[PATCHv2 1/2] mtd: virt_concat: use single allocation for node
From: Rosen Penev
Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 17:44:42 EST
Simpler to reason about and avoids having to free nodes separately.
Also add __counted_by attribute for extra runtime analysis.
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/mtd_virt_concat.c | 11 ++---------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_virt_concat.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_virt_concat.c
index aea88d1c9bc5..33f9a63dd450 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_virt_concat.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_virt_concat.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(concat_node_list);
struct mtd_virt_concat_node {
struct list_head head;
unsigned int count;
- struct device_node **nodes;
struct mtd_concat *concat;
+ struct device_node *nodes[] __counted_by(count);
};
/**
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ int mtd_virt_concat_destroy(struct mtd_info *mtd)
for (idx = 0; idx < item->count; idx++)
of_node_put(item->nodes[idx]);
- kfree(item->nodes);
kfree(item);
}
return 0;
@@ -167,16 +166,11 @@ static int mtd_virt_concat_create_item(struct device_node *parts,
return 0;
}
- item = kzalloc(sizeof(*item), GFP_KERNEL);
+ item = kzalloc_flex(*item, nodes, count, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!item)
return -ENOMEM;
item->count = count;
- item->nodes = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*item->nodes), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!item->nodes) {
- kfree(item);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
/*
* The partition in which "part-concat-next" property
@@ -216,7 +210,6 @@ void mtd_virt_concat_destroy_items(void)
for (i = 0; i < item->count; i++)
of_node_put(item->nodes[i]);
- kfree(item->nodes);
kfree(item);
}
}
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2.53.0