Re: [PATCH] fpga: dfl: afu: use kzalloc_obj over kzalloc with sizeof

[kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>]

Hi Mayur,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on linus/master]
[also build test ERROR on v7.1-rc3 next-20260508]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Mayur-Kumar/fpga-dfl-afu-use-kzalloc_obj-over-kzalloc-with-sizeof/20260513-141558
base:   linus/master
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260511181240.223224-1-kmayur809%40gmail.com
patch subject: [PATCH] fpga: dfl: afu: use kzalloc_obj over kzalloc with sizeof
config: nios2-randconfig-002-20260513 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260513/202605131843.wVRKksBi-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: nios2-linux-gcc (GCC) 8.5.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260513/202605131843.wVRKksBi-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202605131843.wVRKksBi-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-dma-region.c: In function 'afu_dma_map_region':
>> drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-dma-region.c:319:9: error: assignment to 'struct dfl_afu_dma_region *' from incompatible pointer type 'struct dfl_afu_dma_region **' [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
     region = kzalloc_obj(region, GFP_KERNEL);
            ^
   cc1: some warnings being treated as errors


vim +319 drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-dma-region.c

   289	
   290	/**
   291	 * afu_dma_map_region - map memory region for dma
   292	 * @fdata: feature dev data
   293	 * @user_addr: address of the memory region
   294	 * @length: size of the memory region
   295	 * @iova: pointer of iova address
   296	 *
   297	 * Map memory region defined by @user_addr and @length, and return dma address
   298	 * of the memory region via @iova.
   299	 * Return 0 for success, otherwise error code.
   300	 */
   301	int afu_dma_map_region(struct dfl_feature_dev_data *fdata,
   302			       u64 user_addr, u64 length, u64 *iova)
   303	{
   304		struct device *dev = &fdata->dev->dev;
   305		struct dfl_afu_dma_region *region;
   306		int ret;
   307	
   308		/*
   309		 * Check Inputs, only accept page-aligned user memory region with
   310		 * valid length.
   311		 */
   312		if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(user_addr) || !PAGE_ALIGNED(length) || !length)
   313			return -EINVAL;
   314	
   315		/* Check overflow */
   316		if (user_addr + length < user_addr)
   317			return -EINVAL;
   318	
 > 319		region = kzalloc_obj(region, GFP_KERNEL);
   320		if (!region)
   321			return -ENOMEM;
   322	
   323		region->user_addr = user_addr;
   324		region->length = length;
   325	
   326		/* Pin the user memory region */
   327		ret = afu_dma_pin_pages(fdata, region);
   328		if (ret) {
   329			dev_err(dev, "failed to pin memory region\n");
   330			goto free_region;
   331		}
   332	
   333		/* Only accept continuous pages, return error else */
   334		if (!afu_dma_check_continuous_pages(region)) {
   335			dev_err(dev, "pages are not continuous\n");
   336			ret = -EINVAL;
   337			goto unpin_pages;
   338		}
   339	
   340		/* As pages are continuous then start to do DMA mapping */
   341		region->iova = dma_map_page(dfl_fpga_fdata_to_parent(fdata),
   342					    region->pages[0], 0,
   343					    region->length,
   344					    DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
   345		if (dma_mapping_error(dfl_fpga_fdata_to_parent(fdata), region->iova)) {
   346			dev_err(dev, "failed to map for dma\n");
   347			ret = -EFAULT;
   348			goto unpin_pages;
   349		}
   350	
   351		*iova = region->iova;
   352	
   353		mutex_lock(&fdata->lock);
   354		ret = afu_dma_region_add(fdata, region);
   355		mutex_unlock(&fdata->lock);
   356		if (ret) {
   357			dev_err(dev, "failed to add dma region\n");
   358			goto unmap_dma;
   359		}
   360	
   361		return 0;
   362	
   363	unmap_dma:
   364		dma_unmap_page(dfl_fpga_fdata_to_parent(fdata),
   365			       region->iova, region->length, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
   366	unpin_pages:
   367		afu_dma_unpin_pages(fdata, region);
   368	free_region:
   369		kfree(region);
   370		return ret;
   371	}
   372	

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