linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] Remove current_tick

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Date:	Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:32:27 +0100 (CET)
From:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] Remove current_tick_length()

Hi,

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, john stultz wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 19:40 +0100, zippel@...ux-m68k.org wrote:
> > plain text document attachment (tick_length)
> > current_tick_length used to do a little more, but now it just returns
> > tick_length, which we can also access directly at the few places, where
> > it's needed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
> 
> Hrm. I'm not sure I like using a global variable instead of using an
> accessor function. At least with the accessor function folks couldn't
> just tweak the value outside ntp as easily.

Why would someone do something silly like this?

> Is there any additional rational for this change?

Useless bloat?

bye, Roman
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