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mtd: concat: replace alloc + calloc with 1 alloc

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A flex array can be used to reduce the allocation to 1.

And actually mtdconcat was using the pointer + 1 trick to point to the
overallocated area. Better alternatives exist.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
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Rosen Penev
2026-03-05 14:44:10 -08:00
committed by Miquel Raynal
parent c685e6e8d8
commit e19eaffc52
3 changed files with 3 additions and 12 deletions
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drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
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@@ -627,7 +627,6 @@ struct mtd_info *mtd_concat_create(struct mtd_info *subdev[], /* subdevices to c
const char *name)
{ /* name for the new device */
int i;
size_t size;
struct mtd_concat *concat;
struct mtd_info *subdev_master = NULL;
uint32_t max_erasesize, curr_erasesize;
@@ -640,15 +639,13 @@ struct mtd_info *mtd_concat_create(struct mtd_info *subdev[], /* subdevices to c
printk(KERN_NOTICE "into device \"%s\"\n", name);
/* allocate the device structure */
size = SIZEOF_STRUCT_MTD_CONCAT(num_devs);
concat = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
concat = kzalloc_flex(*concat, subdev, num_devs, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!concat) {
printk
("memory allocation error while creating concatenated device \"%s\"\n",
name);
return NULL;
}
concat->subdev = (struct mtd_info **) (concat + 1);
/*
* Set up the new "super" device's MTD object structure, check for