Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Performance of del_timer_sync

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue May 11 2004 - 15:35:11 EST


"Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +
> > +int del_single_shot_timer(struct timer_struct *timer)
> > +{
> > + if (del_timer(timer))
> > + del_timer_sync(timer);
> > +}
> > #endif
>
> I'm confused, isn't the polarity of del_timer() need to be reversed?

Hey, I didn't compile it, let alone test it!

> Also propagate the return value of del_timer_sync()?

yup.

If it looks OK, please fix it up, kerneldocify the function and prepare a
real patch?

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