Setup_timer could be used instead of the cvall to init_timer and the initializations of the function and data fields.
julia tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git master head: 84ce3da1bfd6fd12fce3cd06691e405a36f72cde commit: 1738cd3ed342294360d6a74d4e58800004bff854 [58/374] net: ena: Add a driver for Amazon Elastic Network Adapters (ENA) :::::: branch date: 5 hours ago :::::: commit date: 5 weeks ago >> drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c:3026:1-11: Use setup_timer >> function for function on line 3028. git remote add net-next https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git git remote update net-next git checkout 1738cd3ed342294360d6a74d4e58800004bff854 vim +3026 drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3020 INIT_WORK(&adapter->suspend_io_task, ena_device_io_suspend); 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3021 INIT_WORK(&adapter->resume_io_task, ena_device_io_resume); 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3022 INIT_WORK(&adapter->reset_task, ena_fw_reset_device); 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3023 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3024 adapter->last_keep_alive_jiffies = jiffies; 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3025 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 @3026 init_timer(&adapter->timer_service); 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3027 adapter->timer_service.expires = round_jiffies(jiffies + HZ); 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 @3028 adapter->timer_service.function = ena_timer_service; 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3029 adapter->timer_service.data = (unsigned long)adapter; 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3030 1738cd3e Netanel Belgazal 2016-08-10 3031 add_timer(&adapter->timer_service); --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation