linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: Use memset to initialize structure member.

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Message-ID: <20120224160505.GF7762@sgi.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:05:05 -0600
From:	Ben Myers <bpm@....com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	santosh nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
Cc:	elder@...nel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
	xfs-masters@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Use memset to initialize structure member.

Santosh,

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:53:54AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:38:42PM +0530, santosh nayak wrote:
> > From: Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
> > 
> > Sparse is giving following warning:
> > fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c:4826:41: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer.
> > 
> 
> You could just do:
> 	struct xfs_bmalloca     bma = {};

This aggregate initializer seems cleaner than memset.  Do you
mind resending the patch with Dan's suggestion?                                 
                                                                                
Thanks for your contribution.  ;)    

-Ben
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