3 files changed, 58 insertions, 79 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 3a413f72ff6d..5febd6d8b885 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ struct ib_port {
         struct kobject         kobj;
         struct ib_device      *ibdev;
         struct attribute_group gid_group;
-        struct attribute     **gid_attr;
         struct attribute_group pkey_group;
-        struct attribute     **pkey_attr;
         u8                     port_num;
 };
 
@@ -60,8 +58,9 @@ struct port_attribute port_attr_##_name = __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)
 struct port_attribute port_attr_##_name = __ATTR_RO(_name)
 
 struct port_table_attribute {
-        struct port_attribute attr;
-        int                   index;
+        struct port_attribute   attr;
+        char                    name[8];
+        int                     index;
 };
 
 static ssize_t port_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -398,17 +397,16 @@ static void ib_port_release(struct kobject *kobj)
         struct attribute *a;
         int i;
 
-        for (i = 0; (a = p->gid_attr[i]); ++i) {
-                kfree(a->name);
+        for (i = 0; (a = p->gid_group.attrs[i]); ++i)
                 kfree(a);
-        }
 
-        for (i = 0; (a = p->pkey_attr[i]); ++i) {
-                kfree(a->name);
+        kfree(p->gid_group.attrs);
+
+        for (i = 0; (a = p->pkey_group.attrs[i]); ++i)
                 kfree(a);
-        }
 
-        kfree(p->gid_attr);
+        kfree(p->pkey_group.attrs);
+
         kfree(p);
 }
 
@@ -449,58 +447,45 @@ static int ib_device_hotplug(struct class_device *cdev, char **envp,
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int alloc_group(struct attribute ***attr,
-                       ssize_t (*show)(struct ib_port *,
-                                       struct port_attribute *, char *buf),
-                       int len)
+static struct attribute **
+alloc_group_attrs(ssize_t (*show)(struct ib_port *,
+                                  struct port_attribute *, char *buf),
+                  int len)
 {
-        struct port_table_attribute ***tab_attr =
-                (struct port_table_attribute ***) attr;
+        struct attribute **tab_attr;
+        struct port_table_attribute *element;
         int i;
-        int ret;
-
-        *tab_attr = kmalloc((1 + len) * sizeof *tab_attr, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!*tab_attr)
-                return -ENOMEM;
 
-        memset(*tab_attr, 0, (1 + len) * sizeof *tab_attr);
+        tab_attr = kcalloc(1 + len, sizeof(struct attribute *), GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!tab_attr)
+                return NULL;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-                (*tab_attr)[i] = kmalloc(sizeof *(*tab_attr)[i], GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!(*tab_attr)[i]) {
-                        ret = -ENOMEM;
+        for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                element = kcalloc(1, sizeof(struct port_table_attribute),
+                                  GFP_KERNEL);
+                if (!element)
                         goto err;
-                }
-                memset((*tab_attr)[i], 0, sizeof *(*tab_attr)[i]);
-                (*tab_attr)[i]->attr.attr.name = kmalloc(8, GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!(*tab_attr)[i]->attr.attr.name) {
-                        ret = -ENOMEM;
-                        goto err;
-                }
 
-                if (snprintf((*tab_attr)[i]->attr.attr.name, 8, "%d", i) >= 8) {
-                        ret = -ENOMEM;
+                if (snprintf(element->name, sizeof(element->name),
+                             "%d", i) >= sizeof(element->name))
                         goto err;
-                }
 
-                (*tab_attr)[i]->attr.attr.mode  = S_IRUGO;
-                (*tab_attr)[i]->attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
-                (*tab_attr)[i]->attr.show       = show;
-                (*tab_attr)[i]->index           = i;
-        }
-
-        return 0;
+                element->attr.attr.name  = element->name;
+                element->attr.attr.mode  = S_IRUGO;
+                element->attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+                element->attr.show       = show;
+                element->index           = i;
 
-err:
-        for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-                if ((*tab_attr)[i])
-                        kfree((*tab_attr)[i]->attr.attr.name);
-                kfree((*tab_attr)[i]);
+                tab_attr[i] = &element->attr.attr;
         }
 
-        kfree(*tab_attr);
+        return tab_attr;
 
