* [PATCHv2] atm: nicstar: simplify allocation
@ 2026-03-26 5:35 Rosen Penev
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From: Rosen Penev @ 2026-03-26 5:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-atm-general
Cc: Chas Williams, Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, open list:ATM,
open list,
open list:KERNEL HARDENING (not covered by other areas):Keyword:b__counted_by(_le|_be)?b
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 <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
v2: use kzalloc_flex
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..b01c6cfdcc87 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 != VBR_SCQSIZE && size != CBR_SCQSIZE)
return NULL;
- scq = kmalloc_obj(*scq);
+ scq = kzalloc_flex(*scq, skb, size / NS_SCQE_SIZE);
if (!scq)
return NULL;
- scq->org = dma_alloc_coherent(&card->pcidev->dev,
- 2 * size, &scq->dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ scq->num_entries = size / NS_SCQE_SIZE;
+
+ scq->org = dma_alloc_coherent(&card->pcidev->dev, 2 * size, &scq->dma, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!scq->org) {
kfree(scq);
return NULL;
}
- scq->skb = 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 = size / NS_SCQE_SIZE;
scq->base = PTR_ALIGN(scq->org, size);
scq->next = scq->base;
scq->last = scq->base + (scq->num_entries - 1);
@@ -928,7 +922,6 @@ static void free_scq(ns_dev *card, scq_info *scq, struct atm_vcc *vcc)
}
}
}
- kfree(scq->skb);
dma_free_coherent(&card->pcidev->dev,
2 * (scq->num_entries == 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 of pointers
+ to the sk_buffs used for tx */
} scq_info;
typedef struct rsq_info {
--
2.53.0
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