linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net/mac80211/mesh_plink: Convert timers to use timer

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Date:   Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:49:01 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/mac80211/mesh_plink: Convert timers to use
 timer_setup()

On Thu, 2017-10-05 at 10:39 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for unconditionally passing the struct timer_list
> pointer to
> all timer callbacks, switch to using the new timer_setup() and
> from_timer()
> to pass the timer pointer explicitly. This requires adding a pointer
> back
> to the sta_info since container_of() can't resolve the sta_info.
> 
Applied, thanks. (The change did land in net-next, and I merged that in
to merge this)

johannes