linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Use setup_timer instead of init

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Message-ID: <1488803104.5761.6.camel@sipsolutions.net>
Date:   Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:25:04 +0100
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ondřej Lysoněk <ondrej.lysonek@...nam.cz>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Use setup_timer instead of init_timer

On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 13:45 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> From: Ondřej Lysoněk <ondrej.lysonek@...nam.cz>
> 
> Use setup_timer() and setup_deferrable_timer() to set the data and
> function timer fields. It makes the code cleaner and will allow for
> easier change of the timer struct internals.

Btw, I suspect you generated this with coccinelle and didn't put enough
"..." there, because you missed one in mesh_path_new() :)

Care to send a patch for that one too?

johannes