[PATCH] HID: core: use flex array allocation

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 22:32:29 EST


Instead of embedding a pointer in the struct, use a flexible array
member to avoid the + 1 trick to point to allocation after the struct.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 6 ++----
include/linux/hid.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 840a60113868..6bd6cbf26c6d 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -127,15 +127,13 @@ static struct hid_field *hid_register_field(struct hid_report *report, unsigned
return NULL;
}

- field = kvzalloc((sizeof(struct hid_field) +
- usages * sizeof(struct hid_usage) +
- 3 * usages * sizeof(unsigned int)), GFP_KERNEL);
+ field = kvzalloc(struct_size(field, usage, usages) +
+ 3 * usages * sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!field)
return NULL;

field->index = report->maxfield++;
report->field[field->index] = field;
- field->usage = (struct hid_usage *)(field + 1);
field->value = (s32 *)(field->usage + usages);
field->new_value = (s32 *)(field->value + usages);
field->usages_priorities = (s32 *)(field->new_value + usages);
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 2990b9f94cb5..e2c3e2528582 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -524,7 +524,6 @@ struct hid_field {
unsigned physical; /* physical usage for this field */
unsigned logical; /* logical usage for this field */
unsigned application; /* application usage for this field */
- struct hid_usage *usage; /* usage table for this function */
unsigned maxusage; /* maximum usage index */
unsigned flags; /* main-item flags (i.e. volatile,array,constant) */
unsigned report_offset; /* bit offset in the report */
@@ -549,6 +548,7 @@ struct hid_field {
struct hid_input *hidinput; /* associated input structure */
__u16 dpad; /* dpad input code */
unsigned int slot_idx; /* slot index in a report */
+ struct hid_usage usage[]; /* usage table for this function */
};

#define HID_MAX_FIELDS 256
--
2.53.0