2 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/poison.h b/include/linux/poison.h
index a9c31be7052c..9f31683728fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/poison.h
+++ b/include/linux/poison.h
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 #define LIST_POISON1  ((void *) 0x00100100)
 #define LIST_POISON2  ((void *) 0x00200200)
 
+/********** include/linux/timer.h **********/
+/*
+ * Magic number "tsta" to indicate a static timer initializer
+ * for the object debugging code.
+ */
+#define TIMER_ENTRY_STATIC	((void *) 0x74737461)
+
 /********** mm/slab.c **********/
 /*
  * Magic nums for obj red zoning.
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index 979fefdeb862..d4ba79248a27 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <linux/debugobjects.h>
 
 struct tvec_base;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ struct timer_list {
 extern struct tvec_base boot_tvec_bases;
 
 #define TIMER_INITIALIZER(_function, _expires, _data) {		\
+		.entry = { .prev = TIMER_ENTRY_STATIC },	\
 		.function = (_function),			\
 		.expires = (_expires),				\
 		.data = (_data),				\
@@ -38,6 +40,17 @@ extern struct tvec_base boot_tvec_bases;
 void init_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
 void init_timer_deferrable(struct timer_list *timer);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS
+extern void init_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer);
+extern void destroy_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer);
+#else
+static inline void destroy_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer) { }
+static inline void init_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	init_timer(timer);
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline void setup_timer(struct timer_list * timer,
 				void (*function)(unsigned long),
 				unsigned long data)
@@ -47,6 +60,15 @@ static inline void setup_timer(struct timer_list * timer,
 	init_timer(timer);
 }
 
+static inline void setup_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer,
+					void (*function)(unsigned long),
+					unsigned long data)
+{
+	timer->function = function;
+	timer->data = data;
+	init_timer_on_stack(timer);
+}
+
 /**
  * timer_pending - is a timer pending?
  * @timer: the timer in question
@@ -164,5 +186,4 @@ unsigned long __round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j, int cpu);
 unsigned long round_jiffies(unsigned long j);
 unsigned long round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j);
 
-
 #endif