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Date:   Fri, 12 May 2017 11:19:06 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Xie Qirong <cheerx1994@...il.com>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: btcoex: replace init_timer with setup_timer

Xie Qirong <cheerx1994@...il.com> writes:

> The combination of init_timer and setting up the data and function field
> manually is equivalent to calling setup_timer(). This is an api
> consolidation only and improves readability.
>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xie Qirong <cheerx1994@...il.com>
> ---
>
>  setup_timer.cocci suggested the following improvement:
>  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/btcoex.c:383:1-11: Use
>  setup_timer function for function on line 384.
>
>  Patch was compile checked with: x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_BRCMFMAC=y +
>  CONFIG_BRCMFMAC_USB=y + CONFIG_BRCMFMAC_PCIE=y + CONFIG_BRCM_TRACING=y +
>  CONFIG_BRCMDBG=y
>
>  Kernel version: 4.11.0 (localversion-next is next-20170512)

How is this different from the first version?

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9709467/

Always add patch version "[PATCH v2]" and a changelog. I added a section
"Frequent problems" to the wiki to mention about these common problems:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#patch_version_missing

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#changelog_missing

-- 
Kalle Valo

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