[PATCHv2] thunderbolt: tunnel: simplify allocation

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Wed Apr 01 2026 - 17:52:04 EST


Use a flexible array member and kzalloc_flex to combine allocations.

Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis. Move counting variable
assignment after allocation. kzalloc_flex with GCC >= 15 does this
automatically.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: move kernel-doc and reword slightly.
drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.c | 10 ++--------
drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.h | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.c
index 89676acf1290..f38f7753b6e4 100644
--- a/drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.c
+++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.c
@@ -180,19 +180,14 @@ static struct tb_tunnel *tb_tunnel_alloc(struct tb *tb, size_t npaths,
{
struct tb_tunnel *tunnel;

- tunnel = kzalloc_obj(*tunnel);
+ tunnel = kzalloc_flex(*tunnel, paths, npaths);
if (!tunnel)
return NULL;

- tunnel->paths = kzalloc_objs(tunnel->paths[0], npaths);
- if (!tunnel->paths) {
- kfree(tunnel);
- return NULL;
- }
+ tunnel->npaths = npaths;

INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tunnel->list);
tunnel->tb = tb;
- tunnel->npaths = npaths;
tunnel->type = type;
kref_init(&tunnel->kref);

@@ -219,7 +214,6 @@ static void tb_tunnel_destroy(struct kref *kref)
tb_path_free(tunnel->paths[i]);
}

- kfree(tunnel->paths);
kfree(tunnel);
}

diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.h b/drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.h
index 2c44fc8a10bc..4878763a82b3 100644
--- a/drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.h
+++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ enum tb_tunnel_state {
* @src_port: Source port of the tunnel
* @dst_port: Destination port of the tunnel. For discovered incomplete
* tunnels may be %NULL or null adapter port instead.
- * @paths: All paths required by the tunnel
* @npaths: Number of paths in @paths
* @pre_activate: Optional tunnel specific initialization called before
* activation. Can touch hardware.
@@ -69,13 +68,13 @@ enum tb_tunnel_state {
* @dprx_work: Worker that is scheduled to poll completion of DPRX capabilities read
* @callback: Optional callback called when DP tunnel is fully activated
* @callback_data: Optional data for @callback
+ * @paths: All paths required by the tunnel
*/
struct tb_tunnel {
struct kref kref;
struct tb *tb;
struct tb_port *src_port;
struct tb_port *dst_port;
- struct tb_path **paths;
size_t npaths;
int (*pre_activate)(struct tb_tunnel *tunnel);
int (*activate)(struct tb_tunnel *tunnel, bool activate);
@@ -107,6 +106,8 @@ struct tb_tunnel {
struct delayed_work dprx_work;
void (*callback)(struct tb_tunnel *tunnel, void *data);
void *callback_data;
+
+ struct tb_path *paths[] __counted_by(npaths);
};

struct tb_tunnel *tb_tunnel_discover_pci(struct tb *tb, struct tb_port *down,
--
2.53.0