The combination of init_timer and setting up the data and function field manually is equivalent to calling setup_timer(). This is an api consolidation only and improves readability. Signed-off-by: Xie Qirong <xieqr16@xxxxxxxxxx> --- setup_timer.cocci suggested the following improvement: drivers/staging/greybus/timesync.c:1058:1-11: Use setup_timer function for function on line 1059. Patch was compile checked with: x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_STAGING=y, CONFIG_GREYBUS=m Kernel version: 4.9.0 (localversion-next is next-20161213) drivers/staging/greybus/timesync.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/timesync.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/timesync.c index 29e6c1c..af83e12 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/timesync.c +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/timesync.c @@ -1055,10 +1055,9 @@ int gb_timesync_svc_add(struct gb_svc *svc) goto done; } - init_timer(×ync_svc->ktime_timer); - timesync_svc->ktime_timer.function = gb_timesync_ktime_timer_fn; + setup_timer(×ync_svc->ktime_timer, gb_timesync_ktime_timer_fn, + (unsigned long)timesync_svc); timesync_svc->ktime_timer.expires = jiffies + GB_TIMESYNC_KTIME_UPDATE; - timesync_svc->ktime_timer.data = (unsigned long)timesync_svc; add_timer(×ync_svc->ktime_timer); done: mutex_unlock(&gb_timesync_svc_list_mutex); -- 2.10.2 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel