From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Elad Nachman <enachman@marvell.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list),
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org (open list:KERNEL HARDENING (not
covered by other areas):Keyword:\b__counted_by(_le|_be)?\b)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: marvell: prestera: use kzalloc_flex
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:16:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260319171631.65836fe2@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260318192111.6802-1-rosenp@gmail.com>
On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:21:11 -0700 Rosen Penev wrote:
> Simplify allocation by using a flexible array member in this struct. No
> need to free separately.
>
> Add __counted_by to get extra runtime analysis. Move counting variable
> assignment to right after allocation as required by __counted_by.
Quoting documentation:
Clean-up patches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Netdev discourages patches which perform simple clean-ups, which are not in
the context of other work.
See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#clean-up-patches
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pw-bot: reject
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 19:21 [PATCH] net: marvell: prestera: use kzalloc_flex Rosen Penev
2026-03-19 9:39 ` [EXTERNAL] " Elad Nachman
2026-03-20 0:16 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
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