netdev - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Use setup_timer instead of init

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2017 13:35:10 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ondřej Lysoněk <ondrej.lysonek@...nam.cz>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Use setup_timer instead of init_timer

On 03/06/2017, 01:25 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 13:45 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> From: Ondřej Lysoněk <ondrej.lysonek@...nam.cz>
>>
>> Use setup_timer() and setup_deferrable_timer() to set the data and
>> function timer fields. It makes the code cleaner and will allow for
>> easier change of the timer struct internals.
> 
> Btw, I suspect you generated this with coccinelle and didn't put enough
> "..." there, because you missed one in mesh_path_new() :)

Not really. This is one of assignments for students I lead, so this is
done by hand every end of winter semester (Note the From line.)

> Care to send a patch for that one too?

I am just a forwarder, he received this request too, so you can try to
persuade him :).

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs