Re: [netfilter-core] [PATCH] no __initdata in netfilter?

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 23:21:55 EST


On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 19:39 +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> I think that argument is valid only when satisfying the static tool
> is especially cumbersome or inefficient, requires ugly code, etc.
> In most cases a trivial rewrite will suffice, and the result is cleaner
> code, easier to maintain, fewer bugs.

Exactly, and Harald just handed you that trivial rewrite. It's clearer
than before, and shouldn't trip your static checker.

Your patch just ripped out the __initdata, making it suboptimal
*without* making the code clearer.

Rusty.
--
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman

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