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* [PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath9k_htc: allocats tx_buf and buf together
@ 2026-05-01  2:33 Rosen Penev
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From: Rosen Penev @ 2026-05-01  2:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless; +Cc: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen, open list

Use a flexible array member to combine allocations. No need to have them
separate as they are always together.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c | 14 ++------------
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.h |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
index 821909b81ea9..8ae4e5d4fa14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ static void hif_usb_stop(void *hif_handle)
 		usb_kill_urb(tx_buf->urb);
 		list_del(&tx_buf->list);
 		usb_free_urb(tx_buf->urb);
-		kfree(tx_buf->buf);
 		kfree(tx_buf);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&hif_dev->tx.tx_lock, flags);
 	}
@@ -811,7 +810,6 @@ static void ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev)
 				 &hif_dev->tx.tx_buf, list) {
 		list_del(&tx_buf->list);
 		usb_free_urb(tx_buf->urb);
-		kfree(tx_buf->buf);
 		kfree(tx_buf);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hif_dev->tx.tx_lock, flags);
@@ -828,7 +826,6 @@ static void ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev)
 		usb_kill_urb(tx_buf->urb);
 		list_del(&tx_buf->list);
 		usb_free_urb(tx_buf->urb);
-		kfree(tx_buf->buf);
 		kfree(tx_buf);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&hif_dev->tx.tx_lock, flags);
 	}
@@ -849,14 +846,10 @@ static int ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_tx_urbs(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev)
 	init_usb_anchor(&hif_dev->mgmt_submitted);

 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_TX_URB_NUM; i++) {
-		tx_buf = kzalloc_obj(*tx_buf);
+		tx_buf = kzalloc_flex(*tx_buf, buf, MAX_TX_BUF_SIZE);
 		if (!tx_buf)
 			goto err;

-		tx_buf->buf = kzalloc(MAX_TX_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tx_buf->buf)
-			goto err;
-
 		tx_buf->urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tx_buf->urb)
 			goto err;
@@ -871,10 +864,7 @@ static int ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_tx_urbs(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev)

 	return 0;
 err:
-	if (tx_buf) {
-		kfree(tx_buf->buf);
-		kfree(tx_buf);
-	}
+	kfree(tx_buf);
 	ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs(hif_dev);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.h
index b3e66b0485a5..c28033ee61ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.h
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ extern int htc_use_dev_fw;
 #define HIF_USB_MAX_TXPIPES 4

 struct tx_buf {
-	u8 *buf;
 	u16 len;
 	u16 offset;
 	struct urb *urb;
 	struct sk_buff_head skb_queue;
 	struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev;
 	struct list_head list;
+	u8 buf[];
 };

 struct rx_buf {
--
2.54.0


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