linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] isdn: use setup

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Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:35:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     geliangtang@...il.com
Cc:     isdn@...ux-pingi.de, mac@...ware.de, arnd@...db.de,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, gabrielcsmo@...il.com,
        peter@...leysoftware.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isdn: use setup_timer

From: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:15:57 +0800

> Use setup_timer() instead of init_timer() to simplify the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.

It would be really nice to get rid of all of the (void *) casts these
calls do.  In particular this turns off type checking for the timer
method, which is really rediculous and dangerous.