The check for hrtimer_active() after starting the timer is pointless. If the timer is inactive it has expired already and therefor the task pointer is already NULL. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org --- net/core/pktgen.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) Index: tip/net/core/pktgen.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/net/core/pktgen.c +++ tip/net/core/pktgen.c @@ -2212,8 +2212,6 @@ static void spin(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_ do { set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); hrtimer_start_expires(&t.timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); - if (!hrtimer_active(&t.timer)) - t.task = NULL; if (likely(t.task)) schedule(); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/