[PATCH] tools/sched_ext: scx_central: fix sched_setaffinity() call with the set size

From: David Carlier

Date: Wed Feb 11 2026 - 16:30:45 EST


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@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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