Re: [PATCH] dcache: use kmalloc_flex() in __d_alloc

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:42:40 +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Use kmalloc_flex() when allocating a new 'struct external_name' in
> __d_alloc() to replace offsetof() and the open-coded size arithmetic,
> and to keep the size type-safe.

Applied to the vfs-7.2.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.2.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.2.misc

[1/1] dcache: use kmalloc_flex() in __d_alloc
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/4f521e4554a7