linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add to_delayed

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:22:29 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add to_delayed_work helper function


* Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote:

> It is a fairly common operation to have a pointer to a work and to
> need a pointer to the delayed work it is contained in. In particular,
> all delayed works which want to rearm themselves will have to do that.
> So it would seem fair to offer a helper function for this operation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> ---
> Patch updated to include new users. It would be nice to have this patch
> merged soon so that I no longer have to update it. Andrew?

Andrew, iff it's comprehensively build-tested then this should go 
into .30 from -mm, right?

Because this:

>  arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c                               |    2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c                              |    2 +-
>  drivers/input/mouse/hgpk.c                              |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/dm9000.c                                    |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c                            |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/mlx4/en_rx.c                                |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/mlx4/sense.c                                |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/phy/phy.c                                   |    3 +--
>  drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fc.c                             |    2 +-
>  drivers/staging/rtl8187se/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c |    8 ++++----
>  drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c                  |    8 ++++----
>  drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_dm.c                    |    6 +++---
>  drivers/usb/wusbcore/devconnect.c                       |    2 +-
>  include/linux/workqueue.h                               |    5 +++++
>  mm/slab.c                                               |    3 +--
>  15 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

... will be painful to port across another cycle.

( and it's pointless to delay as well, this is an obvious cleanup 
  well in line with how we use to_*() container constructs elsewhere 
  in the driver frameworks. )

	Ingo
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