netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethtool: zero initialize coalesce struct

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Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:30:36 -0800
From:   Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
To:     Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Cc:     Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
        Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        David Decotigny <decot@...gle.com>,
        Linux NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool: zero initialize coalesce struct

> The dmac member of struct ethtool_coalesce was removed by commit
> c0b078ce7e88 ("Revert "ethtool: Add DMA Coalescing support"") because it
> has never been added in kernel (as that would break compatibility with
> older ethtool versions).

Hmm, well, it doesn't hurt to zero init either way...