[PATCH sched_ext/for-7.2] sched_ext: Fix ops_cid layout assert

From: Tejun Heo

Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 19:59:55 EST


ca1d48a86fab ("sched_ext: Use offsetofend on both sides of the ops_cid
layout assert") replaced sizeof() with offsetofend() to dodge 32-bit
PPC trailing padding, but the resulting check is tautological: with
CID_OFFSET_MATCH(priv, priv) already enforcing offsetof(priv) equality
and @priv being the same type in both structs, the two offsetofends
are equal by construction. The original protection - catching a stray
field added past @priv in sched_ext_ops_cid - is gone.

Anchor on a zero-size __end[] marker appended after @priv. Its offset
sits flush after @priv regardless of trailing struct padding; if a
field is inserted past @priv, __end shifts and the assert fires.

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260508215211.0C03AC2BCB0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/ext.c | 6 ++----
kernel/sched/ext_internal.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index f86ee15be7cb..b685f45b4fd0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -10380,11 +10380,9 @@ static int __init scx_init(void)
/*
* cid-form must end exactly at @priv - validate_ops() skips
* cpu_acquire/cpu_release for cid-form because reading those fields
- * past the BPF allocation would be UB. offsetofend() on both sides
- * instead of sizeof() on sched_ext_ops_cid to sidestep trailing
- * struct padding (e.g. 32-bit PPC tail-pads ops_cid past @priv).
+ * past the BPF allocation would be UB.
*/
- BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetofend(struct sched_ext_ops_cid, priv) !=
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct sched_ext_ops_cid, __end) !=
offsetofend(struct sched_ext_ops, priv));
#undef CID_OFFSET_MATCH

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext_internal.h b/kernel/sched/ext_internal.h
index 0ed79bd891c7..cd33984cffcf 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext_internal.h
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@ struct sched_ext_ops_cid {

/* internal use only, must be NULL */
void __rcu *priv;
+
+ /* layout end anchor for the BUILD_BUG_ON in scx_init(); keep last */
+ char __end[0];
};

enum scx_opi {
--
2.54.0