Use the timer API function setup_timer instead of init_timer, removing the structure field assignments. <smpl> @timer@ expression e1,e2,e3,fn_ptr; @@ -init_timer(&e1); +setup_timer(&e1, fn_ptr, e2); ... when != fn_ptr = e3 -e1.function = fn_ptr; -e1.data = e2; </smpl> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2 changes -> change subject line to be more specific mfrw drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c index 46ebc38..c403957 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c @@ -2215,9 +2215,7 @@ static void update_rcverr_timer(unsigned long opaque) static int init_rcverr(struct hfi1_devdata *dd) { - init_timer(&dd->rcverr_timer); - dd->rcverr_timer.function = update_rcverr_timer; - dd->rcverr_timer.data = (unsigned long) dd; + setup_timer(&dd->rcverr_timer, update_rcverr_timer, (unsigned long)dd); /* Assume the hardware counter has been reset */ dd->rcv_ovfl_cnt = 0; return mod_timer(&dd->rcverr_timer, jiffies + HZ * RCVERR_CHECK_TIME); @@ -8156,9 +8154,8 @@ static int init_cntrs(struct hfi1_devdata *dd) struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd; /* set up the stats timer; the add_timer is done at the end */ - init_timer(&dd->synth_stats_timer); - dd->synth_stats_timer.function = update_synth_timer; - dd->synth_stats_timer.data = (unsigned long) dd; + setup_timer(&dd->synth_stats_timer, update_synth_timer, + (unsigned long)dd); /***********************/ /* per device counters */ -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel