linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/13] timer: Remove users of expire and data arguments to DEFINE

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Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2017 15:23:05 +0200
From:   Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] timer: Remove users of expire and data arguments
 to DEFINE_TIMER

On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 04:27:03PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:

> Subject: [PATCH 09/13] timer: Remove users of expire and data arguments to
>  DEFINE_TIMER
> 
> The expire and data arguments of DEFINE_TIMER are only used in two places
> and are ignored by the code (malta-display.c only uses mod_timer(),
> never add_timer(), so the preset expires value is ignored). Set both
> sets of arguments to zero.
> 
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Cc: linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
> Cc: linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-display.c | 6 +++---
>  drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c     | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

For malta-display:

Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>

  Ralf