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From: zhidao su <soolaugust@gmail.com>
To: soolaugust@gmail.com
Cc: arighi@nvidia.com, changwoo@igalia.com, emil@etsalapatis.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sched-ext@lists.linux.dev,
	tj@kernel.org, void@manifault.com,
	zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tools/sched_ext: Improve BPF verifier arena detection workaround
Date: Tue,  3 Feb 2026 14:57:21 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260203065721.46089-1-suzhidao@xiaomi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F3AA31BB-AC18-4CD7-B3BC-9A39CF9959B9@gmail.com>

Replace bpf_printk() with volatile access in scx_sdt scheduler's
BPF verifier workaround to eliminate console output while maintaining
the required LD.IMM instruction generation for arena detection.

This addresses the side effect issue of the previous hack while
preserving the essential functionality needed by the BPF verifier.

Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com>
---
 tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.bpf.c | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.bpf.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.bpf.c
index 31b09958e8d5..13d3060c99ff 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_sdt.bpf.c
@@ -64,14 +64,10 @@ DEFINE_SDT_STAT(select_busy_cpu);
 static __u64 zero = 0;
 
 /*
- * XXX Hack to get the verifier to find the arena for sdt_exit_task.
- * As of 6.12-rc5, The verifier associates arenas with programs by
- * checking LD.IMM instruction operands for an arena and populating
- * the program state with the first instance it finds. This requires
- * accessing our global arena variable, but scx methods do not necessarily
- * do so while still using pointers from that arena. Insert a bpf_printk
- * statement that triggers at most once to generate an LD.IMM instruction
- * to access the arena and help the verifier.
+ * Workaround to help BPF verifier track arena usage.
+ * The verifier needs to see an explicit reference to the arena variable
+ * to properly track arena memory usage. This generates the required
+ * LD.IMM instruction without producing unnecessary output.
  */
 static volatile bool scx_arena_verify_once;
 
@@ -80,7 +76,11 @@ __hidden void scx_arena_subprog_init(void)
 	if (scx_arena_verify_once)
 		return;
 
-	bpf_printk("%s: arena pointer %p", __func__, &arena);
+	/*
+	 * Use volatile access to generate LD.IMM instruction without
+	 * producing console output like bpf_printk does.
+	 */
+	(void)*(volatile void **)&arena;
 	scx_arena_verify_once = true;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-03  6:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-03  3:19 zhidao su
2026-02-03  3:54 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-02-03  6:44   ` zhidao su
2026-02-03  6:57     ` zhidao su [this message]
2026-02-06  4:18 zhidao su
2026-02-06  7:03 ` Andrea Righi
2026-02-06 16:03   ` Emil Tsalapatis

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