[PATCH] gpio: dwapb: reduce allocation to single kzalloc
From: Rosen Penev
Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 20:54:49 EST
Instead of kzalloc + kcalloc, Combine the two using a flexible array
member.
Allows using __counted_by for extra runtime analysis. Move counting
variable to right after allocation as required by __counted_by.
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c | 19 +++++--------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c
index 4986c465c9a8..15cebc8b5d66 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ struct dwapb_port_property {
};
struct dwapb_platform_data {
- struct dwapb_port_property *properties;
unsigned int nports;
+ struct dwapb_port_property properties[] __counted_by(nports);
};
/* Store GPIO context across system-wide suspend/resume transitions */
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ static inline struct dwapb_gpio *to_dwapb_gpio(struct gpio_chip *gc)
struct dwapb_gpio {
struct device *dev;
void __iomem *regs;
- struct dwapb_gpio_port *ports;
unsigned int nr_ports;
unsigned int flags;
struct reset_control *rst;
struct clk_bulk_data clks[DWAPB_NR_CLOCKS];
+ struct dwapb_gpio_port ports[] __counted_by(nr_ports);
};
static inline u32 gpio_reg_v2_convert(unsigned int offset)
@@ -585,14 +585,10 @@ static struct dwapb_platform_data *dwapb_gpio_get_pdata(struct device *dev)
if (nports == 0)
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
- pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
+ pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(pdata, properties, nports), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!pdata)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- pdata->properties = devm_kcalloc(dev, nports, sizeof(*pp), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!pdata->properties)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
pdata->nports = nports;
i = 0;
@@ -714,22 +710,17 @@ static int dwapb_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (IS_ERR(pdata))
return PTR_ERR(pdata);
- gpio = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*gpio), GFP_KERNEL);
+ gpio = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, struct_size(gpio, ports, pdata->nports), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!gpio)
return -ENOMEM;
- gpio->dev = &pdev->dev;
gpio->nr_ports = pdata->nports;
+ gpio->dev = &pdev->dev;
err = dwapb_get_reset(gpio);
if (err)
return err;
- gpio->ports = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, gpio->nr_ports,
- sizeof(*gpio->ports), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!gpio->ports)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
gpio->regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
if (IS_ERR(gpio->regs))
return PTR_ERR(gpio->regs);
--
2.53.0