linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hdlc: Convert timers to use timer

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Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:19:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     khc@...waw.pl, netdev@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hdlc: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:08:33 -0700

> 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 adds a pointer back to the
> net_device, and drops needless open-coded resetting of the .function and
> .data fields.
> 
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
> This requires commit 686fef928bba ("timer: Prepare to change timer
> callback argument type") in v4.14-rc3, but should be otherwise
> stand-alone.

This doesn't apply cleanly to net-next, please respin.