linux-kernel - Re: [tip: sched/urgent] sched: Fix RANDSTRUCT build fail

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Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:16:35 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip: sched/urgent] sched: Fix RANDSTRUCT build fail

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:10:27AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Instead of relying on BUG_ON() to ensure the various data structures
> line up, use a bunch of horrible unions.

>  struct irq_work {
> +	union {
> +		struct __call_single_node node;
> +		struct {
> +			struct llist_node llnode;
> +			atomic_t flags;
> +		};
> +	};
>  	void (*func)(struct irq_work *);
>  };

>  struct __call_single_data {
> +	union {
> +		struct __call_single_node node;
> +		struct {
> +			struct llist_node llist;
> +			unsigned int flags;
> +		};
> +	};
>  	smp_call_func_t func;
>  	void *info;
>  };

FWIW, I have 2 further patches, one for each of these structures to get
rid of the horrible union. They are somewhat larger and I was planning
to hold on to them for next round, but if you want them now, I can
certainly do that.