netdev - [PATCH v2 13/31] timer: Remove meaningless .data/.function assignments

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Message-Id: <1505950075-50223-14-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org>
Date:   Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:27:37 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
        Aditya Shankar <aditya.shankar@...rochip.com>,
        Ganesh Krishna <ganesh.krishna@...rochip.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 13/31] timer: Remove meaningless .data/.function assignments

Several timer users needlessly reset their .function/.data fields during
their timer callback, but nothing else changes them. Some users do not
use their .data field at all. Each instance is removed here.

Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
Cc: Aditya Shankar <aditya.shankar@...rochip.com>
Cc: Ganesh Krishna <ganesh.krishna@...rochip.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> # for staging
Acked-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl> # for wan/hdlc*
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> # for amiflop
---
 drivers/block/amiflop.c                           | 3 +--
 drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c                      | 2 --
 drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c                         | 2 --
 drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c | 4 +---
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/amiflop.c b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
index c4b1cba27178..6680d75bc857 100644
--- a/drivers/block/amiflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static void fd_deselect (int drive)
 
 }
 
-static void motor_on_callback(unsigned long nr)
+static void motor_on_callback(unsigned long ignored)
 {
 	if (!(ciaa.pra & DSKRDY) || --on_attempts == 0) {
 		complete_all(&motor_on_completion);
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ static int fd_motor_on(int nr)
 		fd_select(nr);
 
 		reinit_completion(&motor_on_completion);
-		motor_on_timer.data = nr;
 		mod_timer(&motor_on_timer, jiffies + HZ/2);
 
 		on_attempts = 10;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
index c696d42f4502..6c98d85f2773 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ static void cisco_timer(unsigned long arg)
 	spin_unlock(&st->lock);
 
 	st->timer.expires = jiffies + st->settings.interval * HZ;
-	st->timer.function = cisco_timer;
-	st->timer.data = arg;
 	add_timer(&st->timer);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
index de42faca076a..7da2424c28a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
@@ -644,8 +644,6 @@ static void fr_timer(unsigned long arg)
 			state(hdlc)->settings.t391 * HZ;
 	}
 
-	state(hdlc)->timer.function = fr_timer;
-	state(hdlc)->timer.data = arg;
 	add_timer(&state(hdlc)->timer);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
index ac5aaafa461c..60f088babf27 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void update_scan_time(void)
 		last_scanned_shadow[i].time_scan = jiffies;
 }
 
-static void remove_network_from_shadow(unsigned long arg)
+static void remove_network_from_shadow(unsigned long unused)
 {
 	unsigned long now = jiffies;
 	int i, j;
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ static void remove_network_from_shadow(unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	if (last_scanned_cnt != 0) {
-		hAgingTimer.data = arg;
 		mod_timer(&hAgingTimer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(AGING_TIME));
 	}
 }
@@ -304,7 +303,6 @@ static int is_network_in_shadow(struct network_info *pstrNetworkInfo,
 	int i;
 
 	if (last_scanned_cnt == 0) {
-		hAgingTimer.data = (unsigned long)user_void;
 		mod_timer(&hAgingTimer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(AGING_TIME));
 		state = -1;
 	} else {
-- 
2.7.4