linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] timer: Add parenthesis around timer

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Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2017 14:40:14 +1100
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] timer: Add parenthesis around timer_setup() macro
 arguments

Hi Kees,

On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 20:04:05 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 7:33 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> > Hi Kees,
> >
> > On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 07:32:50 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:  
> >>
> >> In the case where expressions are passed as macro arguments, the LOCKDEP
> >> version of the timer macros need enclosing parenthesis.
> >>
> >> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> >> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>  
> >
> > I have applied that patch to linux-next today pending it appearing in
> > the tip tree.  
> 
> Thanks! It should be there in tip/timers/core as of several hours ago.

Yeah, but there is some testing done before it is included the
auto-latest branch, which is what I fetch for linux-next.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell