[PATCH] ASoC: SOF: topology: use kzalloc_flex

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Wed Mar 25 2026 - 22:31:17 EST


Simplify allocation by using a flexible array member.

Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h | 2 +-
sound/soc/sof/topology.c | 14 ++------------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h
index 80b11625915d..138e5fcc2dd0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h
@@ -411,11 +411,11 @@ struct snd_sof_dai_link {
struct snd_sof_tuple *tuples;
int num_tuples;
struct snd_soc_dai_link *link;
- struct snd_soc_tplg_hw_config *hw_configs;
int num_hw_configs;
int default_hw_cfg_id;
int type;
struct list_head list;
+ struct snd_soc_tplg_hw_config hw_configs[] __counted_by(num_hw_configs);
};

/* ASoC SOF DAPM widget */
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
index 63d637db7053..413003e86f6c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
@@ -1908,18 +1908,12 @@ static int sof_link_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index, struct snd_
return -EINVAL;
}

- slink = kzalloc_obj(*slink);
+ slink = kzalloc_flex(*slink, hw_configs, le32_to_cpu(cfg->num_hw_configs));
if (!slink)
return -ENOMEM;

slink->num_hw_configs = le32_to_cpu(cfg->num_hw_configs);
- slink->hw_configs = kmemdup_array(cfg->hw_config,
- slink->num_hw_configs, sizeof(*slink->hw_configs),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!slink->hw_configs) {
- kfree(slink);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
+ memcpy(slink->hw_configs, cfg->hw_config, le32_to_cpu(cfg->num_hw_configs) * sizeof(*slink->hw_configs));

slink->default_hw_cfg_id = le32_to_cpu(cfg->default_hw_config_id);
slink->link = link;
@@ -1932,7 +1926,6 @@ static int sof_link_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index, struct snd_
private->array, le32_to_cpu(private->size));
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(scomp->dev, "Failed tp parse common DAI link tokens\n");
- kfree(slink->hw_configs);
kfree(slink);
return ret;
}
@@ -2003,7 +1996,6 @@ static int sof_link_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index, struct snd_
/* allocate memory for tuples array */
slink->tuples = kzalloc_objs(*slink->tuples, num_tuples);
if (!slink->tuples) {
- kfree(slink->hw_configs);
kfree(slink);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -2061,7 +2053,6 @@ static int sof_link_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index, struct snd_

err:
kfree(slink->tuples);
- kfree(slink->hw_configs);
kfree(slink);

return ret;
@@ -2078,7 +2069,6 @@ static int sof_link_unload(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, struct snd_soc_dobj

kfree(slink->tuples);
list_del(&slink->list);
- kfree(slink->hw_configs);
kfree(slink);
dobj->private = NULL;

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2.53.0