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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:52:05 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: aleksander.lobakin@...el.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com
Cc: quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com,
	kvalo@...nel.org,
	leon@...nel.org,
	dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net: ibm/emac: allocate dummy net_device dynamically

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 the private struct by converting it
into a pointer. Then use the leverage the new alloc_netdev_dummy()
helper to allocate and initialize dummy devices.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229225910.79e224cf@kernel.org/

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.h |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.c
index 2439f7e96e05..ae2b5a2993d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.c
@@ -605,9 +605,13 @@ static int mal_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mal->list);
 	spin_lock_init(&mal->lock);
 
-	init_dummy_netdev(&mal->dummy_dev);
+	mal->dummy_dev = alloc_netdev_dummy(0);
+	if (!mal->dummy_dev) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail_unmap;
+	}
 
-	netif_napi_add_weight(&mal->dummy_dev, &mal->napi, mal_poll,
+	netif_napi_add_weight(mal->dummy_dev, &mal->napi, mal_poll,
 			      CONFIG_IBM_EMAC_POLL_WEIGHT);
 
 	/* Load power-on reset defaults */
@@ -637,7 +641,7 @@ static int mal_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 					  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (mal->bd_virt == NULL) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto fail_unmap;
+		goto fail_dummy;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < mal->num_tx_chans; ++i)
@@ -703,6 +707,8 @@ static int mal_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	free_irq(mal->serr_irq, mal);
  fail2:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ofdev->dev, bd_size, mal->bd_virt, mal->bd_dma);
+ fail_dummy:
+	kfree(mal->dummy_dev);
  fail_unmap:
 	dcr_unmap(mal->dcr_host, 0x100);
  fail:
@@ -739,6 +745,7 @@ static void mal_remove(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 			  (NUM_TX_BUFF * mal->num_tx_chans +
 			   NUM_RX_BUFF * mal->num_rx_chans), mal->bd_virt,
 			  mal->bd_dma);
+	kfree(mal->dummy_dev);
 	kfree(mal);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.h
index d212373a72e7..e0ddc41186a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/mal.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct mal_instance {
 	int			index;
 	spinlock_t		lock;
 
-	struct net_device	dummy_dev;
+	struct net_device	*dummy_dev;
 
 	unsigned int features;
 };
-- 
2.43.0