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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2025-11-28 19:05:32 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-02-11 15:35:28 +0300
commit29d5751350cdf6790aadbe6bd485616f3f0ba86f (patch)
tree7572dd6b3413dcd032c47ff6b27dee7d9ea362f5
parenta431c4c27ee055ef9abd5575558423b9f7f9cbe6 (diff)
downloadlinux-29d5751350cdf6790aadbe6bd485616f3f0ba86f.tar.xz
timers: Rename del_timer() to timer_delete()
[ Upstream commit bb663f0f3c396c6d05f6c5eeeea96ced20ff112e ] The timer related functions do not have a strict timer_ prefixed namespace which is really annoying. Rename del_timer() to timer_delete() and provide del_timer() as a wrapper. Document that del_timer() is not for new code. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201625.015535022@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/timer.h15
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timer.c6
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index 3c166b4f704d..4bdfa08a2d15 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ static inline int timer_pending(const struct timer_list * timer)
}
extern void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu);
-extern int del_timer(struct timer_list * timer);
extern int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
extern int mod_timer_pending(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
extern int timer_reduce(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
@@ -184,6 +183,7 @@ extern void add_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
extern int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
extern int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
+extern int timer_delete(struct timer_list *timer);
/**
* del_timer_sync - Delete a pending timer and wait for a running callback
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ static inline int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
return timer_delete_sync(timer);
}
+/**
+ * del_timer - Delete a pending timer
+ * @timer: The timer to be deleted
+ *
+ * See timer_delete() for detailed explanation.
+ *
+ * Do not use in new code. Use timer_delete() instead.
+ */
+static inline int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+ return timer_delete(timer);
+}
+
extern void init_timers(void);
struct hrtimer;
extern enum hrtimer_restart it_real_fn(struct hrtimer *);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index c6fa89b0cd6e..672ca2792ed7 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_timer_on);
/**
- * del_timer - Deactivate a timer.
+ * timer_delete - Deactivate a timer
* @timer: The timer to be deactivated
*
* The function only deactivates a pending timer, but contrary to
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_timer_on);
* * %0 - The timer was not pending
* * %1 - The timer was pending and deactivated
*/
-int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+int timer_delete(struct timer_list *timer)
{
struct timer_base *base;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(del_timer);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(timer_delete);
/**
* try_to_del_timer_sync - Try to deactivate a timer