[PATCHv2 wireless-next] wifi: brcmsmac: use FAM for debug code

Rosen Penev <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Mar 2026 14:59:07 -0700
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.brcm80211,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Debug code requires a separate allocation to duplicate a string. A FAM
allows properly sized allocation with a single kfree.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <[email protected]>
---
 v2: rebase and remove debug from member.
 .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c     | 15 +++++----------
 .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h     |  4 +---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
index 6255d673d2d3..7912a999f6f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
@@ -317,9 +317,6 @@ static void brcms_free(struct brcms_info *wl)
 	/* free timers */
 	for (t = wl->timers; t; t = next) {
 		next = t->next;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-		kfree(t->name);
-#endif
 		kfree(t);
 	}
 }
@@ -1499,7 +1496,11 @@ struct brcms_timer *brcms_init_timer(struct brcms_info *wl,
 {
 	struct brcms_timer *t;

+#ifdef DEBUG
+	t = kzalloc_flex(*t, name, strlen(name) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+#else
 	t = kzalloc_obj(*t, GFP_ATOMIC);
+#endif
 	if (!t)
 		return NULL;

@@ -1511,7 +1512,7 @@ struct brcms_timer *brcms_init_timer(struct brcms_info *wl,
 	wl->timers = t;

 #ifdef DEBUG
-	t->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	strcpy(t->name, name);
 #endif

 	return t;
@@ -1574,9 +1575,6 @@ void brcms_free_timer(struct brcms_timer *t)

 	if (wl->timers == t) {
 		wl->timers = wl->timers->next;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-		kfree(t->name);
-#endif
 		kfree(t);
 		return;

@@ -1586,9 +1584,6 @@ void brcms_free_timer(struct brcms_timer *t)
 	while (tmp) {
 		if (tmp->next == t) {
 			tmp->next = t->next;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-			kfree(t->name);
-#endif
 			kfree(t);
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h
index eaf926a96a88..3b25a56958b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ struct brcms_timer {
 	bool periodic;
 	bool set;		/* indicates if timer is active */
 	struct brcms_timer *next;	/* for freeing on unload */
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	char *name;		/* Description of the timer */
-#endif
+	char name[];		/* Description of the timer */
 };

 struct brcms_if {
--
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