On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 04:00:42PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Friday, August 19, 2016 5:55:06 PM CEST Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c > > > index 93583b389058..ecf543014da3 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/pci/probe.c > > > +++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c > > > @@ -521,16 +521,19 @@ static void pci_release_host_bridge_dev(struct device *dev) > > > kfree(bridge); > > > } > > > > > > -static struct pci_host_bridge *pci_alloc_host_bridge(void) > > > +static struct pci_host_bridge *pci_alloc_host_bridge(size_t priv) > > > { > > > struct pci_host_bridge *bridge; > > > > > > - bridge = kzalloc(sizeof(*bridge), GFP_KERNEL); > > > + bridge = kzalloc(sizeof(*bridge) + priv, GFP_KERNEL); > > > if (!bridge) > > > return NULL; > > > > > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bridge->windows); > > > > > > + if (priv) > > > + bridge->private = &bridge[1]; > > > > How about making private a zero length array ? > > Right, the member can actually be removed here if we want to, this > was just meant as a shorthand so we can avoid the cast or function > call in device drivers. I think either way makes sense. > > Also, someone commented on a related issue in the previous version, and I > recommended to align it to ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN. This might be done more > easily with the zero-length array using > > struct pci_host_bridge { > ... > > unsigned long private[0] __attribute__((aligned(ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN))); > }; Yes, it looks simpler and I personally prefer it but it is more style than anything else, I thought it was worth mentioning it though. Thanks, Lorenzo > Without this, we need a bit more computation, like > > bridge = kzalloc(ALIGN(sizeof(*bridge), ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN) + priv, GFP_KERNEL); > bridge->private = (void *)bridge + ALIGN(sizeof(*bridge); > > or > > static inline void *pci_bridge_private(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge) > { > return (void *)bridge + ALIGN(sizeof(*bridge); > } > static inline struct pci_host_bridge *pci_bridge_from_private(void *priv) > { > return priv - ALIGN(sizeof(*bridge); > } > > The alignment is needed if the private structure contains any data that > we may want to transfer using DMA. > > Arnd > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tegra" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html