[PATCH 12/12] Fix segfault in adaptive/aggressive modes

[Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>]

From: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>

The merge_taks_info() function was unconditionally calling
update_cpu_starving_vector() at line 389, but cpu_starving_vector
is only allocated in single_threaded_main() (line 1007). This caused
segmentation faults when running in adaptive or aggressive threading
modes.

The fix guards both update_cpu_starving_vector() calls with
config_single_threaded checks, since this vector is only used
in single-threaded/power mode.

Root cause: cpu_starving_vector is a global array used exclusively
by single-threaded mode to track one starving task per CPU. The
merge_taks_info() function is called by both backends during parsing,
regardless of threading mode. In adaptive/aggressive modes, the
vector remains NULL, causing crashes when accessed.

Crash backtrace:
  conservative_main() → get_cpu_and_parse() → sched_debug_parse() →
  merge_taks_info() → update_cpu_starving_vector() → SEGFAULT at
  line 362: if (cpu_info->pid)

This fix allows test_starvation_threshold.sh to pass on sched_debug
backend with adaptive mode (-M flag).

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
---
 src/stalld.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/stalld.c b/src/stalld.c
index 305618e577fc..130a7d4eaf9d 100644
--- a/src/stalld.c
+++ b/src/stalld.c
@@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ void merge_taks_info(int cpu, struct task_info *old_tasks, int nr_old, struct ta
 	int i;
 	int j;
 
-	update_cpu_starving_vector(cpu, &notask);
+	if (config_single_threaded)
+		update_cpu_starving_vector(cpu, &notask);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_old; i++) {
 		old_task = &old_tasks[i];
-- 
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