Re: [PATCH v7 06/16] tracepoint: use new hashtable implementation

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Oct 29 2012 - 15:12:55 EST


On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 03:09:36PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> The other thing is whether hash_init() should be called for hashtables
> that were created with DEFINE_HASHTABLE(). That point was raised by
> Neil Brown last time this series went around, and it seems that no one
> objected to the point that it should be consistent across the code.

Hmmm? If something is DEFINE_XXX()'d, you definitely shouldn't be
calling XXX_init() on it. That's how it is with most other abstract
data types and you need *VERY* strong rationale to deviate from that.

Thanks.

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tejun
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