Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] kernel/sched.c: VLA in middle of struct

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Rusty Russell wrote:
> sched: avoid flexible array member inside struct (gcc extension)
> 
> struct sched_group and struct sched_domain end in 'unsigned long
> cpumask[]' which Jeff Garzik notes is not legal to place inside
> another struct.  It upsets sparse and clang (LLVM's C front end).
> 
> Al Viro pointed out that a union is the Right Way to do this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Reported-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> ---
>  kernel/sched.c |   32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
> --- a/kernel/sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched.c
> @@ -7756,22 +7756,24 @@ int sched_smt_power_savings = 0, sched_m
>   * FIXME: use cpumask_var_t or dynamic percpu alloc to avoid wasting space
>   * for nr_cpu_ids < CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
>   */
> -struct static_sched_group {
> +union static_sched_group {
>  	struct sched_group sg;
> -	DECLARE_BITMAP(cpus, CONFIG_NR_CPUS);
> -};
> -
> -struct static_sched_domain {
> +	char _sg_and_cpus[sizeof(struct sched_group) +
> +			  BITS_TO_LONGS(CONFIG_NR_CPUS) * sizeof(long)];
> +};
> +
> +union static_sched_domain {
>  	struct sched_domain sd;
> -	DECLARE_BITMAP(span, CONFIG_NR_CPUS);
> +	char _sd_and_cpus[sizeof(struct sched_domain) +
> +			  BITS_TO_LONGS(CONFIG_NR_CPUS) * sizeof(long)];
>  };

Looks good to me...  thanks!

	Jeff