linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: prefer = {} initializations to = {0}

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Date:   Sat, 14 Aug 2021 14:57:06 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: prefer = {} initializations to = {0}

On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 05:38:27PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:

> There are number of reasons why you didn't notice any difference.
> 1. {} is GCC extension
> 2. {} was adopted in latest C standards, so need to check which one GCC 10
> is using by default.
> 3. Main difference will be in padding - {0} will set to zero fields but
> won't touch padding, while {} will zero everything.

References on (3), please?