The patch titled Char: sx, simplify timer logic has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-sx-simplify-timer-logic.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: sx, simplify timer logic From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Use kernel helpers for changing timer internals. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/sx.c | 15 ++++----------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/sx.c~char-sx-simplify-timer-logic drivers/char/sx.c --- a/drivers/char/sx.c~char-sx-simplify-timer-logic +++ a/drivers/char/sx.c @@ -1304,10 +1304,7 @@ static void sx_pollfunc(unsigned long da sx_interrupt(0, board); - init_timer(&board->timer); - - board->timer.expires = jiffies + sx_poll; - add_timer(&board->timer); + mod_timer(&board->timer, jiffies + sx_poll); func_exit(); } @@ -2006,14 +2003,10 @@ static int sx_init_board(struct sx_board /* The timer should be initialized anyway: That way we can safely del_timer it when the module is unloaded. */ - init_timer(&board->timer); + setup_timer(&board->timer, sx_pollfunc, (unsigned long)board); - if (board->poll) { - board->timer.data = (unsigned long)board; - board->timer.function = sx_pollfunc; - board->timer.expires = jiffies + board->poll; - add_timer(&board->timer); - } + if (board->poll) + mod_timer(&board->timer, jiffies + board->poll); } else { board->irq = 0; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx are 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-isicom-fix-tty-index-check.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 char-sx-lock-boards-struct.patch char-sx-remove-duplicite-code.patch char-sx-whitespace-cleanup.patch char-sx-remove-unneeded-stuff.patch char-sx-simplify-timer-logic.patch char-sx-fix-return-in-module-init.patch char-sx-use-pci_iomap.patch char-sx-request-regions.patch char-stallion-convert-to-pci-probing.patch char-stallion-prints-cleanup.patch char-stallion-implement-fail-paths.patch char-stallion-correct-__init-macros.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