Re: [PATCH 21/24] usb: host: xhci: Move array of structs from the stack onto the heap

[Sergei Shtylyov]

On 5/26/21 5:44 PM, Lee Jones wrote:

[...]
>>> Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
>>>
>>>  drivers/usb/host/xhci.c: In function ‘xhci_reserve_bandwidth’:
>>>  drivers/usb/host/xhci.c:2859:1: warning: the frame size of 1032 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
>>>
>>> Cc: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 8 +++++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
>>> index ac2a7d4288883..40ce4b4eb12ad 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
>> [...]
>>> @@ -2788,6 +2788,10 @@ static int xhci_reserve_bandwidth(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
>>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>> +	ep_bw_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*ep_bw_info) * 31, GFP_KERNEL);
>>
>>    Why not kcalloc()?
> 
> No particular reason.  Muscle memory I guess.
> 
> Happy either way.

    kcalloc( is designed for allocatiung arrays and clearing them, like calloc(),
so let's stick wuth it...

MBR, Sergei