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

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Russell King wrote:
> 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.

Precisely.  Since there is enough disagreement, it lacks consensus to be 
in CodingStyle.

	Jeff




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