linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] timer: permit statically-declared work with deferrable timers

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Date:	Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:19:33 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>
To:	Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>
Cc:	"arjan@...ux.intel.com" <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] timer: permit statically-declared work with
 deferrable timers

On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 21:26 +0200, ext Phil Carmody wrote:
> Currently, you have to just define a delayed_work uninitialised, and then
> initialise it before first use. That's a tad clumsy. At risk of playing
> mind-games with the compiler, fooling it into doing pointer arithmetic
> with compile-time-constants, this lets clients properly initialise delayed
> work with deferrable timers statically.
> 
> This patch was inspired by the issues which lead Artem Bityutskiy
> to commit 8eab945c5616fc984e97b922d6a2559be93f39a1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>
Acked-by: Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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