Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] net: marvell: prestera: allocate dummy net_device dynamically

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 09:54:38 +0100

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 04:52:02PM -0700, Breno Leitao 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 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/[email-masked]/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  .../net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_rxtx.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_rxtx.c

...

> @@ -654,13 +654,21 @@ static int prestera_sdma_switch_init(struct prestera_switch *sw)
>  	if (err)
>  		goto err_evt_register;
>  
> -	init_dummy_netdev(&sdma->napi_dev);
> +	sdma->napi_dev = alloc_netdev_dummy(0);
> +	if (!sdma->napi_dev) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "not able to initialize dummy device\n");
> +		goto err_alloc_dummy;

Hi Breno,

This goto will result in the function returning err.
But err is 0 here. Perhaps it should be set to a negative error value
instead?

Flagged by Smatch.

> +	}
> +
>  
> -	netif_napi_add(&sdma->napi_dev, &sdma->rx_napi, prestera_sdma_rx_poll);
> +	netif_napi_add(sdma->napi_dev, &sdma->rx_napi, prestera_sdma_rx_poll);
>  	napi_enable(&sdma->rx_napi);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> +err_alloc_dummy:
> +	prestera_hw_event_handler_unregister(sw, PRESTERA_EVENT_TYPE_RXTX,
> +					     prestera_rxtx_handle_event);
>  err_evt_register:
>  err_tx_init:
>  	prestera_sdma_tx_fini(sdma);

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