From 8cadd2831bf3abc94f4530e7fdbab7bb39b6b27d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Barnes Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 14:26:20 -0700 Subject: timer: add on-stack deferrable timer interfaces 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 Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett --- kernel/timer.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/timer.c') diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c index ee305c8d4e18..efde11e197c4 100644 --- a/kernel/timer.c +++ b/kernel/timer.c @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3