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

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* 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