linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 31/31] timer: Switch to testing for .function instead of .data

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Date:   Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:34:17 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
        Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 31/31] timer: Switch to testing for .function instead of
 .data

On Thu, 2017-08-31 at 16:29 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In several places, .data is checked for initialization to gate early
> calls to del_timer_sync(). Checking for .function is equally valid,
> so
> switch to this in all callers.
> 
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>
> Cc: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
> Cc: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>
> Cc: Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-input@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

For the changes to i40e...

Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
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