[PATCH v2] EDAC/ecs: simplify allocation for context

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 21:19:20 EST


Use a flexible array member to combine allocations

Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: use devm_kzalloc_flex
drivers/edac/ecs.c | 9 ++-------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/ecs.c b/drivers/edac/ecs.c
index 332872d4214c..e7f7e189cc76 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ecs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ecs.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct edac_ecs_fru_context {

struct edac_ecs_context {
u16 num_media_frus;
- struct edac_ecs_fru_context *fru_ctxs;
+ struct edac_ecs_fru_context fru_ctxs[] __counted_by(num_media_frus);
};

#define TO_ECS_DEV_ATTR(_dev_attr) \
@@ -149,16 +149,11 @@ static int ecs_create_desc(struct device *ecs_dev, const struct attribute_group
struct edac_ecs_context *ecs_ctx;
u32 fru;

- ecs_ctx = devm_kzalloc_obj(ecs_dev, *ecs_ctx);
+ ecs_ctx = devm_kzalloc_flex(ecs_dev, *ecs_ctx, fru_ctxs, num_media_frus);
if (!ecs_ctx)
return -ENOMEM;

ecs_ctx->num_media_frus = num_media_frus;
- ecs_ctx->fru_ctxs = devm_kzalloc_objs(ecs_dev, *ecs_ctx->fru_ctxs,
- num_media_frus);
- if (!ecs_ctx->fru_ctxs)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
for (fru = 0; fru < num_media_frus; fru++) {
struct edac_ecs_fru_context *fru_ctx = &ecs_ctx->fru_ctxs[fru];
struct attribute_group *group = &fru_ctx->group;
--
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