Re: [PATCH v3] staging: vme_user: use kmalloc_obj instead of kmalloc

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 10:15:19PM +0530, Samyak wrote:
> From: Samyak Bambole <samyak.bambole07@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Replace kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL) calls with kmalloc_obj(*ptr,
> GFP_KERNEL)
> 
> This addresses scripts/checkpatch.pl warnings and follows the preferred
> allocation pattern.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samyak Bambole <samyak.bambole07@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2 -> v3 : fix spelling: preferred (not preffered)
> v1 -> v2 : remove changelog details as suggested by gregkh
> 
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/20260214161321.669459-1-samyak.bambole07@xxxxxxxxx/
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/20260214155157.663800-1-samyak.bambole07@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
>  drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c        | 24 ++++++++++++------------
>  drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c   |  6 +++---
>  drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_tsi148.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> index 2095de725..8496c722a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ struct vme_resource *vme_slave_request(struct vme_dev *vdev, u32 address,
>  	if (!allocated_image)
>  		goto err_image;
>  
> -	resource = kmalloc(sizeof(*resource), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	resource = kmalloc_obj(*resource, GFP_KERNEL);

If you look at 7.0-rc1, this should just be:
	kmalloc_obj(*resource);
right?

thanks,

greg k-h