[PATCH] coccinelle: Add devm_kmalloc_objs conversion script

From: Joe Perches

Date: Mon Jun 15 2026 - 22:11:08 EST


Like commit bdc5071d7f7b ("coccinelle: Add kmalloc_objs conversion script")
with commit 1c7bbaeed110 ("coccinelle: kmalloc_obj: Remove default GFP_KERNEL arg")

Finds and converts sized devm_kmalloc-family of allocations into the typed
devm_kmalloc_obj-family of allocations.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Maybe this might be useful to run and apply just prior to some -rc1

Lightly tested but directly copied and modified to update the devm_ uses

.../coccinelle/api/devm_kmalloc_objs.cocci | 136 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 136 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/api/devm_kmalloc_objs.cocci

diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/devm_kmalloc_objs.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/devm_kmalloc_objs.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..322f79a2d9654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/devm_kmalloc_objs.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/// Use devm_kmalloc_obj family of macros for allocations
+///
+// Confidence: High
+// Options: --include-headers-for-types --all-includes --include-headers --keep-comments
+
+virtual patch
+
+@initialize:python@
+@@
+import sys
+
+def alloc_array(name):
+ func = "FAILED_RENAME"
+ if name == "devm_kmalloc_array":
+ func = "devm_kmalloc_objs"
+ elif name == "devm_kvmalloc_array":
+ func = "devm_kvmalloc_objs"
+ elif name == "devm_kcalloc":
+ func = "devm_kzalloc_objs"
+ elif name == "devm_kvcalloc":
+ func = "devm_kvzalloc_objs"
+ else:
+ print(f"Unknown transform for {name}", file=sys.stderr)
+ return func
+
+// This excludes anything that is assigning to or from integral types or
+// string literals. Everything else gets the sizeof() extracted for the
+// kmalloc_obj() type/var argument. sizeof(void *) is also excluded because
+// it will need case-by-case double-checking to make sure the right type is
+// being assigned.
+@direct depends on patch && !(file in "tools") && !(file in "samples")@
+typedef u8, u16, u32, u64;
+typedef __u8, __u16, __u32, __u64;
+typedef uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t;
+typedef uchar, ushort, uint, ulong;
+typedef __le16, __le32, __le64;
+typedef __be16, __be32, __be64;
+typedef wchar_t;
+type INTEGRAL = {u8,__u8,uint8_t,char,unsigned char,uchar,wchar_t,
+ u16,__u16,uint16_t,unsigned short,ushort,
+ u32,__u32,uint32_t,unsigned int,uint,
+ u64,__u64,uint64_t,unsigned long,ulong,
+ __le16,__le32,__le64,__be16,__be32,__be64};
+char [] STRING;
+INTEGRAL *BYTES;
+INTEGRAL **BYTES_PTRS;
+type TYPE;
+expression VAR;
+expression GFP;
+expression COUNT;
+expression FLEX;
+expression E;
+expression DEV;
+identifier ALLOC =~ "^devm_kv?[mz]alloc$";
+fresh identifier ALLOC_OBJ = ALLOC ## "_obj";
+fresh identifier ALLOC_FLEX = ALLOC ## "_flex";
+identifier ALLOC_ARRAY = {devm_kmalloc_array,devm_kvmalloc_array,devm_kcalloc,devm_kvcalloc};
+fresh identifier ALLOC_OBJS = script:python(ALLOC_ARRAY) { alloc_array(ALLOC_ARRAY) };
+@@
+
+(
+- VAR = ALLOC(DEV,(sizeof(*VAR)), GFP)
++ VAR = ALLOC_OBJ(DEV,*VAR, GFP)
+|
+ ALLOC(DEV,(\(sizeof(STRING)\|sizeof(INTEGRAL)\|sizeof(INTEGRAL *)\)), GFP)
+|
+ BYTES = ALLOC(DEV,(sizeof(E)), GFP)
+|
+ BYTES = ALLOC(DEV,(sizeof(TYPE)), GFP)
+|
+ BYTES_PTRS = ALLOC(DEV,(sizeof(E)), GFP)
+|
+ BYTES_PTRS = ALLOC(DEV,(sizeof(TYPE)), GFP)
+|
+ ALLOC(DEV,(sizeof(void *)), GFP)
+|
+- ALLOC(DEV,(sizeof(E)), GFP)
++ ALLOC_OBJ(DEV, E, GFP)
+|
+- ALLOC(DEV,(sizeof(TYPE)), GFP)
++ ALLOC_OBJ(DEV,TYPE, GFP)
+|
+ ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV,COUNT, (\(sizeof(STRING)\|sizeof(INTEGRAL)\|sizeof(INTEGRAL *)\)), GFP)
+|
+ BYTES = ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, COUNT, (sizeof(E)), GFP)
+|
+ BYTES = ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV,COUNT, (sizeof(TYPE)), GFP)
+|
+ BYTES_PTRS = ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, COUNT, (sizeof(E)), GFP)
+|
+ BYTES_PTRS = ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, COUNT, (sizeof(TYPE)), GFP)
+|
+ ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, (\(sizeof(STRING)\|sizeof(INTEGRAL)\|sizeof(INTEGRAL *)\)), COUNT, GFP)
+|
+ BYTES = ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, (sizeof(E)), COUNT, GFP)
+|
+ BYTES = ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, (sizeof(TYPE)), COUNT, GFP)
+|
+ BYTES_PTRS = ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, (sizeof(E)), COUNT, GFP)
+|
+ BYTES_PTRS = ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, (sizeof(TYPE)), COUNT, GFP)
+|
+ ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, COUNT, (sizeof(void *)), GFP)
+|
+ ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, (sizeof(void *)), COUNT, GFP)
+|
+- ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, COUNT, (sizeof(E)), GFP)
++ ALLOC_OBJS(DEV, E, COUNT, GFP)
+|
+- ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, COUNT, (sizeof(TYPE)), GFP)
++ ALLOC_OBJS(DEV, TYPE, COUNT, GFP)
+|
+- ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, (sizeof(E)), COUNT, GFP)
++ ALLOC_OBJS(DEV, E, COUNT, GFP)
+|
+- ALLOC_ARRAY(DEV, (sizeof(TYPE)), COUNT, GFP)
++ ALLOC_OBJS(DEV, TYPE, COUNT, GFP)
+|
+- ALLOC(DEV, struct_size(VAR, FLEX, COUNT), GFP)
++ ALLOC_FLEX(DEV, *VAR, FLEX, COUNT, GFP)
+|
+- ALLOC(DEV, struct_size_t(TYPE, FLEX, COUNT), GFP)
++ ALLOC_FLEX(DEV, TYPE, FLEX, COUNT, GFP)
+)
+
+@drop_gfp_kernel depends on patch && !(file in "tools") && !(file in "samples")@
+identifier ALLOC = {devm_kmalloc_obj,devm_kmalloc_objs,devm_kmalloc_flex,
+ devm_kzalloc_obj,devm_kzalloc_objs,devm_kzalloc_flex,
+ devm_kvmalloc_obj,devm_kvmalloc_objs,devm_kvmalloc_flex,
+ devm_kvzalloc_obj,devm_kvzalloc_objs,devm_kvzalloc_flex};
+@@
+
+ ALLOC(...
+- , GFP_KERNEL
+ )
--
2.54.0