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

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Tue Aug 10 2021 - 05:35:07 EST


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.