Now the rq->deadline can't be zero if the request is in the timeout_list, so there is no need to have next_set. There is no need to access a request's deadline field if blk_rq_timed_out is called on it. Signed-off-by: Malahal Naineni <malahal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff -r a6ae42397ede block/blk-timeout.c --- a/block/blk-timeout.c Thu Oct 23 11:48:45 2008 -0700 +++ b/block/blk-timeout.c Fri Oct 24 17:08:24 2008 -0700 @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void blk_rq_timed_out_timer(unsigned long data) { struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *) data; - unsigned long flags, uninitialized_var(next), next_set = 0; + unsigned long flags, next = 0; struct request *rq, *tmp; spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags); @@ -133,15 +133,13 @@ if (blk_mark_rq_complete(rq)) continue; blk_rq_timed_out(rq); + } else { + if (!next || time_after(next, rq->deadline)) + next = rq->deadline; } - if (!next_set) { - next = rq->deadline; - next_set = 1; - } else if (time_after(next, rq->deadline)) - next = rq->deadline; } - if (next_set && !list_empty(&q->timeout_list)) + if (next) mod_timer(&q->timeout, round_jiffies(next)); spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html