Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2] ice: remove excessive memory allocation in ice_create_lag_recipe()

[Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 10:50:56AM +0100, Aleksandr Loktionov wrote:
> From: Marcin Szycik <marcin.szycik@intel.com>
> 
> For some reason ice_create_lag_recipe() allocates an array of 64
> struct ice_aqc_recipe_data_elem elements, while it only needs one (1).
> Fix it, while also using kzalloc_obj().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Szycik <marcin.szycik@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
> ---
> v1 -> v2 remove 'Fixes' from commit message because it's not a critical bug
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lag.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lag.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lag.c
> index 310e8fe..70357dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lag.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lag.c
> @@ -2418,8 +2418,8 @@ static int ice_create_lag_recipe(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 *rid,
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	new_rcp = kzalloc(ICE_RECIPE_LEN * ICE_MAX_NUM_RECIPES, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	new_rcp = kzalloc_obj(*new_rcp, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!new_rcp)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
>  	memcpy(new_rcp, base_recipe, ICE_RECIPE_LEN);

idk but should this memcpy be updated to sizeof(*new_rcp) to match the updated
allocation ? feels slightly easier to read (vs knowing that sizeof(*new_rcp)
== ICE_RECIPE_LEN).

either way:

Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>