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> The preferred method of initializing structures is to use the
gcc Labeled Elements extension, eg:
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>static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = {
open: opt_open,
release: opt_release,
ioctl: opt_ioctl,
check_media_change: opt_media_change,
};
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> This makes it easy to grep for, and makes it clear which
structure fields are set. You should do this because it looks
cool.
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