On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:49:52 -0500
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:56:44 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > >     
> > > >         unsigned int            nr_entries;
> > > > -       unsigned long           entries[];
> > > > +       unsigned long           entries[]; /* Fixed size, not bound by 
> > > > nr_entries */
> > > >  };      
> > > 
> > > Perhaps it should be:
> > >   unsigned long entries[ /* MAX_UNWIND_ENTRIES */ ];    
> > 
> > Whatever would keep the coccinelle folks from sending more patches.  
> 
> Thorsten,
> 
> Which comment would you feel is more obvious that entries is not bound by
> nr_entries and prevent this patch from being sent again?
> 

Or we can simply move the macro to the header:

diff --git a/include/linux/unwind_deferred_types.h 
b/include/linux/unwind_deferred_types.h
index 18fa3932f61c..0e43556b9710 100644
--- a/include/linux/unwind_deferred_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/unwind_deferred_types.h
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 
+/* Make the cache fit in a 4K page */
+#define UNWIND_MAX_ENTRIES                                     \
+       ((SZ_4K - sizeof(struct unwind_cache)) / sizeof(long))
+
 struct unwind_cache {
        unsigned long           unwind_completed;
        unsigned int            nr_entries;
-       unsigned long           entries[];
+       unsigned long           entries[ /* UNWIND_MAX_ENTRIES */ ];
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/unwind/deferred.c b/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
index a88fb481c4a3..6ea7cb5f336d 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ static inline bool try_assign_cnt(struct unwind_task_info 
*info, u32 cnt)
 }
 #endif
 
-/* Make the cache fit in a 4K page */
-#define UNWIND_MAX_ENTRIES                                     \
-       ((SZ_4K - sizeof(struct unwind_cache)) / sizeof(long))
-
 /* Guards adding to or removing from the list of callbacks */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(callback_mutex);
 static LIST_HEAD(callbacks);


-- Steve

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