[PATCH] sched_ext: fix uninitialized ret on alloc_percpu() failure
From: Liang Jie
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 04:43:14 EST
From: Liang Jie <liangjie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Smatch reported:
kernel/sched/ext.c:5332 scx_alloc_and_add_sched() warn: passing zero to 'ERR_PTR'
In scx_alloc_and_add_sched(), the alloc_percpu() failure path jumps to
err_free_gdsqs without initializing @ret. That can lead to returning
ERR_PTR(0), which violates the ERR_PTR() convention and confuses
callers.
Set @ret to -ENOMEM before jumping to the error path when
alloc_percpu() fails.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202512141601.yAXDAeA9-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: c201ea1578d3 ("sched_ext: Move event_stats_cpu into scx_sched")
Signed-off-by: Liang Jie <liangjie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 05f5a49e9649..8ea243b04dc9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4761,8 +4761,10 @@ static struct scx_sched *scx_alloc_and_add_sched(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
}
sch->pcpu = alloc_percpu(struct scx_sched_pcpu);
- if (!sch->pcpu)
+ if (!sch->pcpu) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
goto err_free_gdsqs;
+ }
sch->helper = kthread_run_worker(0, "sched_ext_helper");
if (IS_ERR(sch->helper)) {
--
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