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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>,
	Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>,
	Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15 15/75] Documentation: Replace del_timer/del_timer_sync()
Date: Mon,  9 Feb 2026 15:24:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260209142302.393321610@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260209142301.830618238@linuxfoundation.org>

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5.15-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

[ Upstream commit 87bdd932e85881895d4720255b40ac28749c4e32 ]

Adjust to the new preferred function names.

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201625.075320635@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst      |    2 +-
 Documentation/core-api/local_ops.rst                        |    2 +-
 Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst                    |   11 +++++------
 Documentation/timers/hrtimers.rst                           |    2 +-
 Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst |   10 +++++-----
 Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/local_ops.rst     |    2 +-
 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst
@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ unloaded. After a given module has been
 one of its functions results in a segmentation fault. The module-unload
 functions must therefore cancel any delayed calls to loadable-module
 functions, for example, any outstanding mod_timer() must be dealt
-with via del_timer_sync() or similar.
+with via timer_delete_sync() or similar.
 
 Unfortunately, there is no way to cancel an RCU callback; once you
 invoke call_rcu(), the callback function is eventually going to be
--- a/Documentation/core-api/local_ops.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/local_ops.rst
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Here is a sample module which implements
 
     static void __exit test_exit(void)
     {
-            del_timer_sync(&test_timer);
+            timer_delete_sync(&test_timer);
     }
 
     module_init(test_init);
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ you might do the following::
 
             while (list) {
                     struct foo *next = list->next;
-                    del_timer(&list->timer);
+                    timer_delete(&list->timer);
                     kfree(list);
                     list = next;
             }
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ the lock after we spin_unlock_bh(), and
 the element (which has already been freed!).
 
 This can be avoided by checking the result of
-del_timer(): if it returns 1, the timer has been deleted.
+timer_delete(): if it returns 1, the timer has been deleted.
 If 0, it means (in this case) that it is currently running, so we can
 do::
 
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ do::
 
                     while (list) {
                             struct foo *next = list->next;
-                            if (!del_timer(&list->timer)) {
+                            if (!timer_delete(&list->timer)) {
                                     /* Give timer a chance to delete this */
                                     spin_unlock_bh(&list_lock);
                                     goto retry;
@@ -1008,8 +1008,7 @@ do::
 Another common problem is deleting timers which restart themselves (by
 calling add_timer() at the end of their timer function).
 Because this is a fairly common case which is prone to races, you should
-use del_timer_sync() (``include/linux/timer.h``) to
-handle this case.
+use timer_delete_sync() (``include/linux/timer.h``) to
 
 Locking Speed
 =============
@@ -1337,7 +1336,7 @@ lock.
 
 -  kfree()
 
--  add_timer() and del_timer()
+-  add_timer() and timer_delete()
 
 Mutex API reference
 ===================
--- a/Documentation/timers/hrtimers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/timers/hrtimers.rst
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ existing timer wheel code, as it is matu
 was not really a win, due to the different data structures. Also, the
 hrtimer functions now have clearer behavior and clearer names - such as
 hrtimer_try_to_cancel() and hrtimer_cancel() [which are roughly
-equivalent to del_timer() and del_timer_sync()] - so there's no direct
+equivalent to timer_delete() and timer_delete_sync()] - so there's no direct
 1:1 mapping between them on the algorithmic level, and thus no real
 potential for code sharing either.
 
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ potreste fare come segue::
 
             while (list) {
                     struct foo *next = list->next;
-                    del_timer(&list->timer);
+                    timer_delete(&list->timer);
                     kfree(list);
                     list = next;
             }
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ e prenderà il *lock* solo dopo spin_unl
 di eliminare il suo oggetto (che però è già stato eliminato).
 
 Questo può essere evitato controllando il valore di ritorno di
-del_timer(): se ritorna 1, il temporizzatore è stato già
+timer_delete(): se ritorna 1, il temporizzatore è stato già
 rimosso. Se 0, significa (in questo caso) che il temporizzatore è in
 esecuzione, quindi possiamo fare come segue::
 
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ esecuzione, quindi possiamo fare come se
 
                     while (list) {
                             struct foo *next = list->next;
-                            if (!del_timer(&list->timer)) {
+                            if (!timer_delete(&list->timer)) {
                                     /* Give timer a chance to delete this */
                                     spin_unlock_bh(&list_lock);
                                     goto retry;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ esecuzione, quindi possiamo fare come se
 Un altro problema è l'eliminazione dei temporizzatori che si riavviano
 da soli (chiamando add_timer() alla fine della loro esecuzione).
 Dato che questo è un problema abbastanza comune con una propensione
-alle corse critiche, dovreste usare del_timer_sync()
+alle corse critiche, dovreste usare timer_delete_sync()
 (``include/linux/timer.h``) per gestire questo caso.
 
