Re: [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mwifiex: Use flexible array for RX reorder table
Francesco Dolcini <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:55:55 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless |
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| Message-ID | <20260723145555.GA238048@francesco-nb> |
Hello Johannes, On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 08:47:00AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Mon, 2026-05-18 at 14:18 -0700, Rosen Penev wrote: > > Embed the RX reorder pointer array in struct mwifiex_rx_reorder_tbl > > instead of allocating it separately. > > Others might disagree, but personally, I think you should stop doing > this. Sure, it *might* (I've been bitten too much by __counted_by) be a > border-line improvement, but it's not _really_ all that useful, > especially on these older drivers. > > Did you even test it at all? > ... > If you _really_ want to help, please help review changes rather than > producing more noise. Maybe even take over maintenance of some specific > driver that you can test. I also do not see any specific reason to take this, as of now I have not enough brain cycles available to properly review this, and if this is not even tested we should just reject it. Francesco