wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: allocate dummy net_device dynamically
struct net_device shouldn't be embedded into any structure, instead, the owner should use the priv space to embed their state into net_device. 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 iwl_trans_pcie by converting it into a pointer. Then use the leverage alloc_netdev() to allocate the net_device object at iwl_trans_pcie_alloc. The private data of net_device becomes a pointer for the struct iwl_trans_pcie, so, it is easy to get back to the iwl_trans_pcie parent given the net_device object. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229225910.79e224cf@kernel.org/Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Link: https://msgid.link/20240501165417.3406039-1-leitao@debian.orgSigned-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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