netdev - Re: [PATCH 6/6] IPV4: route rekey timer can be deferrable

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Message-Id: <20080410.015556.143133279.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:55:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] IPV4: route rekey timer can be deferrable

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:47:14 -0700

> No urgency on the rehash interval timer, so mark it as deferrable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied to net-2.6.26, thanks.

> -	setup_timer(&rt_secret_timer, rt_secret_rebuild, 0);
> +	rt_secret_timer.function = rt_secret_rebuild;
> +	rt_secret_timer.data = 0;
> +	init_timer_deferrable(&rt_secret_timer);

I've seen enough of these that a setup_timer_deferrable()
might be appropriate.
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