linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] timers, pointers to functions and type safety

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Message-ID: <9737.1165241841@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:17:21 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] timers, pointers to functions and type safety 

Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk> wrote:

> > You've now got four copies of struct timer_list, but only one handler.
> 
> <re-insert last paragraph of my message until read, understood and
> actioned.>

I was merely correcting your assumption of what premise I was thinking of.
You thought of something unnecessarily complex.  I said nothing about what I
thought of your last suggestion.  Timer reduction patches are being worked on,
though not by me.

David
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