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

From: Will Deacon
Date: Thu Jan 21 2021 - 07:52:12 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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