From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Cheng-Yang Chou <yphbchou0911@gmail.com>
Cc: sched-ext@lists.linux.dev, David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>,
Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>,
Ching-Chun Huang <jserv@ccns.ncku.edu.tw>,
Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7712@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 sched_ext/for-7.1] sched_ext: Fix invalid kobj cast in scx_uevent()
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:47:56 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acF8zKIsBST6Gha_@slm.duckdns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260323104848.3879920-1-yphbchou0911@gmail.com>
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 06:48:29PM +0800, Cheng-Yang Chou wrote:
> static int scx_uevent(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
> {
> - const struct scx_sched *sch = container_of(kobj, struct scx_sched, kobj);
> + const struct scx_sched *sch;
> +
> + /*
> + * scx_uevent() can be reached by both scx_sched kobjects (scx_ktype)
> + * and sub-scheduler kset kobjects (kset_ktype) through the parent
> + * chain walk. Filter out the latter to avoid invalid casts.
> + */
> + if (kobj->ktype != &scx_ktype)
> + return 0;
> +
> + sch = container_of(kobj, struct scx_sched, kobj);
I'll apply as-is but you don't need to move container_of() here. It's just
address calculation, not a dereference.
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 17:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 10:48 [PATCH v2 sched_ext/for-7.1] sched_ext: Fix invalid kobj cast in scx_uevent() Cheng-Yang Chou
2026-03-23 17:47 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2026-03-24 9:57 ` Cheng-Yang Chou
2026-03-23 17:54 ` Tejun Heo
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