A timer is automatically deleted when it ends up or if you call del_timer. You should use del_timer_sync to avoid race conditions (in the case that the timer ends up when the function del_timer is executed).
HI,
Can I call a del_timer() on a timer that is not currently running ? Is this an error, i believe if del_timer returns 1 that means the timer was running, if it returns zero, it wasnt running , right ?
thanks Amit
And if the base timer is not set, then del_timer returns 0 and the timer isn't deleted and otherwise it effectively delete the timer.
-- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
