Re: [PATCH] tools/sched_ext: Fix scx_show_state per-scheduler state reads

From: Andrea Righi

Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 14:01:47 EST


Hi Zicheng,

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 09:51:23PM +0800, Zicheng Qu wrote:
> From: Zicheng Qu <quzicheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> scx_show_state.py still reads scx_aborting and scx_bypass_depth as
> global symbols. Those symbols no longer exist after the state was moved
> into struct scx_sched, so the drgn script fails when it reaches either
> field.
>
> Fixes: 5c8d98a1b4de ("sched_ext: Move bypass state into scx_sched")
> Fixes: c1743da43cf5 ("sched_ext: Move aborting flag to per-scheduler field")
> Signed-off-by: Zicheng Qu <quzicheng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Makes sense to me.

Let's keep in mind that with the sub-scheduler support the script will only
report aborting and bypass_depth only from scx_root (not the sub-scheds). Maybe
we should mention this in the patch description, but the patch looks good.

Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
-Andrea

> ---
> tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py | 19 +++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py b/tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py
> index 02e43c184d43..446d82807f90 100644
> --- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py
> +++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_show_state.py
> @@ -27,18 +27,25 @@ def read_static_key(name):
> def state_str(state):
> return prog['scx_enable_state_str'][state].string_().decode()
>
> +def read_root_ops_name():
> + if root:
> + return root.ops.name.string_().decode()
> + return ''
> +
> +def read_root_field(name, default):
> + if root:
> + return getattr(root, name).value_()
> + return default
> +
> root = prog['scx_root']
> enable_state = read_atomic("scx_enable_state_var")
>
> -if root:
> - print(f'ops : {root.ops.name.string_().decode()}')
> -else:
> - print('ops : ')
> +print(f'ops : {read_root_ops_name()}')
> print(f'enabled : {read_static_key("__scx_enabled")}')
> print(f'switching_all : {read_int("scx_switching_all")}')
> print(f'switched_all : {read_static_key("__scx_switched_all")}')
> print(f'enable_state : {state_str(enable_state)} ({enable_state})')
> -print(f'aborting : {prog["scx_aborting"].value_()}')
> -print(f'bypass_depth : {prog["scx_bypass_depth"].value_()}')
> +print(f'aborting : {read_root_field("aborting", False)}')
> +print(f'bypass_depth : {read_root_field("bypass_depth", 0)}')
> print(f'nr_rejected : {read_atomic("scx_nr_rejected")}')
> print(f'enable_seq : {read_atomic("scx_enable_seq")}')
> --
> 2.43.0
>