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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: qtnfmac: allocate dummy net_device dynamically
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20240319172634.894327-1-leitao@debian.org>
References: <20240319172634.894327-1-leitao@debian.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: Igor Mitsyanko <imitsyanko@quantenna.com>,
 Sergey Matyukevich <geomatsi@gmail.com>, kuba@kernel.org,
 keescook@chromium.org,
 linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org (open list:QUANTENNA QTNFMAC WIRELESS DRIVER),
 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
User-Agent: pwcli/0.1.1-git (https://github.com/kvalo/pwcli/) Python/3.11.2
Message-ID: <171103377318.103792.6654245785464194890.kvalo@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:09:34 +0000 (UTC)

Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> 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 qtnf_bus by converting it
> into a pointer. Then use the leverage alloc_netdev() to allocate the
> net_device object at qtnf_pcie_probe(). The free of the device occurs at
> qtnf_pcie_remove().
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229225910.79e224cf@kernel.org/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

61cdb09ff760 wifi: qtnfmac: allocate dummy net_device dynamically

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240319172634.894327-1-leitao@debian.org/

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