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Message-ID: <09efbade-24ce-4e11-ab4e-782eab4f1a71@embeddedor.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:14:41 +0900
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To: Slark Xiao <slark_xiao@....com>
Cc: loic.poulain@....qualcomm.com, ryazanov.s.a@...il.com,
 johannes@...solutions.net, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 gustavoars@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net] Revert "net: wwan: mhi_wwan_mbim: Avoid
 -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning"



On 1/22/26 10:30, Slark Xiao wrote:
> 
> 
> At 2026-01-20 17:28:42, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/20/26 18:16, Slark Xiao wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> At 2026-01-20 15:51:57, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Slark,
>>>>
>>>> On 1/20/26 16:20, Slark Xiao wrote:
>>>>> This reverts commit eeecf5d3a3a484cedfa3f2f87e6d51a7390ed960.
>>>>>
>>>>> This change lead to MHI WWAN device can't connect to internet.
>>>>> I found a netwrok issue with kernel 6.19-rc4, but network works
>>>>> well with kernel 6.18-rc1. After checking, this commit is the
>>>>> root cause.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the report.
>>>>
>>>> Could you please apply the following patch on top of this revert,
>>>> and let us know if the problem still manifests? Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_mbim.c b/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_mbim.c
>>>> index 1d7e3ad900c1..a271a72fed63 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_mbim.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_mbim.c
>>>> @@ -78,9 +78,12 @@ struct mhi_mbim_context {
>>>>
>>>>    struct mbim_tx_hdr {
>>>>           struct usb_cdc_ncm_nth16 nth16;
>>>> -       struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16 ndp16;
>>>> -       struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16 dpe16[2];
>>>> +       __TRAILING_OVERLAP(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16, ndp16, dpe16, __packed,
>>>> +               struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16 dpe16[2];
>>>> +       );
>>>>    } __packed;
>>>> +static_assert(offsetof(struct mbim_tx_hdr, ndp16.dpe16) ==
>>>> +             offsetof(struct mbim_tx_hdr, dpe16));
>>>>
>>>>    static struct mhi_mbim_link *mhi_mbim_get_link_rcu(struct mhi_mbim_context *mbim,
>>>>                                                      unsigned int session)
>>> This patch won't introduce previous problem.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for confirming this.
>>
>> I'll turn it into a proper patch.
>>
>> -Gustavo
> Hi,
> Are you planing to add this revert commit to your coming patch?

No. I think the revert should be applied by the maintainers, first.

Thanks
-Gustavo

> Actually it's urgent to revert this change since the release deadline of v6.19 is coming soon
> and all my MHI WWAN device have been impacted.
> I don't know why this commit has been tagged as "Not Applicable" and who did this.
> 
> I hope we can fix it regression before the official v6.19 release.
> 
> Thanks