This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
timers: Rename del_timer_sync() to timer_delete_sync()
to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
timers-rename-del_timer_sync-to-timer_delete_sync.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 49bede6456956e527a3245a9f3a3a32c320de5c1
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Nov 23 21:18:44 2022 +0100
timers: Rename del_timer_sync() to timer_delete_sync()
[ Upstream commit 9b13df3fb64ee95e2397585404e442afee2c7d4f ]
The timer related functions do not have a strict timer_ prefixed namespace
which is really annoying.
Rename del_timer_sync() to timer_delete_sync() and provide del_timer_sync()
as a wrapper. Document that del_timer_sync() is not for new code.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201624.954785441@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Stable-dep-of: 0f7352557a35 ("wifi: brcmfmac: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index a9c20a7ead305..aef40cac2add8 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -171,7 +171,20 @@ extern int timer_reduce(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
extern void add_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
extern int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
-extern int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
+extern int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
+
+/**
+ * del_timer_sync - Delete a pending timer and wait for a running callback
+ * @timer: The timer to be deleted
+ *
+ * See timer_delete_sync() for detailed explanation.
+ *
+ * Do not use in new code. Use timer_delete_sync() instead.
+ */
+static inline int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+ return timer_delete_sync(timer);
+}
#define del_singleshot_timer_sync(t) del_timer_sync(t)
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 489bb01796de4..e3120af29f533 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, unsigned int option
/*
* We are trying to schedule the timer on the new base.
* However we can't change timer's base while it is running,
- * otherwise del_timer_sync() can't detect that the timer's
+ * otherwise timer_delete_sync() can't detect that the timer's
* handler yet has not finished. This also guarantees that the
* timer is serialized wrt itself.
*/
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_timer_on);
* @timer: The timer to be deactivated
*
* The function only deactivates a pending timer, but contrary to
- * del_timer_sync() it does not take into account whether the timer's
+ * timer_delete_sync() it does not take into account whether the timer's
* callback function is concurrently executed on a different CPU or not.
* It neither prevents rearming of the timer. If @timer can be rearmed
* concurrently then the return value of this function is meaningless.
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ static inline void del_timer_wait_running(struct timer_list *timer) { }
#endif
/**
- * del_timer_sync - Deactivate a timer and wait for the handler to finish.
+ * timer_delete_sync - Deactivate a timer and wait for the handler to finish.
* @timer: The timer to be deactivated
*
* Synchronization rules: Callers must prevent restarting of the timer,
@@ -1372,10 +1372,10 @@ static inline void del_timer_wait_running(struct timer_list *timer) { }
* spin_lock_irq(somelock);
* <IRQ>
* spin_lock(somelock);
- * del_timer_sync(mytimer);
+ * timer_delete_sync(mytimer);
* while (base->running_timer == mytimer);
*
- * Now del_timer_sync() will never return and never release somelock.
+ * Now timer_delete_sync() will never return and never release somelock.
* The interrupt on the other CPU is waiting to grab somelock but it has
* interrupted the softirq that CPU0 is waiting to finish.
*
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ static inline void del_timer_wait_running(struct timer_list *timer) { }
* * %0 - The timer was not pending
* * %1 - The timer was pending and deactivated
*/
-int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
+int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
{
int ret;
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(del_timer_sync);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(timer_delete_sync);
static void call_timer_fn(struct timer_list *timer,
void (*fn)(struct timer_list *),
@@ -1443,8 +1443,8 @@ static void call_timer_fn(struct timer_list *timer,
#endif
/*
* Couple the lock chain with the lock chain at
- * del_timer_sync() by acquiring the lock_map around the fn()
- * call here and in del_timer_sync().
+ * timer_delete_sync() by acquiring the lock_map around the fn()
+ * call here and in timer_delete_sync().
*/
lock_map_acquire(&lockdep_map);
