[PATCH net-next] net: rocker: kzalloc + kcalloc to kzalloc_flex

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 21:55:21 EST


Combining the allocations simplifies things, especially the free path.

Remove ofdpa_group_tbl_entry_free as a result. kfree is shorter.

Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c | 31 +++++-----------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
index 50ea5f9ef63a..66a8ae67c3ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ struct ofdpa_group_tbl_entry {
u32 cmd;
u32 group_id; /* key */
u16 group_count;
- u32 *group_ids;
union {
struct {
u8 pop_vlan;
@@ -123,6 +122,8 @@ struct ofdpa_group_tbl_entry {
u32 group_id;
} l3_unicast;
};
+
+ u32 group_ids[] __counted_by(group_count);
};

struct ofdpa_fdb_tbl_entry {
@@ -1059,19 +1060,6 @@ ofdpa_group_tbl_find(const struct ofdpa *ofdpa,
return NULL;
}

-static void ofdpa_group_tbl_entry_free(struct ofdpa_group_tbl_entry *entry)
-{
- switch (ROCKER_GROUP_TYPE_GET(entry->group_id)) {
- case ROCKER_OF_DPA_GROUP_TYPE_L2_FLOOD:
- case ROCKER_OF_DPA_GROUP_TYPE_L2_MCAST:
- kfree(entry->group_ids);
- break;
- default:
- break;
- }
- kfree(entry);
-}
-
static int ofdpa_group_tbl_add(struct ofdpa_port *ofdpa_port, int flags,
struct ofdpa_group_tbl_entry *match)
{
@@ -1085,7 +1073,7 @@ static int ofdpa_group_tbl_add(struct ofdpa_port *ofdpa_port, int flags,

if (found) {
hash_del(&found->entry);
- ofdpa_group_tbl_entry_free(found);
+ kfree(found);
found = match;
found->cmd = ROCKER_TLV_CMD_TYPE_OF_DPA_GROUP_MOD;
} else {
@@ -1122,14 +1110,14 @@ static int ofdpa_group_tbl_del(struct ofdpa_port *ofdpa_port, int flags,

spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ofdpa->group_tbl_lock, lock_flags);

- ofdpa_group_tbl_entry_free(match);
+ kfree(match);

if (found) {
err = rocker_cmd_exec(ofdpa_port->rocker_port,
ofdpa_flags_nowait(flags),
ofdpa_cmd_group_tbl_del,
found, NULL, NULL);
- ofdpa_group_tbl_entry_free(found);
+ kfree(found);
}

return err;
@@ -1166,18 +1154,13 @@ static int ofdpa_group_l2_fan_out(struct ofdpa_port *ofdpa_port,
{
struct ofdpa_group_tbl_entry *entry;

- entry = kzalloc_obj(*entry);
+ entry = kzalloc_flex(*entry, group_ids, group_count);
if (!entry)
return -ENOMEM;

- entry->group_id = group_id;
entry->group_count = group_count;
+ entry->group_id = group_id;

- entry->group_ids = kcalloc(group_count, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!entry->group_ids) {
- kfree(entry);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
memcpy(entry->group_ids, group_ids, group_count * sizeof(u32));

return ofdpa_group_tbl_do(ofdpa_port, flags, entry);
--
2.53.0