linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/31] timer: Remove meaningless .data/.function assignments

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Date:   Fri, 1 Sep 2017 14:07:32 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
        Aditya Shankar <aditya.shankar@...rochip.com>,
        Ganesh Krishna <ganesh.krishna@...rochip.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/31] timer: Remove meaningless .data/.function
 assignments

On 08/31/2017 05:29 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> Several timer users needlessly reset their .function/.data fields during
> their timer callback, but nothing else changes them. Some users do not
> use their .data field at all. Each instance is removed here.

For amiflop:

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

-- 
Jens Axboe