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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: use designated initializers for report structs
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 18:40:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508184013.GB4145640@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260508105717.472043-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

On Fri, May 08, 2026 at 12:57:17PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Use designated initializers for the report structs instead of clearing
> the struct with memset() and then copying fixed strings with strscpy()
> at runtime.
> 
> This keeps the structs zero-initialized, lets the compiler diagnose
> oversized string literals, and makes the code easier to read.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

Did you verify that none of these structs contain any implicit padding?

- Eric

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-08 18:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-08 10:57 [PATCH] crypto: use designated initializers for report structs Thorsten Blum
2026-05-08 18:40 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-05-08 20:11   ` Thorsten Blum

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