linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v1 8/9] forcedeth: stats updated with a deferrable timer

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Message-Id: <d2cbb40e6b2d06d43e0981ea741ba7fd708c01c7.1320875577.git.david.decotigny@google.com>
Date:	Wed,  9 Nov 2011 14:09:22 -0800
From:	David Decotigny <david.decotigny@...gle.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	David Decotigny <david.decotigny@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v1 8/9] forcedeth: stats updated with a deferrable timer

Stats don't need to be updated periodically unless there is at least
an IRQ: mark stats timer as deferrable.



Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <david.decotigny@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
index 6a6604a..2e45a45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
@@ -5338,7 +5338,7 @@ static int __devinit nv_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const struct pci_device_i
 	init_timer(&np->nic_poll);
 	np->nic_poll.data = (unsigned long) dev;
 	np->nic_poll.function = nv_do_nic_poll;	/* timer handler */
-	init_timer(&np->stats_poll);
+	init_timer_deferrable(&np->stats_poll);
 	np->stats_poll.data = (unsigned long) dev;
 	np->stats_poll.function = nv_do_stats_poll;	/* timer handler */
 
-- 
1.7.3.1

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