Re: [PATCH] ext4: Use struct_size() to improve ext4_htree_store_dirent()

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 11:33:54AM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Inline and use struct_size() to calculate the number of bytes to
> allocate for new_fn and remove the local variable len.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
> This change was originally part of another patch that was split into two
> separate patches after feedback from Greg KH
> - Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104234214.8094-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
> ---
>  fs/ext4/dir.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
> index 233479647f1b..02d47a64e8d1 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
> @@ -471,14 +471,13 @@ int ext4_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
>  	struct rb_node **p, *parent = NULL;
>  	struct fname *fname, *new_fn;
>  	struct dir_private_info *info;
> -	int len;
>  
>  	info = dir_file->private_data;
>  	p = &info->root.rb_node;
>  
>  	/* Create and allocate the fname structure */
> -	len = sizeof(struct fname) + ent_name->len + 1;
> -	new_fn = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	new_fn = kzalloc(struct_size(new_fn, name, ent_name->len + 1),
> +			 GFP_KERNEL);

Does this actually matter and make the code any more robust or faster?

The original code here is easier to read and understand, why add
complexity if it is not required?

thanks,

greg k-h