Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:22:29 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add to_delayed_work helper function |
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* Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> It is a fairly common operation to have a pointer to a work and to > need a pointer to the delayed work it is contained in. In particular, > all delayed works which want to rearm themselves will have to do that. > So it would seem fair to offer a helper function for this operation. > > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > --- > Patch updated to include new users. It would be nice to have this patch > merged soon so that I no longer have to update it. Andrew?
Andrew, iff it's comprehensively build-tested then this should go into .30 from -mm, right?
Because this:
> arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c | 2 +- > drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c | 2 +- > drivers/input/mouse/hgpk.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/dm9000.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/mlx4/en_rx.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/mlx4/sense.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 3 +-- > drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fc.c | 2 +- > drivers/staging/rtl8187se/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c | 8 ++++---- > drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c | 8 ++++---- > drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_dm.c | 6 +++--- > drivers/usb/wusbcore/devconnect.c | 2 +- > include/linux/workqueue.h | 5 +++++ > mm/slab.c | 3 +-- > 15 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
... will be painful to port across another cycle.
( and it's pointless to delay as well, this is an obvious cleanup well in line with how we use to_*() container constructs elsewhere in the driver frameworks. )
Ingo
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