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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Oct. 02, 2021
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Interest rate swaps	$ 0
Senior notes \| Senior Secured Notes due 2025
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.25%	6.25%
Senior notes \| Unsecured Senior Notes due 2029
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.75%
Senior notes \| Unsecured Senior Notes due 2030
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.625%
Fair Value
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Approximated fair value of debt	$ 4,600,000,000	$ 5,100,000,000
Fair Value \| Senior notes \| Senior Secured Notes due 2025 \| Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Approximated fair value of debt			$ 1,000,000,000
Fair Value \| Senior notes \| Unsecured Senior Notes due 2029 \| Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Approximated fair value of debt	800,000,000	900,000,000
Fair Value \| Senior notes \| Unsecured Senior Notes due 2030 \| Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Approximated fair value of debt	400,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Carrying value
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Approximated fair value of debt	$ 4,900,000,000		$ 5,000,000,000