When the 'struct applespi_data' structure is allocated at the beginning of applespi_probe(), 2504 bytes are allocated. Because of the way memory is allocated, it ends to a 4096 bytes allocation. So, about 1500 bytes are wasted. Later in this function, when 'tx_buffer', 'tx_status', 'rx_buffer' and 'msg_buf' are allocated, 256, 4, 256 and 512 bytes are requested (~1 ko). A devm_ memory allocation has a small overhead of 40 bytes. So, for the same reason as above, it ends to allocate 512, 64, 512 and 1024 (~2 ko). All that said, defining these 4 arrays as part of 'struct applespi_data' saves 2 ko of runtime memory. 3504 bytes are now requested, and 4096 really allocated. All these 4 arrays fit in the 'wasted' memory of the first allocation. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Compile tested only. --- drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c | 23 ++++------------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c index fab5473ae5da..bee4ccfa2b05 100644 --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c @@ -373,11 +373,11 @@ struct applespi_data { struct input_dev *keyboard_input_dev; struct input_dev *touchpad_input_dev; - u8 *tx_buffer; - u8 *tx_status; - u8 *rx_buffer; + u8 tx_buffer[APPLESPI_PACKET_SIZE]; + u8 tx_status[APPLESPI_STATUS_SIZE]; + u8 rx_buffer[APPLESPI_PACKET_SIZE]; - u8 *msg_buf; + u8 msg_buf[MAX_PKTS_PER_MSG * APPLESPI_PACKET_SIZE]; unsigned int saved_msg_len; struct applespi_tp_info tp_info; @@ -1659,21 +1659,6 @@ static int applespi_probe(struct spi_device *spi) /* store the driver data */ spi_set_drvdata(spi, applespi); - /* create our buffers */ - applespi->tx_buffer = devm_kmalloc(&spi->dev, APPLESPI_PACKET_SIZE, - GFP_KERNEL); - applespi->tx_status = devm_kmalloc(&spi->dev, APPLESPI_STATUS_SIZE, - GFP_KERNEL); - applespi->rx_buffer = devm_kmalloc(&spi->dev, APPLESPI_PACKET_SIZE, - GFP_KERNEL); - applespi->msg_buf = devm_kmalloc_array(&spi->dev, MAX_PKTS_PER_MSG, - APPLESPI_PACKET_SIZE, - GFP_KERNEL); - - if (!applespi->tx_buffer || !applespi->tx_status || - !applespi->rx_buffer || !applespi->msg_buf) - return -ENOMEM; - /* set up our spi messages */ applespi_setup_read_txfrs(applespi); applespi_setup_write_txfrs(applespi); -- 2.34.1