Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] Add __must_init and require explicit kobj_type::release

["Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Tue Oct 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM CET, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Clang supports the 'require_explicit_initialization' attribute on struct
> fields to enforce that the field is explicitly initialized when an
> aggregate object is constructed, emitting -Wuninitialized-explicit-init
> (enabled by default) if the field is omitted.
>
> Following discussion at the Linux Plumbers Conference [1], patch 1 adds
> the attribute to include/linux/compiler_attributes.h as __must_init. In
> v1 it was called __require_explicit_initialization. Kees picked up that
> patch with a first seq_file user [2], and in that thread Greg suggested
> the shorter __must_init spelling, which Kees and Miguel agreed to. As
> the attribute did not land in the v7.4 merge window, Kees asked that
> this series carry the renamed attribute. The Acked-by/Reviewed-by tags
> on patch 1 were given for the original spelling; the rename is
> mechanical.

This looks ready, and I plan to pick it up through the driver-core tree with the
minor commit message correction.

>   powerpc/secvar: Add missing kobject release callback to secvar_ktype
>   sh: sq: Add missing kobject release callback to ktype_percpu_entry
>   xen/sys-hypervisor: Add release callback to hyp_sysfs_kobj_type

Some ACKs would be appreciated. :)

Thanks,
Danilo