Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Apr. 01, 2017	Dec. 30, 2017
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Federal statutory tax rate	21.00%		35.00%
Decrease to deferred tax liabilities			$ 173
Adjustment to deferred income tax benefit			173
Increase to deferred tax liabilities			4
Adjustment to other long-term liabilities			$ 4
Effective tax rate	(7.00%)	23.00%
Income tax benefit related to excess tax benefits	$ 2	$ 6
Accounting Standards Update 2015-17 [Member] \| Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Income tax benefit related to reductiuon of unrecognized tax benefit	$ 19

Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of cash outflow for realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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