Re: [patch] ACPI: reduce code size, clean up, fix validator message

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Brown, Len <len.brown@intel.com> wrote:

> Keep in perspective, however, that we have over 200 functional issues 
> unresolved in bugzilla.kernel.org, and spending time on syntax changes 
> is generally a lower priority.

well, it's your baby and they are your priorities (and i'm really not 
trying to interfere), but still - my personal experience is that syntax 
and functional correctness are strongly connected. I dont claim that 
this particular issue of lock initialization and abstraction is a big 
deal in itself, but cruft does add up over time and becomes a real 
obstacle. I usually spend alot of quality time cleaning up my own code, 
because i know that it directly results in a better ability to improve, 
extend or debug the code in the future. [ Then again, i dont write code 
for 9 platforms :-) ]

( for example the ACPI practice of allocating opaque 'handler' pointers 
  that carry no type at [they are void *] is playing with fire. It in 
  essence disables the remaining little bit of type-safety that C has. )

	Ingo