Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: + clocksource-initialize-list-value.patch added to -mm tree | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:07:23 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 07:42 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 11:50 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 18:53 -0700, akpm@osdl.org wrote: > > > A change to clocksource initialization. It's optional for new clocksources, > > > but prefered. If the list field is initialized it allows clocksource_register > > > to complete faster since it doesn't have the scan the list of clocks doing > > > strcmp on each. > > > > Either make it required or not. > > This is for compatability with all those clocksources people are writing > that just haven't been released (assuming they will be eventually > released). I would love to make this required.
so do it. The ones that are in development are easily fixed and consistency is worth a LOT in terms of API. Bonus points if the kernel printk's a helpful message on abuse.
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