Re: [PATCH] ALSA: sh: aica: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:17:16 +0200,
Kees Cook wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 02:53:36 +0200,
> > Kees Cook wrote:
> >>
> >> In preparation for unconditionally passing the struct timer_list pointer to
> >> all timer callbacks, switch to using the new timer_setup() and from_timer()
> >> to pass the timer pointer explicitly. This requires adding a pointer to
> >> hold the timer's target substream, as there won't be a way to pass this in
> >> the future.
> >>
> >> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> This requires commit 686fef928bba ("timer: Prepare to change timer
> >> callback argument type") in v4.14-rc3, but should be otherwise
> >> stand-alone.
> >
> > The conversions look straightforward, so I'm going to apply it (and
> > other two you posted).  But now I wonder why only three were chosen.
> > Will you keep working on the rest usages in sound/*, or would you
> > expect us doing the rest?
> 
> Hi, thanks for applying them!
> 
> I'm working my way through the "non-trivial" changes first. I have a
> coccinelle script that will do a mass-conversion of the common cases.
> It's possible that those changes cover the other usages in sound/* or
> that I haven't made my way through the others yet (it's a very long
> list). I wouldn't object to other people helping with the conversions,
> of course. :)

OK, scripting is a better way, then I'd save my time and wait until
you get more systematic coverage, then :)


thanks,

Takashi