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

Thomas Gleixner
2007-04-05T06:02:20Z

On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 17:34 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > The fact that a list is used to string together clocksource structures
> > is an internal detail of the clock subsystem. It's annoying that there
> > has to be a list head in the clocksource structure, but at least as a
> > clocksource implementer I can ignore it, and if it ever gets changed to
> > something else I can keep ignoring it. Your change makes it something
> > that gets pointlessly replicated all over the kernel.
>
> It's already been discussed in the past, but the clocksource structure
> is already very simple.. Adding a list initializer doesn't change
> anything..

And it does not gain anything.

So what's the gain of this ? Nine useless entries in the changelog.

tglx