Re: C++ pushback

[Harald Arnesen]

"J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Tell me what is the difference between:
>
>
>     sbi = kmalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
>     if (!sbi)
>         return -ENOMEM;
>     sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
>     memset(sbi, 0, sizeof(*sbi));
>     sbi->s_mount_opt = 0;
>     sbi->s_resuid = EXT3_DEF_RESUID;
>     sbi->s_resgid = EXT3_DEF_RESGID;
>
> and
>
>     SuperBlock() : s_mount_opt(0), s_resuid(EXT3_DEF_RESUID), s_resgid(EXT3_DEF_RESGID)
>     {}
>
>     ...
>     sbi = new SuperBlock;
>     if (!sbi)
>         return -ENOMEM;
>
> apart that you don't get members initalized twice and get a shorter code :).

The former is easier to read and understand?
-- 
Hilsen Harald.

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