[PATCH net] net: switchdev: zero-initialize struct switchdev_notifier_fdb_info emitted by drivers towards the bridge

Vladimir Oltean vladimir.oltean at nxp.com
Tue Aug 10 02:34:57 PDT 2021


On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:12:38AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> There's a difference between:
> 
> 	struct foo bar = { 0 };
> 
> and
> 
> 	struct foo bar = { };
> 
> The former tells the compiler that you wish to set the first member of
> struct foo, which will be an integer type, to zero. The latter is an
> empty initialiser where all members and sub-members of the structure
> default to a zero value.
> 
> You should have no problem with the latter. You will encounter problems
> with the former if the first member of struct foo is not an integer
> type.

Ok, that's good to know. Seeing that this patch has not been applied yet
I'll go for a v2.


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