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SubjectRe: + clocksource-driver-initialize-list-value.patch added to -mm tree

* Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:

> > > This is a prerequisite for simplifying the clocksource
> > > registration process.
> >
> > why? This patch only pushes some unnecessary code into the
> > clocksource drivers:
> >
> > + .list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(clocksource_avr32.list),
> >
> > NACK unless you can give an explanation of why this is unavoidable. A
> > NULL initializer is just as good as an initialized list entry. (in fact
> > it's slightly better because it's in the kernel's BSS)
>
> This is only 1 of 9 patches . The 9th patch requires the .list value
> to be initialized .. The description change above was suppose to make
> that clearer .. By forcing the .list value to be initialized we can
> simplify the clocksource registration .

but why do you call that a simplification? Remove 5 lines of code from
the generic code, by adding +1 line to every clocksource driver,
totalling to like +20 lines at the moment?

Ingo
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