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timer: add on-stack deferrable timer interfaces

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In some cases (for instance with kernel threads) it may be desireable to
use on-stack deferrable timers to get their power saving benefits.  Add
interfaces to support this for the IPS driver.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
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Jesse Barnes 2010-05-10 14:26:20 -07:00 • committed by Matthew Garrett
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kernel/timer.c
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@ -577,6 +577,19 @@ static void __init_timer(struct timer_list *timer,
lockdep_init_map(&timer->lockdep_map, name, key, 0);
}
void setup_deferrable_timer_on_stack_key(struct timer_list *timer,
const char *name,
struct lock_class_key *key,
void (*function)(unsigned long),
unsigned long data)
{
timer->function = function;
timer->data = data;
init_timer_on_stack_key(timer, name, key);
timer_set_deferrable(timer);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(setup_deferrable_timer_on_stack_key);
/**
* init_timer_key - initialize a timer
* @timer: the timer to be initialized