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Subject: Re: [PATCH wireless-next] wil6210: Do not use embedded netdev in
 wil6210_priv
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20240503103304.339489-1-leitao@debian.org>
References: <20240503103304.339489-1-leitao@debian.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, merez@codeaurora.org, quic_ailizaro@quicinc.com,
 linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org (open list:WILOCITY WIL6210 WIRELESS DRIVER),
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Date: Tue,  7 May 2024 10:05:35 +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 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().
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229225910.79e224cf@kernel.org/ [1]
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

10d2b4f4aa0b wifi: wil6210: Do not use embedded netdev in wil6210_priv

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240503103304.339489-1-leitao@debian.org/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches