[PATCHv2] clk: kirkwood: use kzalloc_flex

Rosen Penev rosenp at gmail.com
Mon Mar 30 13:55:04 PDT 2026


Simplify allocation by using a flexible array member and kzalloc_flex to
combine allocations.

Add __counted_by for extra runtime analysis. Move counting variable
assignment to right after allocation as required by __counted_by.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp at gmail.com>
---
 v2: remove unused goto.
 drivers/clk/mvebu/kirkwood.c | 21 ++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/mvebu/kirkwood.c b/drivers/clk/mvebu/kirkwood.c
index ed061d82fb65..f4f62b241193 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/mvebu/kirkwood.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/mvebu/kirkwood.c
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ struct clk_muxing_soc_desc {

 struct clk_muxing_ctrl {
 	spinlock_t *lock;
-	struct clk **muxes;
 	int num_muxes;
+	struct clk *muxes[] __counted_by(num_muxes);
 };

 static const char *powersave_parents[] = {
@@ -297,21 +297,18 @@ static void __init kirkwood_clk_muxing_setup(struct device_node *np,
 	if (WARN_ON(!base))
 		return;

-	ctrl = kzalloc_obj(*ctrl);
-	if (WARN_ON(!ctrl))
-		goto ctrl_out;
-
-	/* lock must already be initialized */
-	ctrl->lock = &ctrl_gating_lock;
-
 	/* Count, allocate, and register clock muxes */
 	for (n = 0; desc[n].name;)
 		n++;

+	ctrl = kzalloc_flex(*ctrl, muxes, n);
+	if (WARN_ON(!ctrl))
+		goto ctrl_out;
+
 	ctrl->num_muxes = n;
-	ctrl->muxes = kzalloc_objs(struct clk *, ctrl->num_muxes);
-	if (WARN_ON(!ctrl->muxes))
-		goto muxes_out;
+
+	/* lock must already be initialized */
+	ctrl->lock = &ctrl_gating_lock;

 	for (n = 0; n < ctrl->num_muxes; n++) {
 		ctrl->muxes[n] = clk_register_mux(NULL, desc[n].name,
@@ -324,8 +321,6 @@ static void __init kirkwood_clk_muxing_setup(struct device_node *np,
 	of_clk_add_provider(np, clk_muxing_get_src, ctrl);

 	return;
-muxes_out:
-	kfree(ctrl);
 ctrl_out:
 	iounmap(base);
 }
--
2.53.0




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