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

From: Kalle Valo <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:08:18 +0300

Breno Leitao <[email-masked]> 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/[email-masked]/
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <[email-masked]>

I assume this goes via net-next:

Acked-by: Kalle Valo <[email-masked]>

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