-        return ret;
+err:
+        while (--i >= 0)
+                kfree(tab_attr[i]);
+        kfree(tab_attr);
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 static int add_port(struct ib_device *device, int port_num)
@@ -541,23 +526,20 @@ static int add_port(struct ib_device *device, int port_num)
         if (ret)
                 goto err_put;
 
-        ret = alloc_group(&p->gid_attr, show_port_gid, attr.gid_tbl_len);
-        if (ret)
-                goto err_remove_pma;
-
         p->gid_group.name  = "gids";
-        p->gid_group.attrs = p->gid_attr;
+        p->gid_group.attrs = alloc_group_attrs(show_port_gid, attr.gid_tbl_len);
+        if (!p->gid_group.attrs)
+                goto err_remove_pma;
 
         ret = sysfs_create_group(&p->kobj, &p->gid_group);
         if (ret)
                 goto err_free_gid;
 
-        ret = alloc_group(&p->pkey_attr, show_port_pkey, attr.pkey_tbl_len);
-        if (ret)
-                goto err_remove_gid;
-
         p->pkey_group.name  = "pkeys";
-        p->pkey_group.attrs = p->pkey_attr;
+        p->pkey_group.attrs = alloc_group_attrs(show_port_pkey,
+                                                attr.pkey_tbl_len);
+        if (!p->pkey_group.attrs)
+                goto err_remove_gid;
 
         ret = sysfs_create_group(&p->kobj, &p->pkey_group);
         if (ret)
@@ -568,23 +550,19 @@ static int add_port(struct ib_device *device, int port_num)
         return 0;
 
 err_free_pkey:
-        for (i = 0; i < attr.pkey_tbl_len; ++i) {
-                kfree(p->pkey_attr[i]->name);
-                kfree(p->pkey_attr[i]);
-        }
+        for (i = 0; i < attr.pkey_tbl_len; ++i)
+                kfree(p->pkey_group.attrs[i]);
 
-        kfree(p->pkey_attr);
+        kfree(p->pkey_group.attrs);
 
 err_remove_gid:
         sysfs_remove_group(&p->kobj, &p->gid_group);
 
 err_free_gid:
-        for (i = 0; i < attr.gid_tbl_len; ++i) {
-                kfree(p->gid_attr[i]->name);
-                kfree(p->gid_attr[i]);
-        }
+        for (i = 0; i < attr.gid_tbl_len; ++i)
+                kfree(p->gid_group.attrs[i]);
 
-        kfree(p->gid_attr);
+        kfree(p->gid_group.attrs);
 
 err_remove_pma:
         sysfs_remove_group(&p->kobj, &pma_group);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 6ca0061137a6..e8aad151175f 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -339,16 +339,17 @@ pci_create_resource_files(struct pci_dev *pdev)
                 if (!pci_resource_len(pdev, i))
                         continue;
 
-                res_attr = kmalloc(sizeof(*res_attr) + 10, GFP_ATOMIC);
+                /* allocate attribute structure, piggyback attribute name */
+                res_attr = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*res_attr) + 10, GFP_ATOMIC);
                 if (res_attr) {
-                        memset(res_attr, 0, sizeof(*res_attr) + 10);
+                        char *res_attr_name = (char *)(res_attr + 1);
+
                         pdev->res_attr[i] = res_attr;
-                        /* Allocated above after the res_attr struct */
-                        res_attr->attr.name = (char *)(res_attr + 1);
-                        sprintf(res_attr->attr.name, "resource%d", i);
-                        res_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, i);
+                        sprintf(res_attr_name, "resource%d", i);
+                        res_attr->attr.name = res_attr_name;
                         res_attr->attr.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
                         res_attr->attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+                        res_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, i);
                         res_attr->mmap = pci_mmap_resource;
                         res_attr->private = &pdev->resource[i];
                         sysfs_create_bin_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, res_attr);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 931b5aaaf380..d9cd2d31d377 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ struct kobject;
 struct module;
 
 struct attribute {
-        char                    * name;
+        const char              * name;
         struct module           * owner;
         mode_t                  mode;
 };
 
 struct attribute_group {
-        char                    * name;
+        const char              * name;
         struct attribute        ** attrs;
 };