[PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mwifiex: Use flexible array for RX reorder table

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 17:18:55 EST


Embed the RX reorder pointer array in struct mwifiex_rx_reorder_tbl
instead of allocating it separately.

This ties the array to the reorder table lifetime and removes a separate
allocation and cleanup path.

Use kzalloc_flex() for this and move the counting variable assignment to
after it as it does for GCC >= 15 already.

Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c | 20 +++----------------
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
index 610ec8302adf..a266f09cb763 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ mwifiex_del_rx_reorder_entry(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
list_del(&tbl->list);
spin_unlock_bh(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock);

- kfree(tbl->rx_reorder_ptr);
kfree(tbl);

spin_lock_bh(&priv->adapter->rx_proc_lock);
@@ -329,7 +328,6 @@ static void
mwifiex_11n_create_rx_reorder_tbl(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *ta,
int tid, int win_size, int seq_num)
{
- int i;
struct mwifiex_rx_reorder_tbl *tbl, *new_node;
u16 last_seq = 0;
struct mwifiex_sta_node *node;
@@ -344,10 +342,12 @@ mwifiex_11n_create_rx_reorder_tbl(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *ta,
return;
}
/* if !tbl then create one */
- new_node = kzalloc_obj(struct mwifiex_rx_reorder_tbl);
+ new_node = kzalloc_flex(*new_node, rx_reorder_ptr, win_size);
if (!new_node)
return;

+ new_node->win_size = win_size;
+
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_node->list);
new_node->tid = tid;
memcpy(new_node->ta, ta, ETH_ALEN);
@@ -381,26 +381,12 @@ mwifiex_11n_create_rx_reorder_tbl(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *ta,
new_node->flags |= RXREOR_INIT_WINDOW_SHIFT;
}

- new_node->win_size = win_size;
-
- new_node->rx_reorder_ptr = kcalloc(win_size, sizeof(void *),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!new_node->rx_reorder_ptr) {
- kfree(new_node);
- mwifiex_dbg(priv->adapter, ERROR,
- "%s: failed to alloc reorder_ptr\n", __func__);
- return;
- }
-
new_node->timer_context.ptr = new_node;
new_node->timer_context.priv = priv;
new_node->timer_context.timer_is_set = false;

timer_setup(&new_node->timer_context.timer, mwifiex_flush_data, 0);

- for (i = 0; i < win_size; ++i)
- new_node->rx_reorder_ptr[i] = NULL;
-
spin_lock_bh(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock);
list_add_tail(&new_node->list, &priv->rx_reorder_tbl_ptr);
spin_unlock_bh(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
index 27559e2ddc31..67da5daa48b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
@@ -708,10 +708,10 @@ struct mwifiex_rx_reorder_tbl {
int init_win;
int start_win;
int win_size;
- void **rx_reorder_ptr;
struct reorder_tmr_cnxt timer_context;
u8 amsdu;
u8 flags;
+ void *rx_reorder_ptr[] __counted_by(win_size);
};

struct mwifiex_bss_prio_node {
--
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