Re: [PATCH] backlight: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data

[Daniel Thompson]

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 01:12:03PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) wrote:
> While being less compact, using named initializers allows to more easily
> see which members of the structs are assigned which value without having
> to lookup the declaration of the struct. And it's also more robust
> against changes to the struct definition.
>
> The mentioned robustness is relevant for a planned change to struct
> i2c_device_id that replaces .driver_data by an anonymous union.
>
> While touching all these arrays, unify usage of whitespace in the list
> terminator.
>
> This patch doesn't modify the compiled arrays, only their representation
> in source form benefits. The former was confirmed with x86 and arm64
> builds.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) <danielt@xxxxxxxxxx>


Daniel.