sched_ext: Convert scx_bpf_cid_override() to __arena array arguments

scx_bpf_cid_override() predates the cid-form arena transition and takes its
arrays as verifier-checked mem+size buffers, forcing scx_qmap to keep the
cpu_to_cid and shard_start arrays in writable bss while the rest of its
state lives in the arena. Unify on arena arguments before cid-form
schedulers start seeing real use.

BPF now translates between BPF and kernel arena addresses for __arena
arguments. Take the arrays as __arena arguments, with the counts passed in
entries. The counts now size the snapshot copies and are bounds-checked
before them.

scx_qmap moves the arrays into struct qmap_arena. As the arena is mmapped at
load, the loader populates them between load and attach instead of before
load.

The arena argument address translation is currently implemented only on
x86-64. Schedulers calling this kfunc load only there for now.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

kernel/sched/ext/cid.c

@@ -449,10 +449,10 @@ __bpf_kfunc_start_defs();
 
 /**
  * scx_bpf_cid_override - Install an explicit cpu->cid mapping with shard info
- * @cpu_to_cid_src: array of nr_cpu_ids s32 entries (cid for each cpu)
+ * @cpu_to_cid__arena: array of nr_cpu_ids s32 entries (cid for each cpu)
- * @cpu_to_cid_src__sz: must be nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(s32) bytes
+ * @cpu_to_cid_cnt: number of entries, must be nr_cpu_ids
- * @shard_start_src: array of first-cid-of-each-shard, strictly increasing from 0
+ * @shard_start__arena: array of first-cid-of-each-shard, one entry per shard
- * @shard_start_src__sz: nr_shards * sizeof(s32) bytes
+ * @shard_start_cnt: number of shards
  * @aux: implicit BPF argument to access bpf_prog_aux hidden from BPF progs
  *
  * May only be called from ops.init_cids() of the root scheduler. Replace the
@@ -464,9 +464,9 @@ __bpf_kfunc_start_defs();
  * (core/LLC/node) is cleared and the shard layout is set from the input. On
  * invalid input, abort the scheduler.
  */
-__bpf_kfunc void scx_bpf_cid_override(const s32 *cpu_to_cid_src, u32 cpu_to_cid_src__sz,
+__bpf_kfunc void scx_bpf_cid_override(const s32 *cpu_to_cid__arena, u32 cpu_to_cid_cnt,
-				       const s32 *shard_start_src, u32 shard_start_src__sz,
+				      const s32 *shard_start__arena, u32 shard_start_cnt,
-				       const struct bpf_prog_aux *aux)
+				      const struct bpf_prog_aux *aux)
 {
 	cpumask_var_t seen __free(free_cpumask_var) = CPUMASK_VAR_NULL;
 	u32 *node_counts __free(kfree) = NULL;
@@ -475,19 +475,28 @@ __bpf_kfunc void scx_bpf_cid_override(const s32 *cpu_to_cid_src, u32 cpu_to_cid_
 	u32 npossible = num_possible_cpus();
 	struct scx_cid_tables *tbls;
 	struct scx_sched *sch;
-	u32 nr_shards;
+	u32 nr_shards = shard_start_cnt;
 	bool alloced;
 	s32 cpu, cid, si;
 
 	/*
 	 * GFP_KERNEL allocs must happen before the rcu read section. Snapshot
-	 * the BPF-supplied arrays so a concurrent map mutation can't change
+	 * the BPF-supplied arrays so a concurrent arena write can't change
 	 * them between validation and use.
+	 *
+	 * The BPF-supplied counts size the snapshots and thus the arena reads.
+	 * Gate the copies on the count bounds, reported below once @sch is
+	 * available. The bounded reads, at most 32KB, stay within the guard
+	 * region that arena fault recovery covers.
 	 */
 	alloced = zalloc_cpumask_var(&seen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	node_counts = kcalloc(nr_node_ids, sizeof(*node_counts), GFP_KERNEL);
-	cpu_to_cid = kmemdup(cpu_to_cid_src, cpu_to_cid_src__sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (cpu_to_cid_cnt == nr_cpu_ids)
-	shard_start = kmemdup(shard_start_src, shard_start_src__sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+		cpu_to_cid = kmemdup(cpu_to_cid__arena, cpu_to_cid_cnt * sizeof(s32),
+				     GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (nr_shards && nr_shards <= npossible)
+		shard_start = kmemdup(shard_start__arena, nr_shards * sizeof(s32),
+				      GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	guard(rcu)();
 
@@ -499,25 +508,23 @@ __bpf_kfunc void scx_bpf_cid_override(const s32 *cpu_to_cid_src, u32 cpu_to_cid_
 	lockdep_assert_held(&scx_enable_mutex);
 	tbls = scx_cid_tables;
 
