[PATCH] soc: qcom: wcnss: simplify allocation of req

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Thu Mar 26 2026 - 22:56:04 EST


Get rid of automatic kfree and move allocation down to where it's used.

Use kzalloc_flex as we're dealing with a flexible array member.

Use struct_size to avoid some pointer math.

Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis. Move the counting variable
assignment to right after allocation as required by __counted_by.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/soc/qcom/wcnss_ctrl.c | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/wcnss_ctrl.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/wcnss_ctrl.c
index 62b424e90d90..ffb31a049d4a 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/wcnss_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/wcnss_ctrl.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct wcnss_download_nv_req {
u16 seq;
u16 last;
u32 frag_size;
- u8 fragment[];
+ u8 fragment[] __counted_by(frag_size);
} __packed;

/**
@@ -201,16 +201,12 @@ static int wcnss_download_nv(struct wcnss_ctrl *wcnss, bool *expect_cbc)
{
const struct firmware *fw;
struct device *dev = wcnss->dev;
+ struct wcnss_download_nv_req *req;
const char *nvbin = NVBIN_FILE;
const void *data;
ssize_t left;
int ret;

- struct wcnss_download_nv_req *req __free(kfree) = kzalloc(sizeof(*req) + NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE,
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!req)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
ret = of_property_read_string(dev->of_node, "firmware-name", &nvbin);
if (ret < 0 && ret != -EINVAL)
return ret;
@@ -224,11 +220,15 @@ static int wcnss_download_nv(struct wcnss_ctrl *wcnss, bool *expect_cbc)
data = fw->data;
left = fw->size;

+ req = kzalloc_flex(*req, fragment, NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE);
+ if (!req)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ req->frag_size = NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
req->hdr.type = WCNSS_DOWNLOAD_NV_REQ;
- req->hdr.len = sizeof(*req) + NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
+ req->hdr.len = struct_size(req, fragment, NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE);

req->last = 0;
- req->frag_size = NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE;

req->seq = 0;
do {
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ static int wcnss_download_nv(struct wcnss_ctrl *wcnss, bool *expect_cbc)

release_fw:
release_firmware(fw);
+ kfree(req);

return ret;
}
--
2.53.0