Re: [PATCH] i2c: atr: use kzalloc_flex

From: Romain Gantois

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 05:06:11 EST


Hello Rosen,

On Friday, 13 March 2026 01:23:08 CEST Rosen Penev wrote:
> Convert kzalloc_obj + kcalloc to kzalloc_flex to save an allocation.
>
> Add __counted_by to get extra runtime analysis. Move counting variable
> assignment immediately after allocation as required by __counted_by.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c | 15 +++------------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c
> index f9fcb4793aaf..b0aedcf0bf71 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c
> @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ struct i2c_atr_alias_pool {
>
> /* Protects aliases and use_mask */
> spinlock_t lock;
>
> - u16 *aliases;
>
> unsigned long *use_mask;
>
> + u16 aliases[] __counted_by(size);
>
> };
>
> /**
>
> @@ -137,22 +137,16 @@ static struct i2c_atr_alias_pool
> *i2c_atr_alloc_alias_pool(size_t num_aliases, b struct i2c_atr_alias_pool
> *alias_pool;
>
> int ret;
>
> - alias_pool = kzalloc_obj(*alias_pool);
> + alias_pool = kzalloc_flex(*alias_pool, aliases, num_aliases);
>
> if (!alias_pool)
>
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>
> alias_pool->size = num_aliases;
>
> - alias_pool->aliases = kcalloc(num_aliases, sizeof(*alias_pool->aliases),
> GFP_KERNEL); - if (!alias_pool->aliases) {
> - ret = -ENOMEM;
> - goto err_free_alias_pool;
> - }
> -
>
> alias_pool->use_mask = bitmap_zalloc(num_aliases, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!alias_pool->use_mask) {
>
> ret = -ENOMEM;
>
> - goto err_free_aliases;
> + goto err_free_alias_pool;
>
> }
>
> alias_pool->shared = shared;
>
> @@ -161,8 +155,6 @@ static struct i2c_atr_alias_pool
> *i2c_atr_alloc_alias_pool(size_t num_aliases, b
>
> return alias_pool;
>
> -err_free_aliases:
> - kfree(alias_pool->aliases);
>
> err_free_alias_pool:
> kfree(alias_pool);
> return ERR_PTR(ret);
>
> @@ -171,7 +163,6 @@ static struct i2c_atr_alias_pool
> *i2c_atr_alloc_alias_pool(size_t num_aliases, b static void
> i2c_atr_free_alias_pool(struct i2c_atr_alias_pool *alias_pool) {
>
> bitmap_free(alias_pool->use_mask);
>
> - kfree(alias_pool->aliases);
>
> kfree(alias_pool);
>
> }

Reviewed-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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