The patch titled Char: isicom, simplify timer has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-isicom-simplify-timer.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Char: isicom, simplify timer From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Don't init timer in such complicated way. Use DEFINE_TIMER and then only mod_timer to reset the expiration. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/isicom.c | 18 ++++-------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/isicom.c~char-isicom-simplify-timer drivers/char/isicom.c --- a/drivers/char/isicom.c~char-isicom-simplify-timer +++ a/drivers/char/isicom.c @@ -173,12 +173,13 @@ static int prev_card = 3; /* start servi static struct tty_driver *isicom_normal; static DECLARE_COMPLETION(isi_timerdone); -static struct timer_list tx; static char re_schedule = 1; static void isicom_tx(unsigned long _data); static void isicom_start(struct tty_struct *tty); +static DEFINE_TIMER(tx, isicom_tx, 0, 0); + /* baud index mappings from linux defns to isi */ static signed char linuxb_to_isib[] = { @@ -519,13 +520,7 @@ sched_again: return; } - init_timer(&tx); - tx.expires = jiffies + HZ/100; - tx.data = 0; - tx.function = isicom_tx; - add_timer(&tx); - - return; + mod_timer(&tx, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10)); } /* Interrupt handlers */ @@ -1906,12 +1901,7 @@ static int __init isicom_init(void) goto err_unrtty; } - init_timer(&tx); - tx.expires = jiffies + 1; - tx.data = 0; - tx.function = isicom_tx; - re_schedule = 1; - add_timer(&tx); + mod_timer(&tx, jiffies + 1); return 0; err_unrtty: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx are char-correct-pci_get_device-changes.patch mxser-correct-tty-driver-name.patch pci-mxser-pci-refcounts.patch mxser-make-an-experimental-clone.patch char-mxser_new-correct-include-file.patch char-mxser_new-upgrade-to-191.patch char-mxser_new-rework-to-allow-dynamic-structs.patch char-mxser_new-use-__devinit-macros.patch char-mxser_new-pci_request_region-for-pci-regions.patch char-mxser_new-check-request_region-retvals.patch char-mxser_new-kill-unneeded-memsets.patch char-mxser_new-revert-spin_lock-changes.patch char-mxser_new-remove-request-for-testers-line.patch char-mxser_new-debug-printk-dependent-on-debug.patch char-mxser_new-alter-license-terms.patch char-mxser_new-code-upside-down.patch char-mxser_new-cmspar-is-defined.patch char-remove-unneded-termbits-redefinitions-mxser_new.patch char-mxser_new-eliminate-tty-ldisc-deref.patch char-mxser_new-testbit-for-bit-testing.patch char-mxser_new-correct-fail-paths.patch char-mxser_new-dont-check-tty_unregister-retval.patch char-mxser_new-compress-isa-finding.patch char-mxser_new-register-tty-devices-on-the-fly.patch char-mxser_new-compact-structures-round2.patch char-mxser_new-reverse-if-else-paths-patch.patch char-mxser_new-comments-cleanup.patch char-mxser_new-correct-intr-handler-proto.patch char-mxser_new-delete-ttys-and-termios.patch char-mxser_new-pci-probing.patch char-mxser_new-clean-macros.patch maintainers-add-me-to-isicom-mxser.patch mxser_new-correct-tty-driver-name.patch char-stallion-use-pr_debug-macro.patch char-stallion-remove-unneeded-casts.patch char-stallion-kill-typedefs.patch char-stallion-move-init-deinit.patch char-stallion-uninline-functions.patch char-stallion-mark-functions-as-init.patch char-stallion-remove-many-prototypes.patch char-isicom-expand-function.patch char-isicom-rename-init-function.patch char-isicom-remove-isa-code.patch char-isicom-remove-unneeded-memset.patch char-isicom-move-to-tty_register_device.patch char-isicom-use-pci_request_region.patch char-isicom-check-kmalloc-retval.patch char-isicom-use-completion.patch char-isicom-simplify-timer.patch char-isicom-remove-cvs-stuff.patch char-sx-convert-to-pci-probing.patch char-sx-use-kcalloc.patch char-sx-mark-functions-as-devinit.patch char-sx-use-eisa-probing.patch char-sx-ifdef-isa-code.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html