Re: p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), )

[Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 10:59:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > "I want to grep for
> > initialisations" is pretty pointless because a) it won't catch everything
> > anyway and b) most structures are allocated and initialised at a single
> > place and many of those which aren't should probably be converted to do
> > that anyway.
> >
> > The broader point is that you're trying to optimise for the wrong thing. 
> > We should optimise for those who read code, not for those who write it.
> >
> 
> If you look back, your five reasons tend to address modifiability, not
> readability.

So what you're saying is that we should optimise the code so that
we make mistakes when we modify it.  Umm, yes, of course.

This is a contentious issue, and I don't think anyone should be
stipulating which way is the right way - which is exactly what
has been done by placing it in Coding Style.  Remember, we have
kernel janitors who _will_ change code to match that.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core
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