linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: i4l: icn: use setup_timer() and mod

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Date:	Wed, 11 May 2016 18:59:53 +0530
From:	Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Karsten Keil <isdn@...ux-pingi.de>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: i4l: icn: use setup_timer() and mod_timer().

Use setup_timer() instead of init_timer(), being the preferred/standard
way to set a timer up.

Also, quoting the mod_timer() function comment:
-> mod_timer() is a more efficient way to update the expire field of an
   active timer (if the timer is inactive it will be activated).

Use setup_timer and mod_timer to setup and arm a timer, to make the code
cleaner and easier to read.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.c | 19 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.c
index 46d957c..4cc5a7f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.c
@@ -980,18 +980,17 @@ icn_loadproto(u_char __user *buffer, icn_card *card)
 				       card->secondhalf);
 #endif
 				spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
-				init_timer(&card->st_timer);
-				card->st_timer.expires = jiffies + ICN_TIMER_DCREAD;
-				card->st_timer.function = icn_polldchan;
-				card->st_timer.data = (unsigned long) card;
-				add_timer(&card->st_timer);
+				setup_timer(&card->st_timer, icn_polldchan,
+					    (unsigned long)card);
+				mod_timer(&card->st_timer,
+					  jiffies + ICN_TIMER_DCREAD);
 				card->flags |= ICN_FLAGS_RUNNING;
 				if (card->doubleS0) {
-					init_timer(&card->other->st_timer);
-					card->other->st_timer.expires = jiffies + ICN_TIMER_DCREAD;
-					card->other->st_timer.function = icn_polldchan;
-					card->other->st_timer.data = (unsigned long) card->other;
-					add_timer(&card->other->st_timer);
+					setup_timer(&card->other->st_timer,
+						    icn_polldchan,
+						    (unsigned long)card->other);
+					mod_timer(&card->other->st_timer,
+						  jiffies + ICN_TIMER_DCREAD);
 					card->other->flags |= ICN_FLAGS_RUNNING;
 				}
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
-- 
1.9.1