netdev - Re: [PATCH 13/31] timer: Remove meaningless .data/.function assignments

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Date:   Fri, 01 Sep 2017 19:59:02 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Aditya Shankar <aditya.shankar@...rochip.com>,
        Ganesh Krishna <ganesh.krishna@...rochip.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/31] timer: Remove meaningless .data/.function assignments

Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:

> Several timer users needlessly reset their .function/.data fields during
> their timer callback, but nothing else changes them. Some users do not
> use their .data field at all. Each instance is removed here.

For *wan/hdlc*
Acked-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>

> --- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
> @@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ static void cisco_timer(unsigned long arg)
>  	spin_unlock(&st->lock);
>  
>  	st->timer.expires = jiffies + st->settings.interval * HZ;
> -	st->timer.function = cisco_timer;
> -	st->timer.data = arg;
>  	add_timer(&st->timer);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
> index de42faca076a..7da2424c28a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
> @@ -644,8 +644,6 @@ static void fr_timer(unsigned long arg)
>  			state(hdlc)->settings.t391 * HZ;
>  	}
>  
> -	state(hdlc)->timer.function = fr_timer;
> -	state(hdlc)->timer.data = arg;
>  	add_timer(&state(hdlc)->timer);
>  }

-- 
Krzysztof Halasa