Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S275053AbTHLFkn (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 01:40:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275050AbTHLFkn (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 01:40:43 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:9925 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S275053AbTHLFkd (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 01:40:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:38:27 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Robert Love , CaT , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitor-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: C99 Initialisers Message-ID: <20030812053826.GA1488@kroah.com> References: <20030812020226.GA4688@zip.com.au> <1060654733.684.267.camel@localhost> <20030812023936.GE3169@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030812023936.GE3169@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1376 Lines: 40 On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 03:39:36AM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 07:18:53PM -0700, Robert Love wrote: > > Convert GNU-style to C99-style. I think converting unnamed initializers > > to named initializers is a Good Thing, too. > > By and large ... here's a counterexample: > > static struct pci_device_id tg3_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = { > { PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_TIGON3_5700, > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0UL }, > { PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_TIGON3_5701, > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0UL }, > ... > > I don't think anyone would appreciate you converting that to: > > static struct pci_device_id tg3_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = { > { > .vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, > .device = PCI_DEVICE_ID_TIGON3_5700, > .subvendor = PCI_ANY_ID, > .subdevice = PCI_ANY_ID, > .class = 0, > .class_mask = 0, > .driver_data = 0, > }, I sure would. Oh, you can drop the .class, .class_mask, and .driver_data lines, and then it even looks cleaner. I would love to see that kind of change made for pci drivers. thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/