[PATCH] tools/sched_ext: fix getopt() option variable signedness

From: luoliang

Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 06:02:22 EST


From: Liang Luo <luoliang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Four example schedulers (scx_simple, scx_cpu0, scx_sdt, scx_userland)
declare the variable that holds getopt()'s return value as __u32.
getopt() returns int and uses -1 to mark end-of-options; storing that
sentinel in an unsigned variable turns it into 0xffffffff, and the
subsequent 'opt != -1' test only happens to keep working because both
operands of != are promoted to the same 0xffffffff.

Declare the variable as __s32 instead, matching getopt()'s actual
contract and the style already used in scx_qmap.c (int opt) and
scx_pair/central/flatcg.c (__s32 opt). This also silences the
-Wsign-compare warnings emitted for the affected files.

Signed-off-by: Liang Luo <luoliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/sched_ext/scx_cpu0.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_simple.c | 2 +-
tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_cpu0.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_cpu0.c
index a6fba9978b9c..af863b7d434a 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_cpu0.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_cpu0.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct scx_cpu0 *skel;
struct bpf_link *link;
- __u32 opt;
+ __s32 opt;
__u64 ecode;

libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn);
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.c
index bf664b2d3785..ef197b266a36 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct scx_sdt *skel;
struct bpf_link *link;
- __u32 opt;
+ __s32 opt;
__u64 ecode;

libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn);
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_simple.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_simple.c
index c3b48611712b..34f9785335b7 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_simple.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_simple.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct scx_simple *skel;
struct bpf_link *link;
- __u32 opt;
+ __s32 opt;
__u64 ecode;

libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn);
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
index 616043c165e6..192b79c7e4aa 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int spawn_stats_thread(void)
static void pre_bootstrap(int argc, char **argv)
{
int err;
- __u32 opt;
+ __s32 opt;
struct sched_param sched_param = {
.sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_EXT),
};
--
2.39.5