From: Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
The use of the union reduces the size of closure struct by taking advantage
of the current size of its members. The offset of func in work_struct
equals the size of the first three members, so that work.work_func will
just reference the forth member - fn.
This is smart but dangerous. It can be broken if work_struct or the other
structs get changed, and can be a bit difficult to debug.
Signed-off-by: Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Michael Lyle <mlyle@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/bcache/closure.h | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/closure.h b/drivers/md/bcache/closure.h
index 295b7e43f92c..00fb314cce57 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/closure.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/closure.h
@@ -251,6 +251,12 @@ static inline void set_closure_fn(struct closure *cl, closure_fn *fn,
static inline void closure_queue(struct closure *cl)
{
struct workqueue_struct *wq = cl->wq;
+ /**
+ * Changes made to closure, work_struct, or a couple of other structs
+ * may cause work.func not pointing to the right location.
+ */
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct closure, fn)
+ != offsetof(struct work_struct, func));
if (wq) {
INIT_WORK(&cl->work, cl->work.func);
BUG_ON(!queue_work(wq, &cl->work));
--
2.11.0
