From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Frank Binns <frank.binns@imgtec.com>,
Matt Coster <matt.coster@imgtec.com>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] drm/imagination: simplify pvr_fw_trace_seq_data
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:40:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260311004014.32240-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
A flexible array member allows one allocation instead of two. Which
means one less kfree to worry about.
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c | 21 +++++----------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c
index e154cb35f604..caf504f2bf85 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ update_logtype(struct pvr_device *pvr_dev, u32 group_mask)
}
struct pvr_fw_trace_seq_data {
- /** @buffer: Pointer to copy of trace data. */
- u32 *buffer;
-
/** @start_offset: Starting offset in trace data, as reported by FW. */
u32 start_offset;
@@ -252,6 +249,9 @@ struct pvr_fw_trace_seq_data {
/** @assert_buf: Trace assert buffer, as reported by FW. */
struct rogue_fwif_file_info_buf assert_buf;
+
+ /** @buffer: Pointer to copy of trace data. */
+ u32 buffer[];
};
static u32 find_sfid(u32 id)
@@ -455,17 +455,10 @@ static int fw_trace_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
struct pvr_fw_trace_seq_data *trace_seq_data;
int err;
- trace_seq_data = kzalloc_obj(*trace_seq_data);
+ trace_seq_data = kzalloc_flex(*trace_seq_data, buffer, ROGUE_FW_TRACE_BUF_DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_DWORDS);
if (!trace_seq_data)
return -ENOMEM;
- trace_seq_data->buffer = kcalloc(ROGUE_FW_TRACE_BUF_DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_DWORDS,
- sizeof(*trace_seq_data->buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!trace_seq_data->buffer) {
- err = -ENOMEM;
- goto err_free_data;
- }
-
/*
* Take a local copy of the trace buffer, as firmware may still be
* writing to it. This will exist as long as this file is open.
@@ -478,15 +471,12 @@ static int fw_trace_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
err = seq_open(file, &pvr_fw_trace_seq_ops);
if (err)
- goto err_free_buffer;
+ goto err_free_data;
((struct seq_file *)file->private_data)->private = trace_seq_data;
return 0;
-err_free_buffer:
- kfree(trace_seq_data->buffer);
-
err_free_data:
kfree(trace_seq_data);
@@ -499,7 +489,6 @@ static int fw_trace_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
((struct seq_file *)file->private_data)->private;
seq_release(inode, file);
- kfree(trace_seq_data->buffer);
kfree(trace_seq_data);
return 0;
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 0:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-11 0:40 Rosen Penev [this message]
2026-03-11 2:56 ` Claude review: drm/imagination: simplify pvr_fw_trace_seq_data Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-11 2:56 ` Claude Code Review Bot
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2026-03-12 19:21 [PATCH] " Rosen Penev
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