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[net-next,09/15] ice: use stack variable for virtchnl_supported_rxdids

Message ID 20241105222351.3320587-10-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2024-11-05 (ice, ixgbe, igc. igb, igbvf, e1000) | expand

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Commit Message

Tony Nguyen Nov. 5, 2024, 10:23 p.m. UTC 
From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>

The ice_vc_query_rxdid() function allocates memory to store the
virtchnl_supported_rxdids structure used to communicate the bitmap of
supported RXDIDs to a VF.

This structure is only 8 bytes in size. The function must hold the
allocated length on the stack as well as the pointer to the structure which
itself is 8 bytes. Allocating this storage on the heap adds unnecessary
overhead including a potential error path that must be handled in case
kzalloc fails. Because this structure is so small, we're not saving stack
space. Additionally, because we must ensure that we free the allocated
memory, the return value from ice_vc_send_msg_to_vf() must also be saved in
the stack ret variable. Depending on compiler optimization, this means
allocating the 8-byte structure is requiring up to 16-bytes of stack
memory!

Simplify this function to keep the rxdid variable on the stack, saving
memory and removing a potential failure exit path from this function.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c | 20 ++++---------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
index bc9fadaccad0..f445e33b2028 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
@@ -3031,10 +3031,8 @@  static int ice_vc_set_rss_hena(struct ice_vf *vf, u8 *msg)
 static int ice_vc_query_rxdid(struct ice_vf *vf)
 {
 	enum virtchnl_status_code v_ret = VIRTCHNL_STATUS_SUCCESS;
-	struct virtchnl_supported_rxdids *rxdid = NULL;
+	struct virtchnl_supported_rxdids rxdid = {};
 	struct ice_pf *pf = vf->pf;
-	int len = 0;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (!test_bit(ICE_VF_STATE_ACTIVE, vf->vf_states)) {
 		v_ret = VIRTCHNL_STATUS_ERR_PARAM;
@@ -3046,21 +3044,11 @@  static int ice_vc_query_rxdid(struct ice_vf *vf)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	len = sizeof(struct virtchnl_supported_rxdids);
-	rxdid = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rxdid) {
-		v_ret = VIRTCHNL_STATUS_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
-		len = 0;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	rxdid->supported_rxdids = pf->supported_rxdids;
+	rxdid.supported_rxdids = pf->supported_rxdids;
 
 err:
-	ret = ice_vc_send_msg_to_vf(vf, VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_SUPPORTED_RXDIDS,
-				    v_ret, (u8 *)rxdid, len);
-	kfree(rxdid);
-	return ret;
+	return ice_vc_send_msg_to_vf(vf, VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_SUPPORTED_RXDIDS,
+				     v_ret, (u8 *)&rxdid, sizeof(rxdid));
 }
 
 /**