In idpf_add_del_mac_filters(), filters are chunked up into multiple messages to avoid sending a control queue message buffer that is too large. Each chunk has up to IDPF_NUM_FILTERS_PER_MSG entries. So except for the last iteration which can be smaller, space for exactly IDPF_NUM_FILTERS_PER_MSG entries is allocated. There is no need to free and reallocate a smaller array just for the last iteration. This slightly simplifies the code and avoid an (unlikely) memory allocation failure. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c index 70986e12da28..b6f4b58e1094 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c @@ -3669,12 +3669,15 @@ int idpf_add_del_mac_filters(struct idpf_vport *vport, entries_size = sizeof(struct virtchnl2_mac_addr) * num_entries; buf_size = struct_size(ma_list, mac_addr_list, num_entries); - if (!ma_list || num_entries != IDPF_NUM_FILTERS_PER_MSG) { - kfree(ma_list); + if (!ma_list) { ma_list = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_ATOMIC); if (!ma_list) return -ENOMEM; } else { + /* ma_list was allocated in the first iteration + * so IDPF_NUM_FILTERS_PER_MSG entries are + * available + */ memset(ma_list, 0, buf_size); } -- 2.46.0