+	if (cpu_to_cid_cnt != nr_cpu_ids) {
+		scx_error(sch, "scx_bpf_cid_override: cpu_to_cid expected %u entries, got %u",
+			  nr_cpu_ids, cpu_to_cid_cnt);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!nr_shards || nr_shards > npossible) {
+		scx_error(sch, "scx_bpf_cid_override: invalid shard_start count %u",
+			  nr_shards);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!alloced || !node_counts || !cpu_to_cid || !shard_start) {
 		scx_error(sch, "scx_bpf_cid_override: allocation failed");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (cpu_to_cid_src__sz != nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(s32)) {
-		scx_error(sch, "scx_bpf_cid_override: cpu_to_cid expected %zu bytes, got %u",
-			  nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(s32), cpu_to_cid_src__sz);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (!shard_start_src__sz || shard_start_src__sz % sizeof(s32)) {
-		scx_error(sch, "scx_bpf_cid_override: invalid shard_start size %u",
-			  shard_start_src__sz);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	nr_shards = shard_start_src__sz / sizeof(s32);
-
 	/* validate shard_start[]: starts at 0, strictly increasing, in range */
 	if (shard_start[0] != 0) {
 		scx_error(sch, "scx_bpf_cid_override: shard_start[0] must be 0, got %d",

tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.bpf.h

@@ -125,15 +125,17 @@ static inline bool scx_bpf_sub_dispatch(u64 cgroup_id)
  * v7.3: scx_bpf_cid_override() for explicit cid and shard mapping. Ignore if
  * missing.
  */
-void scx_bpf_cid_override___compat(const s32 *cpu_to_cid, u32 cpu_to_cid__sz,
+void scx_bpf_cid_override___compat(const s32 __arena *cpu_to_cid__arena,
-				    const s32 *shard_start, u32 shard_start__sz) __ksym __weak;
+				   u32 cpu_to_cid_cnt,
+				   const s32 __arena *shard_start__arena,
+				   u32 shard_start_cnt) __ksym __weak;
 
-static inline void scx_bpf_cid_override(const s32 *cpu_to_cid, u32 cpu_to_cid__sz,
+static inline void scx_bpf_cid_override(const s32 __arena *cpu_to_cid, u32 cpu_to_cid_cnt,
-					 const s32 *shard_start, u32 shard_start__sz)
+					const s32 __arena *shard_start, u32 shard_start_cnt)
 {
 	if (bpf_ksym_exists(scx_bpf_cid_override___compat))
-		scx_bpf_cid_override___compat(cpu_to_cid, cpu_to_cid__sz,
+		scx_bpf_cid_override___compat(cpu_to_cid, cpu_to_cid_cnt,
-					      shard_start, shard_start__sz);
+					      shard_start, shard_start_cnt);
 }
 
 /**

tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c

@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@ const volatile u64 round_robin_ns;
  */
 const volatile u32 cid_override_mode;
 const volatile u32 cid_override_nr_shards;
-/*
- * Arrays live in bss (writable) because scx_bpf_cid_override()'s BPF
- * verifier signature treats its len-paired pointers as read/write - rodata
- * fails verification with "write into map forbidden". Userspace populates
- * them before SCX_OPS_LOAD, same as rodata, and nothing writes them after.
- */
-s32 cid_override_cpu_to_cid[SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS];
-s32 cid_override_shard_start[SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS];
 
 UEI_DEFINE(uei);
 
@@ -1761,17 +1753,15 @@ s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS_SLEEPABLE(qmap_init_cids)
 	if (!cid_override_mode)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* bound the count so the verifier accepts cpu_to_cid's mem/len pair */
+	/* the arena arrays are sized SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS */
 	if (nr_cpu_ids > SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS) {
 		scx_bpf_error("nr_cpu_ids=%u exceeds SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS=%d",
 			      nr_cpu_ids, SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	scx_bpf_cid_override((const s32 *)cid_override_cpu_to_cid,
+	scx_bpf_cid_override(qa.cid_override_cpu_to_cid, nr_cpu_ids,
-			     nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(s32),
+			     qa.cid_override_shard_start, cid_override_nr_shards);
-			     (const s32 *)cid_override_shard_start,
-			     cid_override_nr_shards * sizeof(s32));
 	return 0;
 }
 

tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c

@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char tbuf[32];
 	u32 inject_mode = 0;
 	u64 own_cgid = 0;
+	s32 cid_override_shard_sz = 4;
 
 	libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn);
 	signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
@@ -328,8 +329,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			break;
 		case 'C': {
 			u32 nr_cpus = libbpf_num_possible_cpus();
-			u32 mode, i;
+			u32 mode;
-			s32 shard_sz = 4;
 
