linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] target/iscsi: Convert timers to use timer

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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:16:26 +0000
From:   Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>
To:     "keescook@...omium.org" <keescook@...omium.org>
CC:     "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "varun@...lsio.com" <varun@...lsio.com>,
        "target-devel@...r.kernel.org" <target-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jiangyilism@...il.com" <jiangyilism@...il.com>,
        "nab@...ux-iscsi.org" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] target/iscsi: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

On Mon, 2017-10-30 at 17:04 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-10-27 at 02:19 -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. Includes a fix for correcting an
> > > on-stack timer usage.
> > 
> > These changes look good to me but I would like to test this patch. Is there
> > a tree available somewhere that includes this patch?
> 
> I didn't, but in case it's easier to test, I have put it up here,
> which is just tip/timers/core with the two target timer patches on
> top:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git/log/?h=kspp/timer/tip/target

Hello Kees,

That tree passed the iSCSI target tests I ran so feel free to add my Reviewed-by
and Tested-by to [PATCH v2] target/iscsi: Convert timers to use timer_setup().

Bart.