From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@metux.net>,
Viresh Kumar <vireshk@kernel.org>,
Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev (open list:VIRTIO GPIO DRIVER),
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: [PATCHv3] gpio: virtio: remove one kcalloc
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:37:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260312193717.12221-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
A flexible array member can be used to combine allocations.
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
---
v3: add counting field for __counted_by.
v2: add space in struct
drivers/gpio/gpio-virtio.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-virtio.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-virtio.c
index ed6e0e90fa8a..57d0eb532c3c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-virtio.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ struct virtio_gpio {
struct virtio_device *vdev;
struct mutex lock; /* Protects virtqueue operation */
struct gpio_chip gc;
- struct virtio_gpio_line *lines;
struct virtqueue *request_vq;
/* irq support */
@@ -60,6 +59,9 @@ struct virtio_gpio {
struct mutex irq_lock; /* Protects irq operation */
raw_spinlock_t eventq_lock; /* Protects queuing of the buffer */
struct vgpio_irq_line *irq_lines;
+
+ u16 ngpio;
+ struct virtio_gpio_line lines[] __counted_by(ngpio);
};
static int _virtio_gpio_req(struct virtio_gpio *vgpio, u16 type, u16 gpio,
@@ -541,10 +543,6 @@ static int virtio_gpio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
u16 ngpio;
int ret, i;
- vgpio = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*vgpio), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!vgpio)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
/* Read configuration */
gpio_names_size =
virtio_cread32(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_gpio_config,
@@ -556,10 +554,12 @@ static int virtio_gpio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
return -EINVAL;
}
- vgpio->lines = devm_kcalloc(dev, ngpio, sizeof(*vgpio->lines), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!vgpio->lines)
+ vgpio = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(vgpio, lines, ngpio), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!vgpio)
return -ENOMEM;
+ vgpio->ngpio = ngpio;
+
for (i = 0; i < ngpio; i++) {
mutex_init(&vgpio->lines[i].lock);
init_completion(&vgpio->lines[i].completion);
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-12 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-12 19:37 Rosen Penev [this message]
2026-03-13 6:09 ` [PATCHv3] gpio: virtio: remove one kcalloc Viresh Kumar
2026-03-13 6:29 ` Rosen Penev
2026-03-16 14:08 ` Linus Walleij
2026-03-16 14:00 ` Linus Walleij
2026-03-17 8:48 ` Viresh Kumar
2026-03-17 9:45 ` Linus Walleij
2026-03-16 13:59 ` Linus Walleij
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