When copying/duplicating set of properties, move smaller properties that were stored separately directly inside property entry structures. We can move: - up to 8 bytes from U8 arrays - up to 4 words - up to 2 double words - one U64 value - one or 2 strings. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/swnode.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c index 18a30fb3cc58..49e1108aa4b7 100644 --- a/drivers/base/swnode.c +++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c @@ -280,6 +280,16 @@ static int property_entry_copy_data(struct property_entry *dst, if (!dst->name) goto out_free_data; + if (!dst->is_inline && dst->length <= sizeof(dst->value)) { + /* We have an opportunity to move the data inline */ + const void *tmp = dst->pointer; + + memcpy(&dst->value, tmp, dst->length); + dst->is_inline = true; + + kfree(tmp); + } + return 0; out_free_data: -- 2.23.0.866.gb869b98d4c-goog