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R. Silva" , linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net (moderated list:ATM), netdev@vger.kernel.org (open list:ATM), linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org (open list:KERNEL HARDENING (not covered by other areas):Keyword:\b__counted_by(_le|_be)?\b) Subject: [PATCH] atm: nicstar: simplify allocation Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:22:43 -0700 Message-ID: <20260324032243.26387-1-rosenp@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Use a flexible array member with kzalloc_flex to combine allocations into one. Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis. Move counting variable assignment to right after allocation as required by __counted_by. Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev --- drivers/atm/nicstar.c | 17 +++++------------ drivers/atm/nicstar.h | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/atm/nicstar.c b/drivers/atm/nicstar.c index 24e51343df15..2f6a3637aeab 100644 --- a/drivers/atm/nicstar.c +++ b/drivers/atm/nicstar.c @@ -867,23 +867,17 @@ static scq_info *get_scq(ns_dev *card, int size, u32 = scd) if (size !=3D VBR_SCQSIZE && size !=3D CBR_SCQSIZE) return NULL; =20 - scq =3D kmalloc_obj(*scq); + scq =3D kmalloc_flex(*scq, skb, size / NS_SCQE_SIZE); if (!scq) return NULL; - scq->org =3D dma_alloc_coherent(&card->pcidev->dev, - 2 * size, &scq->dma, GFP_KERNEL); + + scq->num_entries =3D size / NS_SCQE_SIZE; + + scq->org =3D dma_alloc_coherent(&card->pcidev->dev, 2 * size, &scq->dma, = GFP_KERNEL); if (!scq->org) { kfree(scq); return NULL; } - scq->skb =3D kzalloc_objs(*scq->skb, size / NS_SCQE_SIZE); - if (!scq->skb) { - dma_free_coherent(&card->pcidev->dev, - 2 * size, scq->org, scq->dma); - kfree(scq); - return NULL; - } - scq->num_entries =3D size / NS_SCQE_SIZE; scq->base =3D PTR_ALIGN(scq->org, size); scq->next =3D scq->base; scq->last =3D scq->base + (scq->num_entries - 1); @@ -928,7 +922,6 @@ static void free_scq(ns_dev *card, scq_info *scq, struc= t atm_vcc *vcc) } } } - kfree(scq->skb); dma_free_coherent(&card->pcidev->dev, 2 * (scq->num_entries =3D=3D VBR_SCQ_NUM_ENTRIES ? VBR_SCQSIZE : CBR_SCQSIZE), diff --git a/drivers/atm/nicstar.h b/drivers/atm/nicstar.h index 1b7f1dfc1735..ba45be53d40e 100644 --- a/drivers/atm/nicstar.h +++ b/drivers/atm/nicstar.h @@ -667,14 +667,14 @@ typedef struct scq_info { ns_scqe *next; volatile ns_scqe *tail; /* Not related to the nicstar register */ unsigned num_entries; - struct sk_buff **skb; /* Pointer to an array of pointers - to the sk_buffs used for tx */ u32 scd; /* SRAM address of the corresponding SCD */ int tbd_count; /* Only meaningful on variable rate */ wait_queue_head_t scqfull_waitq; volatile char full; /* SCQ full indicator */ spinlock_t lock; /* SCQ spinlock */ + struct sk_buff *skb[] __counted_by(num_entries); /* Pointer to an array o= f pointers + to the sk_buffs used for tx */ } scq_info; =20 typedef struct rsq_info { --=20 2.53.0