netdev - Re: [Patch] (revised) net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c: replace timer with delayed

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Message-ID: <20080506030822.GA14111@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 6 May 2008 11:08:22 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, akpm@...l.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] (revised) net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c: replace timer with delayed_work

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 01:35:55PM +0800, WANG Cong wrote:
>
> @@ -209,16 +210,16 @@ static void xfrm_policy_timer(unsigned long data)
>  	if (warn)
>  		km_policy_expired(xp, dir, 0, 0);
>  	if (next != LONG_MAX &&
> -	    !mod_timer(&xp->timer, jiffies + make_jiffies(next)))
> +	    !schedule_delayed_work(&xp->work, make_jiffies(next)))
>  		xfrm_pol_hold(xp);

I tried it and it pretty much crashed immediately :)

The problem is that schedule_delayed_work's return value is the
opposite of mod_timer.  So you'll need to reverse the tests.

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