linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 08/12] treewide: Use initializer for struct vm_unmapped_area

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:18:31 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/12] treewide: Use initializer for struct
 vm_unmapped_area_info

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 03:28:39PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> So to be reduce the chance of bugs via uninitialized fields, perform a
> tree wide change using the consensus for the best general way to do this
> change. Use C99 static initializing to zero the struct and remove and
> statements that simply set members to zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>

Thanks! This looks to do exactly what it describes. :)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook