Re: [PATCH 0/4] Input: use designated initializers for acpi_device_id

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 04:15:21PM +0100, Pawel Zalewski wrote:
> This series is converting lists that contain the acpi_device_id struct,
> which is defined in the include/linux/device-id/acpi.h to make use of named
> initializers (which they do not use currently). This work is part of the on
> going effort in the kernel associated with device-ids [1]
> 
> The plan is to convert acpi_device_id::driver_data to have an anonymous
> union, similarly to what was introduced for PCI and I2C device ID tables.
> The goal is to increase type-safety (most of the existing casts are gone),
> to improve readability and to make use intent a bit more clear:
> 
> ```
> union {
> 	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;
> 	const void *driver_data_ptr;
> }
> ```
> 
> But for that to work all lists containing the structs need to use named
> initializers first to avoid triggering -Wmissing-braces. I already have
> patches that implement this and touching a lot of kernel subsystmes that
> use the acpi_device_id struct and that list keeps on growing. Therefore,
> I have decided to split the series per every subsystem into:
> - pre-clean-ups that convert the lists to use named initializers
>   (which is this series)
> - actual implementations that make some of the modules use the new
>   driver_data_ptr member
> 
> That way the task can be fragmented into manageable and independent chunks
> of work and makes this effort easier to review.
> 
> Tested builds on x86-64 and a64 in Yocto using 7.3-rc7.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1780048925.git.u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Zalewski <pzalewski@thegoodpenguin.co.uk>

Applied the lot, thank you.

-- 
Dmitry