From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, merez@codeaurora.org,
quic_ailizaro@quicinc.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH wireless-next] wil6210: Do not use embedded netdev in wil6210_priv
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 15:48:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240504144807.GB2279@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240503103304.339489-1-leitao@debian.org>
On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 03:32:56AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Embedding net_device into structures prohibits the usage of flexible
> arrays in the net_device structure. For more details, see the discussion
> at [1].
>
> Un-embed the net_device from struct wil6210_priv by converting it
> into a pointer. Then use the leverage alloc_netdev_dummy() to allocate
> the net_device object at wil_if_add(). The free of the device
> occurs at wil_if_remove().
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229225910.79e224cf@kernel.org/
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-04 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-03 10:32 [PATCH wireless-next] wil6210: Do not use embedded netdev in wil6210_priv Breno Leitao
2024-05-04 14:48 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2024-05-07 10:05 ` Kalle Valo
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