On Mon, 2018-07-16 at 00:59 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Rik van Riel wrote: > > > The mm_struct always contains a cpumask bitmap, regardless of > > CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK. That means the first step can be to > > simplify things, and simply have one bitmask at the end of the > > mm_struct for the mm_cpumask. > > > > This does necessitate moving everything else in mm_struct into > > an anonymous sub-structure, which can be randomized when struct > > randomization is enabled. > > > > The second step is to determine the correct size for the > > mm_struct slab object from the size of the mm_struct > > (excluding the cpu bitmap) and the size the cpumask. > > > > For init_mm we can simply allocate the maximum size this > > kernel is compiled for, since we only have one init_mm > > in the system, anyway. > > > > Pointer magic by Mike Galbraith, to evade -Wstringop-overflow > > getting confused by the dynamically sized array. > > > > Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel > > Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith > > Is this an Acked-by in disguise, or did this patch route via Mike? Mike found an issue with the patch and sent a fix, so I added his S-o-b to this patch as well. -- All Rights Reversed.