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linux-stable-mirror/include/linux/sched
Peter Zijlstra e379dce8af sched/topology: Fix sched_domain_span()
Commit 8e8e23dea4 ("sched/topology: Compute sd_weight considering
cpuset partitions") ends up relying on the fact that structure
initialization should not touch the flexible array.

However, the official GCC specification for "Arrays of Length Zero"
[*] says:

  Although the size of a zero-length array is zero, an array member of
  this kind may increase the size of the enclosing type as a result of
  tail padding.

Additionally, structure initialization will zero tail padding. With
the end result that since offsetof(*type, member) < sizeof(*type),
array initialization will clobber the flex array.

Luckily, the way flexible array sizes are calculated is:

  sizeof(*type) + count * sizeof(*type->member)

This means we have the complete size of the flex array *outside* of
sizeof(*type), so use that instead of relying on the broken flex array
definition.

[*] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html

Fixes: 8e8e23dea4 ("sched/topology: Compute sd_weight considering cpuset partitions")
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Debugged-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>
Tested-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323093627.GY3738010@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
2026-03-24 10:07:04 +01:00
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