Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8192e: make sizeof type-independent

[Joe Perches]

On Tue, 2022-06-21 at 16:58 +0200, Felix Schlepper wrote:
> Making sizeof operator type-independent.
> 
> Reported by checkpatch:
> 
> CHECK: Prefer kmalloc(sizeof(*txb)...) over
>         kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_txb)...)
> 
> ---
> Note: First patch, trying to follow kernelnewbies tutorial.

Congrats on the first patch, but know that checkpatch is a stupid
script and it doesn't necessarily offer the best advice.

A helper mechanism exists that should be preferred over checkpatch's
advice...

> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
[]
> @@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ static struct rtllib_txb *rtllib_alloc_txb(int nr_frags, int txb_size,
>  	struct rtllib_txb *txb;
>  	int i;
>  
> -	txb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags),
> -		      gfp_mask);
> +	txb = kmalloc(sizeof(*txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags), gfp_mask);

Use struct_size() instead, something like:

	txb = kmalloc(struct_size(txb, fragments, nr_frags), gfp_mask);

>  	if (!txb)
>  		return NULL;
>  

though I would also suggest using kzalloc as safer against memory
initialization defects (and could remove a memset here).

Perhaps something like:
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
index 37715afb0210d..bcccde91fa0bd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
@@ -205,30 +205,28 @@ static struct rtllib_txb *rtllib_alloc_txb(int nr_frags, int txb_size,
 	struct rtllib_txb *txb;
 	int i;
 
-	txb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags),
-		      gfp_mask);
+	txb = kzalloc(struct_size(txb, fragments, nr_frags), gfp_mask);
 	if (!txb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(txb, 0, sizeof(struct rtllib_txb));
 	txb->nr_frags = nr_frags;
 	txb->frag_size = cpu_to_le16(txb_size);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_frags; i++) {
 		txb->fragments[i] = dev_alloc_skb(txb_size);
-		if (unlikely(!txb->fragments[i])) {
-			i--;
-			break;
-		}
+		if (!txb->fragments[i])
+			goto err_free;
 		memset(txb->fragments[i]->cb, 0, sizeof(txb->fragments[i]->cb));
 	}
-	if (unlikely(i != nr_frags)) {
-		while (i >= 0)
-			dev_kfree_skb_any(txb->fragments[i--]);
-		kfree(txb);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+
 	return txb;
+
+err_free:
+	while (i > 0)
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(txb->fragments[--i]);
+	kfree(txb);
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static int rtllib_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 bIsAmsdu)