[PATCH 2/2] scsi: be2iscsi: simplify hwi_controller allocation

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Sat Mar 21 2026 - 15:17:55 EST


Use a flexible array member to allocate and free hwi_controller once
using kzalloc_flex.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c | 16 +---------------
drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
index aa5320535c1f..799063000e77 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
@@ -2465,27 +2465,16 @@ static void beiscsi_find_mem_req(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
static int beiscsi_alloc_mem(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
{
dma_addr_t bus_add;
- struct hwi_controller *phwi_ctrlr;
struct be_mem_descriptor *mem_descr;
struct mem_array *mem_arr, *mem_arr_orig;
unsigned int i, j, alloc_size, curr_alloc_size;

- phba->phwi_ctrlr = kzalloc(phba->params.hwi_ws_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+ phba->phwi_ctrlr = kzalloc_flex(*phba->phwi_ctrlr, wrb_context, phba->params.cxns_per_ctrl);
if (!phba->phwi_ctrlr)
return -ENOMEM;

- /* Allocate memory for wrb_context */
- phwi_ctrlr = phba->phwi_ctrlr;
- phwi_ctrlr->wrb_context = kzalloc_objs(struct hwi_wrb_context,
- phba->params.cxns_per_ctrl);
- if (!phwi_ctrlr->wrb_context) {
- kfree(phba->phwi_ctrlr);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
phba->init_mem = kzalloc_objs(*mem_descr, SE_MEM_MAX);
if (!phba->init_mem) {
- kfree(phwi_ctrlr->wrb_context);
kfree(phba->phwi_ctrlr);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -2493,7 +2482,6 @@ static int beiscsi_alloc_mem(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
mem_arr_orig = kmalloc_objs(*mem_arr_orig, BEISCSI_MAX_FRAGS_INIT);
if (!mem_arr_orig) {
kfree(phba->init_mem);
- kfree(phwi_ctrlr->wrb_context);
kfree(phba->phwi_ctrlr);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -2568,7 +2556,6 @@ static int beiscsi_alloc_mem(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
}
kfree(mem_arr_orig);
kfree(phba->init_mem);
- kfree(phba->phwi_ctrlr->wrb_context);
kfree(phba->phwi_ctrlr);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -3874,7 +3861,6 @@ static void beiscsi_free_mem(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
mem_descr++;
}
kfree(phba->init_mem);
- kfree(phba->phwi_ctrlr->wrb_context);
kfree(phba->phwi_ctrlr);
}

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h
index b5f8e746deab..77c9b1a1a488 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h
@@ -968,10 +968,10 @@ struct be_ring {
};

struct hwi_controller {
- struct hwi_wrb_context *wrb_context;
struct be_ring default_pdu_hdr[BEISCSI_ULP_COUNT];
struct be_ring default_pdu_data[BEISCSI_ULP_COUNT];
struct hwi_context_memory *phwi_ctxt;
+ struct hwi_wrb_context wrb_context[];
};

enum hwh_type_enum {
--
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