The function setup_timer combines the initialization of a timer with the initialization of the timer's function and data fields. The multiline code for timer initialization is now replaced with function setup_timer. Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c index f908121..517a733 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c @@ -275,9 +275,7 @@ static int sh_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return rc; } - init_timer(&wdt->timer); - wdt->timer.function = sh_wdt_ping; - wdt->timer.data = (unsigned long)wdt; + setup_timer(&wdt->timer, sh_wdt_ping, (unsigned long)wdt); wdt->timer.expires = next_ping_period(clock_division_ratio); dev_info(&pdev->dev, "initialized.\n"); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html