[PATCH 2/4] irqchip/riscv-imsic: Embed the vector array in lpriv

From: Samuel Holland

Date: Wed Oct 15 2025 - 15:57:16 EST


Reduce pointer chasing and the number of allocations by using a flexible
array member for the vector array instead of a separate allocation.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c | 10 ++--------
drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c
index dc95ad856d80..9a499efdebe3 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ static void __init imsic_local_cleanup(void)
lpriv = per_cpu_ptr(imsic->lpriv, cpu);

bitmap_free(lpriv->dirty_bitmap);
- kfree(lpriv->vectors);
}

free_percpu(imsic->lpriv);
@@ -501,7 +500,8 @@ static int __init imsic_local_init(void)
int cpu, i;

/* Allocate per-CPU private state */
- imsic->lpriv = alloc_percpu(typeof(*imsic->lpriv));
+ imsic->lpriv = __alloc_percpu(struct_size(imsic->lpriv, vectors, global->nr_ids + 1),
+ __alignof__(*imsic->lpriv));
if (!imsic->lpriv)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -521,12 +521,6 @@ static int __init imsic_local_init(void)
timer_setup(&lpriv->timer, imsic_local_timer_callback, TIMER_PINNED);
#endif

- /* Allocate vector array */
- lpriv->vectors = kcalloc(global->nr_ids + 1, sizeof(*lpriv->vectors),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!lpriv->vectors)
- goto fail_local_cleanup;
-
/* Setup vector array */
for (i = 0; i <= global->nr_ids; i++) {
vec = &lpriv->vectors[i];
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h
index 57f951952b0c..196457f1bbca 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct imsic_local_priv {
#endif

/* Local vector table */
- struct imsic_vector *vectors;
+ struct imsic_vector vectors[];
};

struct imsic_priv {
--
2.47.2