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

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Message-ID: <yq14lqfb9ac.fsf@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:56:43 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...fitbricks.com>, lindar_liu@...sh.com,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Benjamin Block <bblock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>,
        Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: sas: Convert timers to use timer_setup()


Kees,

> 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 to hold the timer's target task, as there isn't a
> link back from slow_task.

Would be good to get John and Jack to take a closer look...

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering