[PATCH] writeback: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

[Kees Cook]

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.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/page-writeback.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 94854e243b11..65ba42c7c7da 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -628,9 +628,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wb_writeout_inc);
  * On idle system, we can be called long after we scheduled because we use
  * deferred timers so count with missed periods.
  */
-static void writeout_period(unsigned long t)
+static void writeout_period(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct wb_domain *dom = (void *)t;
+	struct wb_domain *dom = from_timer(dom, t, period_timer);
 	int miss_periods = (jiffies - dom->period_time) /
 						 VM_COMPLETIONS_PERIOD_LEN;
 
@@ -653,8 +653,7 @@ int wb_domain_init(struct wb_domain *dom, gfp_t gfp)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&dom->lock);
 
-	setup_deferrable_timer(&dom->period_timer, writeout_period,
-			       (unsigned long)dom);
+	timer_setup(&dom->period_timer, writeout_period, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 
 	dom->dirty_limit_tstamp = jiffies;
 
-- 
2.7.4


-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security