linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/bts: Replace offsetof() with struct

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Message-ID: <20250413104108.49142-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:41:09 +0200
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/bts: Replace offsetof() with struct_size()

Use struct_size() to calculate the number of bytes to allocate for a new
bts_buffer. Compared to offsetof(), struct_size() provides additional
compile-time checks (e.g., __must_be_array()).

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
index da03f53bfa18..16bc89c8023b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bts_buffer_setup_aux(struct perf_event *event, void **pages,
 	if (overwrite && nr_buf > 1)
 		return NULL;
 
-	bb = kzalloc_node(offsetof(struct bts_buffer, buf[nr_buf]), GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	bb = kzalloc_node(struct_size(bb, buf, nr_buf), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!bb)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
2.49.0