netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: use designated initializers

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Date:   Sat, 17 Dec 2016 11:57:45 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-decnet-user@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: use designated initializers

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:58:58 -0800

> Prepare to mark sensitive kernel structures for randomization by making
> sure they're using designated initializers. These were identified during
> allyesconfig builds of x86, arm, and arm64, with most initializer fixes
> extracted from grsecurity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Applied, although "decnet: " would have been a much better
subsystem prefix.