From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tools/sched_ext: scx_userland: fix data races on shared counters
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:22:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218192223.8665-1-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
The stats thread reads nr_vruntime_enqueues, nr_vruntime_dispatches,
nr_vruntime_failed, and nr_curr_enqueued concurrently with the main
thread writing them, with no synchronization.
Use __atomic builtins with relaxed ordering for all accesses to these
counters to eliminate the data races.
Only display accuracy is affected, not scheduling correctness.
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
index 504a80824f5c..3f2aba658b4a 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_userland.c
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ static int dispatch_task(__s32 pid)
err = bpf_map_update_elem(dispatched_fd, NULL, &pid, 0);
if (err) {
- nr_vruntime_failed++;
+ __atomic_add_fetch(&nr_vruntime_failed, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
} else {
- nr_vruntime_dispatches++;
+ __atomic_add_fetch(&nr_vruntime_dispatches, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
}
return err;
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ static int vruntime_enqueue(const struct scx_userland_enqueued_task *bpf_task)
return ENOENT;
update_enqueued(curr, bpf_task);
- nr_vruntime_enqueues++;
- nr_curr_enqueued++;
+ __atomic_add_fetch(&nr_vruntime_enqueues, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+ __atomic_add_fetch(&nr_curr_enqueued, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
/*
* Enqueue the task in a vruntime-sorted list. A more optimal data
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ static void dispatch_batch(void)
LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&vruntime_head, task, entries);
break;
}
- nr_curr_enqueued--;
+ __atomic_sub_fetch(&nr_curr_enqueued, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
}
- skel->bss->nr_scheduled = nr_curr_enqueued;
+ skel->bss->nr_scheduled = __atomic_load_n(&nr_curr_enqueued, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
}
static void *run_stats_printer(void *arg)
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ static void *run_stats_printer(void *arg)
printf("|-----------------------|\n");
printf("| VRUNTIME / USER |\n");
printf("|-----------------------|\n");
- printf("| enq: %10llu |\n", nr_vruntime_enqueues);
- printf("| disp: %10llu |\n", nr_vruntime_dispatches);
- printf("| failed: %10llu |\n", nr_vruntime_failed);
+ printf("| enq: %10llu |\n", __atomic_load_n(&nr_vruntime_enqueues, __ATOMIC_RELAXED));
+ printf("| disp: %10llu |\n", __atomic_load_n(&nr_vruntime_dispatches, __ATOMIC_RELAXED));
+ printf("| failed: %10llu |\n", __atomic_load_n(&nr_vruntime_failed, __ATOMIC_RELAXED));
printf("o-----------------------o\n");
printf("\n\n");
fflush(stdout);
@@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ static void bootstrap(char *comm)
{
exit_req = 0;
min_vruntime = 0.0;
- nr_vruntime_enqueues = 0;
- nr_vruntime_dispatches = 0;
- nr_vruntime_failed = 0;
- nr_curr_enqueued = 0;
+ __atomic_store_n(&nr_vruntime_enqueues, 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+ __atomic_store_n(&nr_vruntime_dispatches, 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+ __atomic_store_n(&nr_vruntime_failed, 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+ __atomic_store_n(&nr_curr_enqueued, 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
memset(tasks, 0, pid_max * sizeof(*tasks));
LIST_INIT(&vruntime_head);
--
2.51.0
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2026-02-21 3:19 ` [PATCH] tools/sched_ext: scx_userland: fix data races on shared counters Tejun Heo
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