Use struct_size() instead of hand-writing it, when allocating a structure with a flex array. This is less verbose, more robust and more informative. 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 Change in v2: use struct_size() in another place just a few line below. --- drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c index 62e7dc9bea7b..dfea53e0fdeb 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c @@ -1893,9 +1893,7 @@ int pio_map_init(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, u8 port, u8 num_vls, u8 *vl_scontexts) vl_scontexts[i] = sc_per_vl + (extra > 0 ? 1 : 0); } /* build new map */ - newmap = kzalloc(sizeof(*newmap) + - roundup_pow_of_two(num_vls) * - sizeof(struct pio_map_elem *), + newmap = kzalloc(struct_size(newmap, map, roundup_pow_of_two(num_vls)), GFP_KERNEL); if (!newmap) goto bail; @@ -1910,9 +1908,8 @@ int pio_map_init(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, u8 port, u8 num_vls, u8 *vl_scontexts) int sz = roundup_pow_of_two(vl_scontexts[i]); /* only allocate once */ - newmap->map[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(*newmap->map[i]) + - sz * sizeof(struct - send_context *), + newmap->map[i] = kzalloc(struct_size(newmap->map[i], + ksc, sz), GFP_KERNEL); if (!newmap->map[i]) goto bail; -- 2.34.1