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-rw-r--r--include/linux/cgroup-defs.h25
-rw-r--r--kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c2
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index b760a3c470a5..f7cc60de0058 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -626,7 +626,13 @@ struct cgroup {
#endif
/* All ancestors including self */
- struct cgroup *ancestors[];
+ union {
+ DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct cgroup *, ancestors);
+ struct {
+ struct cgroup *_root_ancestor;
+ DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct cgroup *, _low_ancestors);
+ };
+ };
};
/*
@@ -647,16 +653,6 @@ struct cgroup_root {
struct list_head root_list;
struct rcu_head rcu; /* Must be near the top */
- /*
- * The root cgroup. The containing cgroup_root will be destroyed on its
- * release. cgrp->ancestors[0] will be used overflowing into the
- * following field. cgrp_ancestor_storage must immediately follow.
- */
- struct cgroup cgrp;
-
- /* must follow cgrp for cgrp->ancestors[0], see above */
- struct cgroup *cgrp_ancestor_storage;
-
/* Number of cgroups in the hierarchy, used only for /proc/cgroups */
atomic_t nr_cgrps;
@@ -668,6 +664,13 @@ struct cgroup_root {
/* The name for this hierarchy - may be empty */
char name[MAX_CGROUP_ROOT_NAMELEN];
+
+ /*
+ * The root cgroup. The containing cgroup_root will be destroyed on its
+ * release. This must be embedded last due to flexible array at the end
+ * of struct cgroup.
+ */
+ struct cgroup cgrp;
};
/*
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index e717208cfb18..554a02ee298b 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -5847,7 +5847,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, const char *name,
int ret;
/* allocate the cgroup and its ID, 0 is reserved for the root */
- cgrp = kzalloc(struct_size(cgrp, ancestors, (level + 1)), GFP_KERNEL);
+ cgrp = kzalloc(struct_size(cgrp, _low_ancestors, level), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cgrp)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);