) ((u32)(((u64)(nr_cids) + 63) / 64 + 1))
static __always_inline bool __cmask_contains(const struct scx_cmask __arena *m, u32 cid)
{
@@ -44,20 +50,78 @@ static __always_inline u64 __arena *__cmask_word(const struct scx_cmask __arena
return (u64 __arena *)&m->bits[cid / 64 - m->base / 64];
}
-static __always_inline void cmask_init(struct scx_cmask __arena *m, u32 base, u32 nr_cids)
+/**
+ * __cmask_init - Initialize @m with explicit storage capacity
+ * @m: cmask to initialize
+ * @base: first cid of the active range
+ * @nr_cids: number of cids in the active range
+ * @alloc_cids: storage capacity in cids, at least @nr_cids
+ *
+ * Use when storage is sized larger than the initial active range. All of
+ * bits[] is zeroed.
+ */
+static __always_inline void __cmask_init(struct scx_cmask __arena *m, u32 base,
+ u32 nr_cids, u32 alloc_cids)
{
- u32 nr_words = CMASK_NR_WORDS(nr_cids), i;
+ u32 alloc_words, i;
+
+ if (unlikely(nr_cids > alloc_cids)) {
+ scx_bpf_error("__cmask_init: nr_cids=%u exceeds alloc_cids=%u",
+ nr_cids, alloc_cids);
+ return;
+ }
+ alloc_words = CMASK_NR_WORDS(alloc_cids);
m->base = base;
m->nr_cids = nr_cids;
+ m->alloc_words = alloc_words;
bpf_for(i, 0, CMASK_MAX_WORDS) {
- if (i >= nr_words)
+ if (i >= alloc_words)
break;
m->bits[i] = 0;
}
}
+/**
+ * cmask_init - Initialize @m on tight storage
+ * @m: cmask to initialize
+ * @base: first cid of the active range
+ * @nr_cids: number of cids in the active range
+ *
+ * All of bits[] is zeroed.
+ */
+static __always_inline void cmask_init(struct scx_cmask __arena *m, u32 base, u32 nr_cids)
+{
+ __cmask_init(m, base, nr_cids, nr_cids);
+}
+
+/**
+ * cmask_reframe - Reshape @m's active range without resizing storage
+ * @m: cmask to reframe
+ * @base: new active range base
+ * @nr_cids: new active range length, must fit within @m->alloc_words
+ *
+ * Body bits within the new range become garbage - only the head and tail
+ * words are zeroed to keep the padding invariant.
+ */
+static __always_inline void cmask_reframe(struct scx_cmask __arena *m, u32 base, u32 nr_cids)
+{
+ if (CMASK_NR_WORDS(nr_cids) > m->alloc_words) {
+ scx_bpf_error("cmask_reframe: nr_cids=%u exceeds alloc_words=%u",
+ nr_cids, m->alloc_words);
+ return;
+ }
+ if (nr_cids) {
+ u32 last_word = ((base & 63) + nr_cids - 1) / 64;
+
+ m->bits[0] = 0;
+ m->bits[last_word] = 0;
+ }
+ m->base = base;
+ m->nr_cids = nr_cids;
+}
+
static __always_inline bool cmask_test(const struct scx_cmask __arena *m, u32 cid)
{
if (!__cmask_contains(m, cid))
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