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Re: [PATCH 13/17] iwlwifi: mvm: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

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On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 5:28 AM, Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In preparation for unconditionally passing the struct timer_list pointer to
> all timer callbacks, switch to using the new timer_setup() and from_timer()
> to pass the timer pointer explicitly.
>
> The RCU lifetime on baid_data is unclear, so this adds a direct copy of the
> rcu_ptr passed to the original callback. It may be possible to improve this
> to just use baid_data->mvm->baid_map[baid_data->baid] instead.
>
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Intel Linux Wireless <linuxwifi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h  |  3 ++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c |  4 ++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c  | 18 +++++++++---------
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Hi,

Thanks for taking this! I had a question on timing: is this expected
to land for 4.15? If not, I would like to take this via the timers
tree, since it is one of the few remaining conversions.

Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security



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