On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 09:09:23AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote: > Has it been considered to use structure assignment instead of introducing > bvec_set_page(), e.g. as follows? > > bip->bip_vec[bip->bip_vcnt] = (struct bio_vec) { > .bv_page = page, .bv_len = len, .bv_offset = offset }; Unless it's hidden behind a macro it doesn't solve the problem of abstraction away the layout. I'm also find it less readable.