Re: [PATCH net-next v2] wifi: mt76: un-embedd netdev from mt76_dev

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Wed Jun 19 2024 - 08:37:24 EST


Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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_devices from struct mt76_dev by converting them
> into pointers, and allocating them dynamically. Use the leverage
> alloc_netdev_dummy() to allocate the net_device object at
> mt76_dma_init().
>
> The free of the device occurs at mt76_dma_cleanup().
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229225910.79e224cf@xxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

As discussed in v1, feel free to take this to net-next to speed things
up:

Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>

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