Re: [PATCH] mailbox: hi6220: kzalloc + kcalloc to kzalloc

[Jassi Brar]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Reduce allocations to a single one by using a flexible array member.
>
> Allows using __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mailbox/hi6220-mailbox.c | 14 +++++---------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/hi6220-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/hi6220-mailbox.c
> index f77741ce42e7..69d15b6283e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/hi6220-mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/hi6220-mailbox.c
> @@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ struct hi6220_mbox {
>         /* region for mailbox */
>         void __iomem *base;
>
> -       unsigned int chan_num;
> -       struct hi6220_mbox_chan *mchan;
> -
>         void *irq_map_chan[MBOX_CHAN_MAX];
>         struct mbox_chan *chan;
>         struct mbox_controller controller;
> +
> +       unsigned int chan_num;
> +       struct hi6220_mbox_chan mchan[] __counted_by(chan_num);
>  };
>
>  static void mbox_set_state(struct hi6220_mbox *mbox,
> @@ -267,16 +267,12 @@ static int hi6220_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         struct hi6220_mbox *mbox;
>         int i, err;
>
> -       mbox = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*mbox), GFP_KERNEL);
> +       mbox = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(mbox, mchan, MBOX_CHAN_MAX), GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!mbox)
>                 return -ENOMEM;
>
> -       mbox->dev = dev;
>         mbox->chan_num = MBOX_CHAN_MAX;
> -       mbox->mchan = devm_kcalloc(dev,
> -               mbox->chan_num, sizeof(*mbox->mchan), GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!mbox->mchan)
> -               return -ENOMEM;
> +       mbox->dev = dev;
>
>         mbox->chan = devm_kcalloc(dev,
>                 mbox->chan_num, sizeof(*mbox->chan), GFP_KERNEL);
> --
> 2.53.0
>
Applied to mailbox/for-next
Thanks
Jassi