Re: [PATCH wireless-next] wil6210: Do not use embedded netdev in wil6210_priv

[Kalle Valo]

Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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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