[KJ] timer_del() vs. timer_del_sync()

[KJ] timer_del() vs. timer_del_sync()

[Matthias Kaehlcke]

hi,

i wanted to take a look on the timer_del() vs. timer_del_sync() issue
at http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo. the link describing
the issue (a mail from andrew morton in 7 years ago ...) mentions the
necessity to call timer_exit() to tell del_timer_sync() that it has
finished. i looked for timer_exit() on lxr, but it isn't defined. has
the issue been resolved in another way (googling i found a proposal of
andrew about using a deadlock detector) and the TODO is just outdated?
if it's still an issue, what would be the steps for fixing?

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Matthias Kaehlcke
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