linux-kernel - [PATCH] usbnet: use tasklet_init() for usbnet

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Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:50:35 +0000
From:   Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
To:     oneukum@...e.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] usbnet: use tasklet_init() for usbnet_bh handler

The tasklet initialisation would be better done by tasklet_init()
instead of assuming all the fields are in an ok state by default.

Note, this does not fix any known bug.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
---
 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 28d76c827e70..8f7db959d319 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1704,8 +1704,7 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
 	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->txq);
 	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->done);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&dev->rxq_pause);
-	dev->bh.func = (void (*)(unsigned long))usbnet_bh;
-	dev->bh.data = (unsigned long)&dev->delay;
+	tasklet_init(&dev->bh, (void (*)(unsigned long))usbnet_bh, (unsigned long)&dev->delay);
 	INIT_WORK (&dev->kevent, usbnet_deferred_kevent);
 	init_usb_anchor(&dev->deferred);
 	timer_setup(&dev->delay, usbnet_bh, 0);
-- 
2.19.1