One of the more common cases of allocation size calculations is finding the size of a structure that has a zero-sized array at the end, along with memory for some number of elements for that array. For example: struct foo { int stuff; void *entry[]; }; instance = kzalloc(sizeof(struct foo) + sizeof(void *) * count, GFP_KERNEL); Instead of leaving these open-coded and prone to type mistakes, we can now use the new struct_size() helper: instance = kzalloc(struct_size(instance, entry, count), GFP_KERNEL); This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c | 24 ++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c index 18c709c..d0381aa 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c @@ -1416,10 +1416,8 @@ ath10k_ce_alloc_src_ring(struct ath10k *ar, unsigned int ce_id, nentries = roundup_pow_of_two(nentries); - src_ring = kzalloc(sizeof(*src_ring) + - (nentries * - sizeof(*src_ring->per_transfer_context)), - GFP_KERNEL); + src_ring = kzalloc(struct_size(src_ring, per_transfer_context, + nentries), GFP_KERNEL); if (src_ring == NULL) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); @@ -1476,10 +1474,8 @@ ath10k_ce_alloc_src_ring_64(struct ath10k *ar, unsigned int ce_id, nentries = roundup_pow_of_two(nentries); - src_ring = kzalloc(sizeof(*src_ring) + - (nentries * - sizeof(*src_ring->per_transfer_context)), - GFP_KERNEL); + src_ring = kzalloc(struct_size(src_ring, per_transfer_context, + nentries), GFP_KERNEL); if (!src_ring) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); @@ -1534,10 +1530,8 @@ ath10k_ce_alloc_dest_ring(struct ath10k *ar, unsigned int ce_id, nentries = roundup_pow_of_two(attr->dest_nentries); - dest_ring = kzalloc(sizeof(*dest_ring) + - (nentries * - sizeof(*dest_ring->per_transfer_context)), - GFP_KERNEL); + dest_ring = kzalloc(struct_size(dest_ring, per_transfer_context, + nentries), GFP_KERNEL); if (dest_ring == NULL) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); @@ -1580,10 +1574,8 @@ ath10k_ce_alloc_dest_ring_64(struct ath10k *ar, unsigned int ce_id, nentries = roundup_pow_of_two(attr->dest_nentries); - dest_ring = kzalloc(sizeof(*dest_ring) + - (nentries * - sizeof(*dest_ring->per_transfer_context)), - GFP_KERNEL); + dest_ring = kzalloc(struct_size(dest_ring, per_transfer_context, + nentries), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dest_ring) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); -- 2.7.4