[PATCH] checkpatch: prefer = {} initializations to = {0}

[Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>]

The "= {};" style empty struct initializer is preferred over = {0}.
It avoids the situation where the first struct member is a pointer and
that generates a Sparse warning about assigning using zero instead of
NULL.  Also it's just nicer to look at.

Some people complain that {} is less portable but the kernel has
different portability requirements from userspace so this is not a
issue that we care about.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 461d4221e4a4..32c8a0ca6fd0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4029,6 +4029,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "Using $1 is unnecessary\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# prefer = {}; to = {0};
+		if ($line =~ /= \{ *0 *\}/) {
+			WARN("ZERO_INITIALIZER",
+			     "= {} is preferred over = {0}\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # Check for potential 'bare' types
 		my ($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next,
 		    $realline_next);
-- 
2.30.2