netdev - [PATCH] net: cdc_ncm: use tasklet_init() for tasklet

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Date:   Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:03:32 +0100
From:   Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
To:     avem@...emloft.net, oliver@...kum.org
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...ts.codethink.co.uk,
        Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] net: cdc_ncm: use tasklet_init() for tasklet_struct init

The tasklet initialisation would be better done by tasklet_init()
instead of assuming all the fields are in an ok state by default.

This does not fix any actual know bug.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
---
 drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index 0d722b326e1b..863f3548a439 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -784,8 +784,7 @@ int cdc_ncm_bind_common(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf, u8 data_
 
 	hrtimer_init(&ctx->tx_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	ctx->tx_timer.function = &cdc_ncm_tx_timer_cb;
-	ctx->bh.data = (unsigned long)dev;
-	ctx->bh.func = cdc_ncm_txpath_bh;
+	tasklet_init(&ctx->bh, cdc_ncm_txpath_bh, (unsigned long)dev);
 	atomic_set(&ctx->stop, 0);
 	spin_lock_init(&ctx->mtx);
 
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2.19.1