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Message-Id: <1160320043.3000.178.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:07:23 +0200 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, akpm@...l.org, johnstul@...ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu, zippel@...ux-m68k.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: + clocksource-initialize-list-value.patch added to -mm tree 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@...l.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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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