Re: [PATCH 2/7] atm: replace del_timer by del_timer_sync

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On Wed, 2014-03-26 at 15:19 -0700, Vijay Subramanian wrote:
> >
> > It seems this timer rearms itself, so this patch wont be enough I fear.
> >
> >
> >
> Does that matter? It seems del_timer_sync() may be intended to work
> despite this (i.e. timer will not fire after call to this function).
> My earlier attempt to fix a similar issue in sch_red.c resulted in
> this explanation.
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg256410.html

I know this very well, thank you.

If documentation is stale, it needs clarification.

If not, we need to make sure timer wont be restarted.



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