linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mmiotrace: count events lost due to not recording

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Date:	Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:10:48 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, pq@....fi,
	srostedt@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mmiotrace: count events lost due to not recording

On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:27:50 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> +static atomic_t dropped_count;

Formally, this should be

	static atomic_t dropped_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);

but no atomic_t implementations need that, and I'm sure that if one
turns up wchih _does_ need it (say, it has a spinlock inside its
atomic_t) then the kernel would break all over the place.

So perhaps we should formally state that the all-zeroes pattern is an
acceptable way of initialising an atomic_t.


In which case these:

y:/usr/src/linux-2.6.28> grep -r "atomic_t.*=.*ATOMIC_INIT" . | wc -l
110

become cleanup fodder.
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