[PATCH] dma: map_benchmark: turn dma_sg_map_param buf into a flexible array
From: Rosen Penev
Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 18:06:56 EST
The buf pointer was kmalloc_array()'d immediately after the parent
struct allocation, with the count (granule, validated to 1..1024 by
the ioctl) trivially available beforehand. Move buf to the struct
tail as a flexible array member and fold the two allocations into a
single kzalloc_flex(), dropping the kfree(params->buf) in both the
prepare error path and unprepare.
Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.
Assisted-by: Claude:Opus-4.7
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c | 29 +++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c b/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c
index 29eeb5fdf199..a65da5c7710c 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c
@@ -121,35 +121,35 @@ static struct map_benchmark_ops dma_single_map_benchmark_ops = {
struct dma_sg_map_param {
struct sg_table sgt;
struct device *dev;
- void **buf;
u32 npages;
u32 dma_dir;
+ void *buf[] __counted_by(npages);
};
static void *dma_sg_map_benchmark_prepare(struct map_benchmark_data *map)
{
+ struct dma_sg_map_param *params;
struct scatterlist *sg;
+ u32 npages;
int i;
- struct dma_sg_map_param *params = kzalloc(sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
-
- if (!params)
- return NULL;
/*
* Set the number of scatterlist entries based on the granule.
* In SG mode, 'granule' represents the number of scatterlist entries.
* Each scatterlist entry corresponds to a single page.
*/
- params->npages = map->bparam.granule;
+ npages = map->bparam.granule;
+
+ params = kzalloc_flex(*params, buf, npages);
+ if (!params)
+ return NULL;
+
+ params->npages = npages;
params->dma_dir = map->bparam.dma_dir;
params->dev = map->dev;
- params->buf = kmalloc_array(params->npages, sizeof(*params->buf),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!params->buf)
- goto out;
- if (sg_alloc_table(¶ms->sgt, params->npages, GFP_KERNEL))
- goto free_buf;
+ if (sg_alloc_table(¶ms->sgt, npages, GFP_KERNEL))
+ goto free_params;
for_each_sgtable_sg(¶ms->sgt, sg, i) {
params->buf[i] = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -166,9 +166,7 @@ static void *dma_sg_map_benchmark_prepare(struct map_benchmark_data *map)
free_page((unsigned long)params->buf[i]);
sg_free_table(¶ms->sgt);
-free_buf:
- kfree(params->buf);
-out:
+free_params:
kfree(params);
return NULL;
}
@@ -183,7 +181,6 @@ static void dma_sg_map_benchmark_unprepare(void *mparam)
sg_free_table(¶ms->sgt);
- kfree(params->buf);
kfree(params);
}
--
2.54.0