[PATCH v4 7/8] mm: Use static initialisers for immutable fields of 'struct vm_fault'

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Thu Jan 21 07:50:44 EST 2021


On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:21:33AM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 9:36 AM Will Deacon <will at kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > In preparation for const-ifying the anonymous struct field of
> > 'struct vm_fault', ensure that it is initialised using static
> > initialisers.
> 
> FWIW these are known as "designated initializers", ie.
> 
> struct foo my_foo = {
>   .bar = 42,
> };
> 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Designated-Inits.html

Thanks, I'm useless with terminology. Will update.

Will



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