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

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Message-Id: <20170309093436.25227-1-ondrej.lysonek@seznam.cz>
Date:   Thu,  9 Mar 2017 10:34:36 +0100
From:   ondrej.lysonek@...nam.cz
To:     johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:     Ondřej Lysoněk <ondrej.lysonek@...nam.cz>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Use setup_timer instead of init_timer

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.

Signed-off-by: Ondřej Lysoněk <ondrej.lysonek@...nam.cz>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
---
 net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
index f0e6175..64c6174 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
@@ -397,11 +397,10 @@ struct mesh_path *mesh_path_new(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	new_mpath->sdata = sdata;
 	new_mpath->flags = 0;
 	skb_queue_head_init(&new_mpath->frame_queue);
-	new_mpath->timer.data = (unsigned long) new_mpath;
-	new_mpath->timer.function = mesh_path_timer;
 	new_mpath->exp_time = jiffies;
 	spin_lock_init(&new_mpath->state_lock);
-	init_timer(&new_mpath->timer);
+	setup_timer(&new_mpath->timer, mesh_path_timer,
+		    (unsigned long) new_mpath);
 
 	return new_mpath;
 }
-- 
2.9.3