Use setup_timer function instead of initializing timer with the function and data fields. Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c index d29b512a..00d4b11 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c @@ -525,8 +525,7 @@ static void __init serial8250_isa_init_ports(void) base_ops = port->ops; port->ops = &univ8250_port_ops; - init_timer(&up->timer); - up->timer.function = serial8250_timeout; + setup_timer(&up->timer, serial8250_timeout, 0UL); up->ops = &univ8250_driver_ops; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html