DEFINE_TIMER only has 2 parameters since kernel commit 1d27e3e2252ba
("timer: Remove expires and data arguments from DEFINE_TIMER") which was
added with kernel 4.15. Add a version which translates between the new
and the old API.
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
backport/backport-include/linux/timer.h | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/backport/backport-include/linux/timer.h b/backport/backport-include/linux/timer.h
index 9824ea6b..69590bb7 100644
--- a/backport/backport-include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/backport/backport-include/linux/timer.h
@@ -60,4 +60,11 @@ static inline void timer_setup(struct timer_list *timer,
container_of(callback_timer, typeof(*var), timer_fieldname)
#endif
+#if LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(4,15,0)
+#undef DEFINE_TIMER
+#define DEFINE_TIMER(_name, _function) \
+ struct timer_list _name = \
+ __TIMER_INITIALIZER(_function, 0, 0, 0)
+#endif
+
#endif /* _BACKPORT_TIMER_H */
--
2.11.0
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