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

From: Luca Ceresoli

Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 13:04:07 EST


On Mon May 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM CEST, 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 and drop trailing commas there.
>
> 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: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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