[PATCH] talitos: allocate channels with main struct

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 04:57:27 EST


Use a flexible array member to combine allocations.

Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.

Error in case of no channels as they are required.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: error when no channels
drivers/crypto/talitos.c | 19 +++++++------------
drivers/crypto/talitos.h | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/talitos.c b/drivers/crypto/talitos.c
index bc61d0fe3514..bd4cc06ee13c 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/talitos.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/talitos.c
@@ -3409,14 +3409,20 @@ static int talitos_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
struct device *dev = &ofdev->dev;
struct device_node *np = ofdev->dev.of_node;
struct talitos_private *priv;
+ unsigned int num_channels;
int i, err;
int stride;
struct resource *res;

- priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct talitos_private), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (of_property_read_u32(np, "fsl,num-channels", &num_channels))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(priv, chan, num_channels), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!priv)
return -ENOMEM;

+ priv->num_channels = num_channels;
+
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->alg_list);

dev_set_drvdata(dev, priv);
@@ -3436,7 +3442,6 @@ static int talitos_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
}

/* get SEC version capabilities from device tree */
- of_property_read_u32(np, "fsl,num-channels", &priv->num_channels);
of_property_read_u32(np, "fsl,channel-fifo-len", &priv->chfifo_len);
of_property_read_u32(np, "fsl,exec-units-mask", &priv->exec_units);
of_property_read_u32(np, "fsl,descriptor-types-mask",
@@ -3511,16 +3516,6 @@ static int talitos_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
}
}

- priv->chan = devm_kcalloc(dev,
- priv->num_channels,
- sizeof(struct talitos_channel),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!priv->chan) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate channel management space\n");
- err = -ENOMEM;
- goto err_out;
- }
-
priv->fifo_len = roundup_pow_of_two(priv->chfifo_len);

for (i = 0; i < priv->num_channels; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/talitos.h b/drivers/crypto/talitos.h
index 1a93ee355929..34b0b5fab7e7 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/talitos.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/talitos.h
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ struct talitos_private {
*/
unsigned int fifo_len;

- struct talitos_channel *chan;
-
/* next channel to be assigned next incoming descriptor */
atomic_t last_chan ____cacheline_aligned;

@@ -153,6 +151,9 @@ struct talitos_private {
/* hwrng device */
struct hwrng rng;
bool rng_registered;
+
+ struct talitos_channel chan[] __counted_by(num_channels);
+
};

/* .features flag */
--
2.54.0