Re: [PATCH 5/5] wifi: mwifiex: use vmalloc_array() to simplify code

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Aug 12 2025 - 10:02:39 EST


On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 09:32:18PM +0800, Qianfeng Rong wrote:
> Remove array_size() calls and replace vmalloc() with vmalloc_array() to
> simplify the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> index 3498743d5ec0..fb4183ff02a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> @@ -4673,8 +4673,8 @@ int mwifiex_init_channel_scan_gap(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
> * additional active scan request for hidden SSIDs on passive channels.
> */
> adapter->num_in_chan_stats = 2 * (n_channels_bg + n_channels_a);
> - adapter->chan_stats = vmalloc(array_size(sizeof(*adapter->chan_stats),
> - adapter->num_in_chan_stats));
> + adapter->chan_stats = vmalloc_array(adapter->num_in_chan_stats,
> + sizeof(*adapter->chan_stats));

n_channels_bg is 14
n_channels_a is either 0 or 31 depending on if we're using BAND_A.
sizeof(*adapter->chan_stats) is 10.

So we're either allocating 280 or 900 bytes, which is quite small. We
should just use kmalloc_array() instead of vmalloc_array().

regards,
dan carpenter