netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 09/10] wifi: ath10k: allocate dummy net

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Message-ID: <87pluhv931.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:08:18 +0300
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 09/10] wifi: ath10k: allocate dummy
 net_device dynamically

Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org> 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_device from struct ath10k by converting it
> into a pointer. Then use the leverage alloc_netdev() to allocate the
> net_device object at ath10k_core_create(). The free of the device occurs
> at ath10k_core_destroy().
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229225910.79e224cf@kernel.org/
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

I assume this goes via net-next:

Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>

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