[PATCH 11/17] tty: hvc_console: use flexible array for outbuf

From: Jiri Slaby (SUSE)
Date: Tue Nov 21 2023 - 04:23:58 EST


This means:
* move outbuf to the end of struct hvc_struct and convert from pointer
to flexible array (the structure is smaller now)
* use struct_size() at the allocation site
* align outbuf in the struct instead of ALIGN() at kzalloc()

And apart from the above, use u8 instead of char (which are the same
thanks to -funsigned-char). The former is now preferred over the latter.

It makes the code easier to understand.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c | 4 +---
drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
index 959fae54ca39..93b613e1f176 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
@@ -922,8 +922,7 @@ struct hvc_struct *hvc_alloc(uint32_t vtermno, int data,
return ERR_PTR(err);
}

- hp = kzalloc(ALIGN(sizeof(*hp), sizeof(long)) + outbuf_size,
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ hp = kzalloc(struct_size(hp, outbuf, outbuf_size), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!hp)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

@@ -931,7 +930,6 @@ struct hvc_struct *hvc_alloc(uint32_t vtermno, int data,
hp->data = data;
hp->ops = ops;
hp->outbuf_size = outbuf_size;
- hp->outbuf = &((char *)hp)[ALIGN(sizeof(*hp), sizeof(long))];

tty_port_init(&hp->port);
hp->port.ops = &hvc_port_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.h b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.h
index 9668f821db01..b718714bf399 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.h
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ struct hvc_struct {
spinlock_t lock;
int index;
int do_wakeup;
- char *outbuf;
int outbuf_size;
int n_outbuf;
uint32_t vtermno;
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ struct hvc_struct {
struct work_struct tty_resize;
struct list_head next;
unsigned long flags;
+ u8 outbuf[] __aligned(sizeof(long));
};

/* implemented by a low level driver */
--
2.42.1