[PATCH 3/3] scx_userland: fix restart and stats thread lifecycle bugs
From: David Carlier
Date: Thu Feb 12 2026 - 15:35:34 EST
Fix three issues in scx_userland's restart path:
- exit_req is not reset on restart, causing sched_main_loop() to exit
immediately without doing any scheduling work.
- stats_printer thread handle is local to spawn_stats_thread(), making
it impossible to join from main(). Promote it to file scope.
- The stats thread continues reading skel->bss after the skeleton is
destroyed on restart, causing a use-after-free. Join the stats thread
before destroying the skeleton to ensure it has exited.
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
index 10b31020f44f..63f89b35d999 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static bool verbose;
static volatile int exit_req;
static int enqueued_fd, dispatched_fd;
+static pthread_t stats_printer;
static struct scx_userland *skel;
static struct bpf_link *ops_link;
@@ -319,8 +320,6 @@ static void *run_stats_printer(void *arg)
static int spawn_stats_thread(void)
{
- pthread_t stats_printer;
-
return pthread_create(&stats_printer, NULL, run_stats_printer, NULL);
}
@@ -375,6 +374,7 @@ static void pre_bootstrap(int argc, char **argv)
static void bootstrap(char *comm)
{
+ exit_req = 0;
skel = SCX_OPS_OPEN(userland_ops, scx_userland);
skel->rodata->num_possible_cpus = libbpf_num_possible_cpus();
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
exit_req = 1;
bpf_link__destroy(ops_link);
+ pthread_join(stats_printer, NULL);
ecode = UEI_REPORT(skel, uei);
scx_userland__destroy(skel);
--
2.51.0