[PATCH] thunderbolt: use kzalloc_flex

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 19:22:38 EST


Simplifies allocation by using a flexible arraay member.

Added __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thunderbolt/path.c | 24 ++++++------------------
drivers/thunderbolt/tb.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/path.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/path.c
index 22fb4a1e1acd..3af5d263ac74 100644
--- a/drivers/thunderbolt/path.c
+++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/path.c
@@ -150,22 +150,17 @@ struct tb_path *tb_path_discover(struct tb_port *src, int src_hopid,
num_hops++;
}

- path = kzalloc_obj(*path);
+ path = kzalloc_flex(*path, hops, num_hops);
if (!path)
return NULL;

+ path->path_length = num_hops;
+
path->name = name;
path->tb = src->sw->tb;
- path->path_length = num_hops;
path->activated = true;
path->alloc_hopid = alloc_hopid;

- path->hops = kzalloc_objs(*path->hops, num_hops);
- if (!path->hops) {
- kfree(path);
- return NULL;
- }
-
tb_dbg(path->tb, "discovering %s path starting from %llx:%u\n",
path->name, tb_route(src->sw), src->port);

@@ -245,10 +240,6 @@ struct tb_path *tb_path_alloc(struct tb *tb, struct tb_port *src, int src_hopid,
size_t num_hops;
int i, ret;

- path = kzalloc_obj(*path);
- if (!path)
- return NULL;
-
first_port = last_port = NULL;
i = 0;
tb_for_each_port_on_path(src, dst, in_port) {
@@ -267,12 +258,11 @@ struct tb_path *tb_path_alloc(struct tb *tb, struct tb_port *src, int src_hopid,
/* Each hop takes two ports */
num_hops = i / 2;

- path->hops = kzalloc_objs(*path->hops, num_hops);
- if (!path->hops) {
- kfree(path);
+ path = kzalloc_flex(*path, hops, num_hops);
+ if (!path)
return NULL;
- }

+ path->path_length = num_hops;
path->alloc_hopid = true;

in_hopid = src_hopid;
@@ -339,7 +329,6 @@ struct tb_path *tb_path_alloc(struct tb *tb, struct tb_port *src, int src_hopid,
}

path->tb = tb;
- path->path_length = num_hops;
path->name = name;

return path;
@@ -372,7 +361,6 @@ void tb_path_free(struct tb_path *path)
}
}

- kfree(path->hops);
kfree(path);
}

diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.h b/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.h
index e96474f17067..4e66b53860dd 100644
--- a/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.h
+++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.h
@@ -440,9 +440,10 @@ struct tb_path {
bool drop_packages;
bool activated;
bool clear_fc;
- struct tb_path_hop *hops;
int path_length;
bool alloc_hopid;
+
+ struct tb_path_hop hops[] __counted_by(path_length);
};

/* HopIDs 0-7 are reserved by the Thunderbolt protocol */
--
2.53.0