On Wed, 2016-09-28 at 05:57 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Note that some programs could fail to compile with the added union
> anyway.
>
> Some gcc versions are unable to compile a static init with an union
>
> struct inet_diag_req_v2 foo = { .pad = 0, sdiag_family = AF_INET, };
>
> When I cooked my recent fq commit I simply removed a pad and replaced
> it :
>
> git show fefa569a9d4bc4 -- include
This is a bit different of course, since struct tc_fq_qd_stats is only
one way : Kernel produces the content and gives it to user space.
User space should probably not need to initialize such a structure, but
who knows what a programmer can write ;)
