Re: [PATCH] ipmi_ssif: use setup_timer

[Corey Minyard]

A little nicer, yes.  In queue for the next release.

Thanks,

-corey

On 03/24/2017 09:15 AM, Geliang Tang wrote:
> Use setup_timer() instead of init_timer() to simplify the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 5 ++---
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> index cca6e5b..a92a049 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> @@ -1642,9 +1642,8 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>   
>   	spin_lock_init(&ssif_info->lock);
>   	ssif_info->ssif_state = SSIF_NORMAL;
> -	init_timer(&ssif_info->retry_timer);
> -	ssif_info->retry_timer.data = (unsigned long) ssif_info;
> -	ssif_info->retry_timer.function = retry_timeout;
> +	setup_timer(&ssif_info->retry_timer, retry_timeout,
> +		    (unsigned long)ssif_info);
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < SSIF_NUM_STATS; i++)
>   		atomic_set(&ssif_info->stats[i], 0);