netdev - Re: [PATCH 11/13] timer: Remove expires argument from __TIMER

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Message-ID: <20171011101514.GA2882@pathway.suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:15:14 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/13] timer: Remove expires argument from
 __TIMER_INITIALIZER()

On Wed 2017-10-04 16:27:05, Kees Cook wrote:
> The expires field is normally initialized during the first mod_timer()
> call. It was unused by all callers, so remove it from the macro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/kthread.h   | 2 +-
>  include/linux/timer.h     | 5 ++---
>  include/linux/workqueue.h | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

I was primary interested into the change in kthread.h. But the entire
patch is simple and looks fine:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>

Best Regards,
Petr