Use struct_size() instead of hand-writing it, when allocating a structure with a flex array. This is less verbose. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- It will also be helpful if the __counted_by() annotation is added with a Coccinelle script such as: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git/commit/?h=devel/counted_by&id=adc5b3cb48a049563dc673f348eab7b6beba8a9b --- drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c index b0d59e815c3b..776096b2e965 100644 --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c @@ -1059,7 +1059,6 @@ static int qcom_smem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct reserved_mem *rmem; struct qcom_smem *smem; unsigned long flags; - size_t array_size; int num_regions; int hwlock_id; u32 version; @@ -1071,8 +1070,8 @@ static int qcom_smem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (of_property_present(pdev->dev.of_node, "qcom,rpm-msg-ram")) num_regions++; - array_size = num_regions * sizeof(struct smem_region); - smem = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*smem) + array_size, GFP_KERNEL); + smem = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, struct_size(smem, regions, num_regions), + GFP_KERNEL); if (!smem) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.34.1