[PATCH wireless-next 3/7] wifi: brcmsmac: embed macstat_snapshot in brcms_core

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 23:27:25 EST


The MAC statistics snapshot is a fixed-size struct with the same
lifetime as struct brcms_core. Embed it directly instead of allocating
it separately, removing one kzalloc()/kfree() pair and its OOM error
path.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/debug.c | 2 +-
.../net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c | 13 ++-----------
.../net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/debug.c
index a1888ff02d08..711e994dd04d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/debug.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static int brcms_debugfs_macstat_read(struct seq_file *s, void *data)
int i;

spin_lock_bh(&wl->lock);
- stats = *(drvr->wlc->core->macstat_snapshot);
+ stats = drvr->wlc->core->macstat_snapshot;
spin_unlock_bh(&wl->lock);

seq_printf(s, "txallfrm: %d\n", stats.txallfrm);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index ed022fd2613e..d000e2a70870 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -423,8 +423,6 @@ static void brcms_c_detach_mfree(struct brcms_c_info *wlc)
kfree(wlc->default_bss);
kfree(wlc->protection);
kfree(wlc->stf);
- if (wlc->corestate)
- kfree(wlc->corestate->macstat_snapshot);
kfree(wlc->corestate);
kfree(wlc->hw);
if (wlc->beacon)
@@ -493,13 +491,6 @@ brcms_c_attach_malloc(uint unit, uint *err, uint devid)
goto fail;
}

- wlc->corestate->macstat_snapshot = kzalloc_obj(*wlc->corestate->macstat_snapshot,
- GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (wlc->corestate->macstat_snapshot == NULL) {
- *err = 1027;
- goto fail;
- }
-
return wlc;

fail:
@@ -2997,7 +2988,7 @@ static void brcms_c_statsupd(struct brcms_c_info *wlc)
if (!wlc->pub->up)
return;

- macstats = wlc->core->macstat_snapshot;
+ macstats = &wlc->core->macstat_snapshot;

#ifdef DEBUG
/* save last rx fifo 0 overflow count */
@@ -3054,7 +3045,7 @@ void brcms_c_reset(struct brcms_c_info *wlc)
brcms_c_statsupd(wlc);

/* reset our snapshot of macstat counters */
- memset(wlc->core->macstat_snapshot, 0, sizeof(struct macstat));
+ memset(&wlc->core->macstat_snapshot, 0, sizeof(struct macstat));

brcms_b_reset(wlc->hw);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h
index 8af883e40876..0e6a5edc74c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ struct brcms_core {
/* fifo */
uint *txavail[NFIFO]; /* # tx descriptors available */

- struct macstat *macstat_snapshot; /* mac hw prev read values */
+ struct macstat macstat_snapshot; /* mac hw prev read values */
};

/*
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