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

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Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:51:01 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	johnstul@...ibm.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: + clocksource-driver-initialize-list-value.patch added to -mm tree

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

> [...] Adding a list initializer doesn't change anything..

Daniel, you are still in denial. OF COURSE it changes something: it adds 
a line of code to a driver, where that line was not needed before. 
That's against the fundamental task of a driver model: TO KEEP THINGS 
SIMPLE. Yes, this concept includes single-line changes as well.

yes, a single line might not sound much, but it's exactly one line more 
than necessary.

	Ingo
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