Re: [PATCH 2/2] serial: 8250_platform: fix uart_8250_port initializer

From: Sunil V L
Date: Wed Aug 07 2024 - 05:30:00 EST


Hi Arnd,

On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 09:57:44AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The first element in uart_8250_port is a structure, so initializing
> it to 0 causes a warning on newer compilers:
>
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_platform.c: In function 'serial8250_platform_probe':
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_platform.c:111:40: error: excess elements in struct initializer [-Werror]
> 111 | struct uart_8250_port uart = { 0 };
>
> Use the modern empty {} initializer instead that works on all
> supported compilers.
>
> Fixes: d9e5a0ce2f16 ("serial: 8250_platform: Enable generic 16550A platform devices")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_platform.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_platform.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_platform.c
> index c9ef988d58b3..2a3765334843 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_platform.c
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void __init serial8250_isa_init_ports(void)
> static int serial8250_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> - struct uart_8250_port uart = { 0 };
> + struct uart_8250_port uart = { };
Thanks! I was not sure about this. So, I sent a patch to use memset just
couple of hours ago. I sent different fix for other ACPI_PTR issue as
well. But I think your fixes are better.

Reviewed-by: Sunil V L <sunilvl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
Sunil