linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/12] rust: init: add `..Zeroable::zeroed()` syntax for zeroing all missing fields

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Message-ID: <0add5c9e-503d-e121-fc68-4a0d8f0b81a4@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:51:40 -0300
From:   Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>
To:     Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
Cc:     Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
        Andreas Hindborg <nmi@...aspace.dk>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/12] rust: init: add `..Zeroable::zeroed()` syntax
 for zeroing all missing fields

On 7/19/23 11:20, Benno Lossin wrote:
> Add the struct update syntax to the init macros, but only for
> `..Zeroable::zeroed()`. Adding this at the end of the struct initializer
> allows one to omit fields from the initializer, these fields will be
> initialized with 0x00 set to every byte. Only types that implement the
> `Zeroable` trait can utilize this.
> 
> Suggested-by: Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
> ---
> [...]
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>