1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index bbfb917a9b49..7d76ccb79e91 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5233,6 +5233,9 @@ void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p)
         int ppid;
         unsigned long state = p->state;
 
+        /* Make sure the string lines up properly with the number of task states: */
+        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR)-1 != ilog2(TASK_STATE_MAX)+1);
+
         if (!try_get_task_stack(p))
                 return;
         if (state)