# Re: \[PATCH 2/5\] raid: Require designated initialization of structures

- From: Josh Triplett \<josh@joshtriplett.org\>
- Date: 2014-08-01 01:30:30 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2014/08/86684
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2014/08/86699/t.md

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On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 11:10:55AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:47:35 -0700 Josh Triplett [ref]
> wrote:
> 
> > Mark raid6_calls and other structures containing function pointers with
> > __designated_init.  Fix implementations in lib/raid6/ to use designated
> > initializers; this also simplifies those initializers using the default
> > initialization of fields to 0.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
> 
> Looks like an excellent idea!
> Feel free to forward this upstream on my behalf, or remind me once the first
> patch is in -next, and I'll take this one myself - whichever you prefer.
> 
>  Acked-by: NeilBrown [ref]

Thanks!  Ideally, I'd like to see the whole series go in through one
tree, which is why I CCed Andrew.  I can easily produce several dozen
more patches like these, but I just included enough examples to motivate
patch 1, and I can send more in any order once that one goes in.

- Josh Triplett
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