From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, frederic@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, cai@lca.pw,
mgorman@techsingularity.net
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] sched: Replace rq::wake_list
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 10:10:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200605081028.GC2750@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200604141837.GA179816@roeck-us.net>
On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 07:18:37AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 06:11:04PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > + BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct task_struct, wake_entry_type) - offsetof(struct task_struct, wake_entry) !=
> > + offsetof(struct __call_single_data, flags) - offsetof(struct __call_single_data, llist));
> > +
>
> There is no guarantee in C that
>
> type1 a;
> type2 b;
>
> in two different data structures means that offsetof(b) - offsetof(a)
> is the same in both data structures unless attributes such as
> __attribute__((__packed__)) are used.
Do tell more; the alignment requirements and size of the types remains
the same, this resulting in different layout is unlikely.
I found this excellent quote on Hacker News this morning:
"I think the attitude of compiler writers is a good reason to fix the
spec so they can't keep ratfucking developers trying to get work done."
> As result, this does and will cause a variety of build errors depending
> on the compiler version and compile flags.
The only thing I can think of that's actually a problem is that retarded
struct randomization stuff.
Anyway, I'll move cleaning it up a little higher on the todo list.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-05 8:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-26 16:10 [RFC][PATCH 0/7] Fix the scheduler-IPI mess Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:10 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/7] sched: Fix smp_call_function_single_async() usage for ILB Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 23:56 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-05-27 10:23 ` Vincent Guittot
2020-05-27 11:28 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-05-27 12:07 ` Vincent Guittot
2020-05-29 15:26 ` Valentin Schneider
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-01 11:40 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-05-26 16:10 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/7] smp: Optimize flush_smp_call_function_queue() Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-28 12:28 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/7] smp: Move irq_work_run() out of flush_smp_call_function_queue() Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-29 13:04 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/7] smp: Optimize send_call_function_single_ipi() Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 7:01 ` kbuild test robot
2020-05-27 9:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 10:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 15:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-05-27 16:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 17:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 19:39 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-05-28 1:35 ` Joel Fernandes
2020-05-28 8:59 ` [tip: core/rcu] rcu: Allow for smp_call_function() running callbacks from idle tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-21 16:56 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/7] smp: Optimize send_call_function_single_ipi() Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-22 0:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-01-22 8:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-22 15:35 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-05-29 1:19 ` kbuild test robot
2020-05-29 11:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-30 1:07 ` Philip Li
2020-05-29 13:01 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/7] irq_work, smp: Allow irq_work on call_single_queue Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-28 23:40 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-05-29 13:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 9:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 15:02 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-05 16:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 15:24 ` Kees Cook
2020-06-10 13:24 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/7] sched: Add rq::ttwu_pending Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 7/7] sched: Replace rq::wake_list Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-29 15:10 ` Valdis Klētnieks
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-02 15:16 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-04 14:18 ` [RFC][PATCH 7/7] " Guenter Roeck
2020-06-05 0:24 ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-05 7:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 16:15 ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-06 23:13 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-09 20:21 ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-09 21:25 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-09 21:38 ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-09 22:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-09 23:03 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-10 9:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-18 17:57 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-06-18 19:06 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-09 22:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 8:10 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2020-06-05 13:33 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-05 14:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
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