linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] media: iris: Document difference in size during allocation

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Message-Id: <20251216-warnings-6-19-v2-1-12075e3dece7@chromium.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:42:24 +0000
From: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
To: Keke Li <keke.li@...ogic.com>, 
 Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@...asonboard.com>, 
 Daniel Scally <dan.scally@...asonboard.com>, 
 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@...nel.org>, 
 Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@...asonboard.com>, 
 Vikash Garodia <vikash.garodia@....qualcomm.com>, 
 Dikshita Agarwal <dikshita.agarwal@....qualcomm.com>, 
 Abhinav Kumar <abhinav.kumar@...ux.dev>, Bryan O'Donoghue <bod@...nel.org>, 
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>, 
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] media: iris: Document difference in size during
 allocation

As we get ready for kzalloc checking for invalid sizes, let's add
documentation for the cases where the size is different but valid.

This patch fixes this cocci warning:
./platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c:1215:9-25: WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (struct iris_inst *) is useless.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c
index f9129553209922fda548ca320494ae6ae797854c..c120ea3594fb5d0f40d6b9a7c67ffc28c42109f0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c
@@ -1212,5 +1212,10 @@ void iris_hfi_gen2_command_ops_init(struct iris_core *core)
 
 struct iris_inst *iris_hfi_gen2_get_instance(void)
 {
-	return (struct iris_inst *)kzalloc(sizeof(struct iris_inst_hfi_gen2), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct iris_inst_hfi_gen2 *out;
+
+	/* The allocation is intentionally larger than struct iris_inst. */
+	out = kzalloc(sizeof(*out), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	return &out->inst;
 }

-- 
2.52.0.239.gd5f0c6e74e-goog