 			if (!strcmp(optarg, "shuffle"))
 				mode = QMAP_CID_OVR_SHUFFLE;
@@ -344,18 +344,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				return 1;
 			}
 			skel->rodata->cid_override_mode = mode;
-
+			cid_override_shard_sz = 4;
-			/* shuffle: reversed cpu_to_cid; others: identity */
-			for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
-				if (mode == QMAP_CID_OVR_SHUFFLE)
-					skel->bss->cid_override_cpu_to_cid[i] = nr_cpus - 1 - i;
-				else
-					skel->bss->cid_override_cpu_to_cid[i] = i;
-			}
-			if (mode == QMAP_CID_OVR_BAD_DUP && nr_cpus >= 2)
-				skel->bss->cid_override_cpu_to_cid[1] = 0;
-			if (mode == QMAP_CID_OVR_BAD_RANGE)
-				skel->bss->cid_override_cpu_to_cid[0] = (s32)nr_cpus;
 
 			/*
 			 * bad-mono needs >= 3 shards to build a 0-based but
@@ -368,21 +357,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 						nr_cpus);
 					return 1;
 				}
-				shard_sz = nr_cpus / 3;
+				cid_override_shard_sz = nr_cpus / 3;
 			}
 
 			/* shards of shard_sz each */
-			skel->rodata->cid_override_nr_shards = (nr_cpus + shard_sz - 1) / shard_sz;
+			skel->rodata->cid_override_nr_shards =
-			for (i = 0; i < skel->rodata->cid_override_nr_shards; i++)
+				(nr_cpus + cid_override_shard_sz - 1) / cid_override_shard_sz;
-				skel->bss->cid_override_shard_start[i] = i * shard_sz;
-
-			if (mode == QMAP_CID_OVR_BAD_MONO) {
-				/* swap [1] and [2] to break monotonicity */
-				s32 tmp = skel->bss->cid_override_shard_start[1];
-				skel->bss->cid_override_shard_start[1] =
-					skel->bss->cid_override_shard_start[2];
-				skel->bss->cid_override_shard_start[2] = tmp;
-			}
 			break;
 		}
 		case 'i':
@@ -428,9 +408,43 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	skel->rodata->round_robin_ns = (u64)round_robin_ms * 1000000;
 
 	SCX_OPS_LOAD(skel, qmap_ops, scx_qmap, uei);
-	link = SCX_OPS_ATTACH(skel, qmap_ops, scx_qmap);
 
 	qa = &skel->arena->qa;
+
+	/*
+	 * The cid-override arrays live in the arena, which is mmapped at load.
+	 * Populate them before qmap_init_cids() consumes them at attach.
+	 */
+	if (skel->rodata->cid_override_mode) {
+		u32 mode = skel->rodata->cid_override_mode;
+		u32 nr_cpus = libbpf_num_possible_cpus();
+		u32 i;
+
+		/* shuffle: reversed cpu_to_cid; others: identity */
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+			if (mode == QMAP_CID_OVR_SHUFFLE)
+				qa->cid_override_cpu_to_cid[i] = nr_cpus - 1 - i;
+			else
+				qa->cid_override_cpu_to_cid[i] = i;
+		}
+		if (mode == QMAP_CID_OVR_BAD_DUP && nr_cpus >= 2)
+			qa->cid_override_cpu_to_cid[1] = 0;
+		if (mode == QMAP_CID_OVR_BAD_RANGE)
+			qa->cid_override_cpu_to_cid[0] = (s32)nr_cpus;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < skel->rodata->cid_override_nr_shards; i++)
+			qa->cid_override_shard_start[i] = i * cid_override_shard_sz;
+
+		if (mode == QMAP_CID_OVR_BAD_MONO) {
+			/* swap [1] and [2] to break monotonicity */
+			s32 tmp = qa->cid_override_shard_start[1];
+			qa->cid_override_shard_start[1] = qa->cid_override_shard_start[2];
+			qa->cid_override_shard_start[2] = tmp;
+		}
+	}
+
+	link = SCX_OPS_ATTACH(skel, qmap_ops, scx_qmap);
+
 	qa->test_error_cnt = test_error_cnt;
 	qa->inject_mode = inject_mode;
 

tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.h

@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ struct qmap_arena {
 
 	struct cpu_ctx cpu_ctxs[SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS];
 
+	/* cid-override test input, populated by the loader before attach */
+	__s32 cid_override_cpu_to_cid[SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS];
+	__s32 cid_override_shard_start[SCX_QMAP_MAX_CPUS];
+
 	/* task_ctx slab; allocated and threaded by qmap_init() */
 	struct task_ctx __arena *task_ctxs;
 	struct task_ctx __arena *task_free_head;