[PATCH] dm-bufio: use kzalloc_flex

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Thu Mar 26 2026 - 00:15:11 EST


Avoid manual size calculations and use the proper helper.

Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-bufio.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
index 60f7badec91f..26fedf5883ef 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ struct dm_buffer_cache {
*/
unsigned int num_locks;
bool no_sleep;
- struct buffer_tree trees[];
+ struct buffer_tree trees[] __counted_by(num_locks);
};

static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(no_sleep_enabled);
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@ struct dm_bufio_client *dm_bufio_client_create(struct block_device *bdev, unsign
}

num_locks = dm_num_hash_locks();
- c = kzalloc(sizeof(*c) + (num_locks * sizeof(struct buffer_tree)), GFP_KERNEL);
+ c = kzalloc_flex(*c, cache.trees, num_locks);
if (!c) {
r = -ENOMEM;
goto bad_client;
--
2.53.0