[PATCH] clk-lpc18xx-ccu: kzalloc + kcalloc to kzalloc_flex

Gustavo A. R. Silva gustavo at embeddedor.com
Thu Mar 5 20:08:14 PST 2026



On 3/6/26 12:25, Rosen Penev wrote:
> Simplifies allocation by using a flexible array member.
> 
> Also allows using __counted_by for extra runtime analysis.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars at kernel.org>

Thanks
-Gustavo

> ---
>   drivers/clk/nxp/clk-lpc18xx-ccu.c | 14 +++++---------
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/nxp/clk-lpc18xx-ccu.c b/drivers/clk/nxp/clk-lpc18xx-ccu.c
> index dcb6d0c0b41a..3793e701835f 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/nxp/clk-lpc18xx-ccu.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/nxp/clk-lpc18xx-ccu.c
> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
>   #define CCU_BRANCH_HAVE_DIV2	BIT(1)
>   
>   struct lpc18xx_branch_clk_data {
> -	const char **name;
>   	int num;
> +	const char *name[] __counted_by(num);
>   };
>   
>   struct lpc18xx_clk_branch {
> @@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static void __init lpc18xx_ccu_init(struct device_node *np)
>   {
>   	struct lpc18xx_branch_clk_data *clk_data;
>   	void __iomem *reg_base;
> +	size_t size;
>   	int i, ret;
>   
>   	reg_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
> @@ -274,19 +275,14 @@ static void __init lpc18xx_ccu_init(struct device_node *np)
>   		return;
>   	}
>   
> -	clk_data = kzalloc_obj(*clk_data);
> +	size = of_property_count_strings(np, "clock-names");
> +	clk_data = kzalloc_flex(*clk_data, name, size);
>   	if (!clk_data) {
>   		iounmap(reg_base);
>   		return;
>   	}
>   
> -	clk_data->num = of_property_count_strings(np, "clock-names");
> -	clk_data->name = kcalloc(clk_data->num, sizeof(char *), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!clk_data->name) {
> -		iounmap(reg_base);
> -		kfree(clk_data);
> -		return;
> -	}
> +	clk_data->num = size;
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < clk_data->num; i++) {
>   		ret = of_property_read_string_index(np, "clock-names", i,




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