[PATCH] lkdtm/bugs: combine allocations with kzalloc_flex

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Mon Mar 16 2026 - 23:16:26 EST


Avoid a separate kzalloc_objs call and just use a flexible array member
to do so. Simplifies allocation.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c | 10 ++--------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
index e0098f314570..938916e5b53c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
@@ -515,9 +515,9 @@ struct lkdtm_extra {
struct lkdtm_cb_ptr {
int a, b, c;
int nr_extra;
- char *buf __counted_by_ptr(len);
size_t len;
struct lkdtm_extra *extra __counted_by_ptr(nr_extra);
+ char buf[] __counted_by(len);
};

static noinline void check_ptr_len(struct lkdtm_cb_ptr *p, size_t len)
@@ -533,17 +533,12 @@ static void lkdtm_PTR_BOUNDS(void)
{
struct lkdtm_cb_ptr *inst;

- inst = kzalloc_obj(*inst);
+ inst = kzalloc_flex(*inst, buf, element_count);
if (!inst) {
pr_err("FAIL: could not allocate struct lkdtm_cb_ptr!\n");
return;
}

- inst->buf = kzalloc(element_count, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!inst->buf) {
- pr_err("FAIL: could not allocate inst->buf!\n");
- return;
- }
inst->len = element_count;

/* Double element_count */
@@ -564,7 +559,6 @@ static void lkdtm_PTR_BOUNDS(void)
ignored = inst->extra[inst->nr_extra].b;

kfree(inst->extra);
- kfree(inst->buf);
kfree(inst);

pr_err("FAIL: survived access of invalid pointer member offset!\n");
--
2.53.0