Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 04/31] timers: block: Use del_timer_shutdown() before freeing timer

[Jens Axboe]

On 10/28/22 4:24 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 01:26:03 -0700
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> This is just a single patch out of apparently 31, which claims that
>> something that doesn't even exist in mainline must be used without any
>> explanation.  How do you expect anyone to be able to review it?
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221027150525.753064657@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Only the first patch is relevant to you. I guess the Cc list would have
> been too big to Cc everyone that was Cc'd in the series.

No it's not, because how on earth would anyone know what the change does
if you only see the simple s/name/newname change? The patch is useless
by itself.

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Jens Axboe