[PATCH] tools/sched_ext: use btf_vlen() helper in compat.h

From: luoliang

Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 23:13:49 EST


From: luoliang <luoliang@xxxxxxxxxx>

__COMPAT_read_enum() and __COMPAT_struct_has_field() open-code the
vlen lookup via the raw BTF_INFO_VLEN(t->info) UAPI macro, whose
result type is __u32 (t->info is __u32 and 0xffff is promoted to
unsigned). Comparing it against the int loop counter triggers
-Wsign-compare in every example scheduler that includes compat.h.

libbpf already exposes btf_vlen() for exactly this purpose; it
returns __u16, the natural width of the vlen field, and the usual
integer promotions turn the 'int < __u16' comparison into a plain
'int < int' so the warning goes away without any cast. This matches
the pattern already used in-kernel (e.g. kernel/bpf/inode.c) and in
tools/bpf/bpftool. Replace the three open-coded lookups with
btf_vlen(t). No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Liang Luo <luoliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h
index 039854c490d5..df5ca1ce20f6 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static inline bool __COMPAT_read_enum(const char *type, const char *name, u64 *v
if (btf_is_enum(t)) {
struct btf_enum *e = btf_enum(t);

- for (i = 0; i < BTF_INFO_VLEN(t->info); i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < btf_vlen(t); i++) {
n = btf__name_by_offset(__COMPAT_vmlinux_btf, e[i].name_off);
SCX_BUG_ON(!n, "btf__name_by_offset()");
if (!strcmp(n, name)) {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static inline bool __COMPAT_read_enum(const char *type, const char *name, u64 *v
} else if (btf_is_enum64(t)) {
struct btf_enum64 *e = btf_enum64(t);

- for (i = 0; i < BTF_INFO_VLEN(t->info); i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < btf_vlen(t); i++) {
n = btf__name_by_offset(__COMPAT_vmlinux_btf, e[i].name_off);
SCX_BUG_ON(!n, "btf__name_by_offset()");
if (!strcmp(n, name)) {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static inline bool __COMPAT_struct_has_field(const char *type, const char *field

m = btf_members(t);

- for (i = 0; i < BTF_INFO_VLEN(t->info); i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < btf_vlen(t); i++) {
n = btf__name_by_offset(__COMPAT_vmlinux_btf, m[i].name_off);
SCX_BUG_ON(!n, "btf__name_by_offset()");
if (!strcmp(n, field))
--
2.43.0