 Velocità della sincronizzazione
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ contesto, o trattenendo un qualsiasi *lo
 
 -  kfree()
 
--  add_timer() e del_timer()
+-  add_timer() e timer_delete()
 
 Riferimento per l'API dei Mutex
 ===============================
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/local_ops.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/local_ops.rst
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ UP之间没有不同的行为,在你çš
 
     static void __exit test_exit(void)
     {
-            del_timer_sync(&test_timer);
+            timer_delete_sync(&test_timer);
     }
 
     module_init(test_init);



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-09 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-09 14:23 [PATCH 5.15 00/75] 5.15.200-rc1 review Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:23 ` [PATCH 5.15 01/75] x86/kfence: fix booting on 32bit non-PAE systems Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:23 ` [PATCH 5.15 02/75] platform/x86: intel_telemetry: Fix swapped arrays in PSS output Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 03/75] rbd: check for EOD after exclusive lock is ensured to be held Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 04/75] ARM: 9468/1: fix memset64() on big-endian Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 05/75] KVM: Dont clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 06/75] mm/kfence: randomize the freelist on initialization Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 07/75] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: clamp maximum map bucket size to INT_MAX Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 08/75] Documentation: Remove bogus claim about del_timer_sync() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 09/75] ARM: spear: Do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 10/75] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 11/75] clocksource/drivers/sp804: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 12/75] timers: Get rid of del_singleshot_timer_sync() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 13/75] timers: Replace BUG_ON()s Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 14/75] timers: Rename del_timer() to timer_delete() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 16/75] timers: Silently ignore timers with a NULL function Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 17/75] timers: Split [try_to_]del_timer[_sync]() to prepare for shutdown mode Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 18/75] timers: Add shutdown mechanism to the internal functions Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 19/75] timers: Provide timer_shutdown[_sync]() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 20/75] timers: Update the documentation to reflect on the new timer_shutdown() API Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 21/75] Bluetooth: hci_qca: Fix the teardown problem for real Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 22/75] timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in timer_shutdown_sync() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 23/75] binderfs: fix ida_alloc_max() upper bound Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 24/75] wifi: mac80211: ocb: skip rx_no_sta when interface is not joined Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 25/75] wifi: wlcore: ensure skb headroom before skb_push Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 26/75] net: usb: sr9700: support devices with virtual driver CD Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 27/75] block,bfq: fix aux stat accumulation destination Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 28/75] smb/server: call ksmbd_session_rpc_close() on error path in create_smb2_pipe() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 29/75] HID: multitouch: add MT_QUIRK_STICKY_FINGERS to MT_CLS_VTL Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 30/75] HID: intel-ish-hid: Reset enum_devices_done before enumeration Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 31/75] HID: playstation: Center initial joystick axes to prevent spurious events Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 32/75] ALSA: hda/realtek: add HP Laptop 15s-eq1xxx mute LED quirk Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 33/75] netfilter: replace -EEXIST with -EBUSY Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 34/75] HID: quirks: Add another Chicony HP 5MP Cameras to hid_ignore_list Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 35/75] HID: Apply quirk HID_QUIRK_ALWAYS_POLL to Edifier QR30 (2d99:a101) Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 36/75] ring-buffer: Avoid softlockup in ring_buffer_resize() during memory free Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 37/75] wifi: mac80211: collect station statistics earlier when disconnect Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 38/75] ASoC: davinci-evm: Fix reference leak in davinci_evm_probe Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 39/75] ASoC: tlv320adcx140: Propagate error codes during probe Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 40/75] wifi: cfg80211: Fix bitrate calculation overflow for HE rates Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 41/75] scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_session_usage_count() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 42/75] scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 43/75] wifi: mac80211: dont increment crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt twice Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 44/75] platform/x86: toshiba_haps: Fix memory leaks in add/remove routines Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 45/75] platform/x86: intel_telemetry: Fix PSS event register mask Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 46/75] dpaa2-switch: prevent ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference when num_ifs is zero Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 47/75] net: liquidio: Initialize netdev pointer before queue setup Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 48/75] net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in PF setup_nic_devices() cleanup Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 49/75] net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 50/75] dpaa2-switch: add bounds check for if_id in IRQ handler Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 51/75] macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 52/75] tipc: use kfree_sensitive() for session key material Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 53/75] hwmon: (occ) Mark occ_init_attribute() as __printf Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 54/75] netfilter: nf_tables: fix inverted genmask check in nft_map_catchall_activate() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 55/75] nvmet-tcp: add an helper to free the cmd buffers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 56/75] nvmet-tcp: fix memory leak when performing a controller reset Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 57/75] nvmet-tcp: fix regression in data_digest calculation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 58/75] nvmet-tcp: dont map pages which cant come from HIGHMEM Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 59/75] nvmet-tcp: add bounds checks in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 60/75] ASoC: amd: fix memory leak in acp3x pdm dma ops Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 61/75] riscv: uprobes: Add missing fence.i after building the XOL buffer Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:24 ` [PATCH 5.15 62/75] hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 63/75] gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 64/75] tracing: Fix ftrace event field alignments Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 65/75] gve: Fix stats report corruption on queue count change Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 66/75] gve: Correct ethtool rx_dropped calculation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 67/75] Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 68/75] iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 69/75] spi: tegra210-quad: Return IRQ_HANDLED when timeout already processed transfer Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 70/75] spi: tegra210-quad: Move curr_xfer read inside spinlock Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 71/75] spi: tegra210-quad: Protect curr_xfer assignment in tegra_qspi_setup_transfer_one Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 72/75] spi: tegra210-quad: Protect curr_xfer in tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 73/75] spi: tegra210-quad: Protect curr_xfer clearing in tegra_qspi_non_combined_seq_xfer Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 74/75] spi: tegra: Fix a memory leak in tegra_slink_probe() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 14:25 ` [PATCH 5.15 75/75] nvmet-tcp: pass iov_len instead of sg->length to bvec_set_page() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-09 18:16 ` [PATCH 5.15 00/75] 5.15.200-rc1 review Brett A C Sheffield
2026-02-09 18:49 ` Florian Fainelli
2026-02-09 20:47 ` Hardik Garg
2026-02-09 20:55 ` Jon Hunter
2026-02-10 10:07 ` Ron Economos
2026-02-11 11:34   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-10 13:24 ` Mark Brown
2026-02-11  7:27 ` Vijayendra Suman
2026-02-11 10:44 ` Jeffrin Thalakkottoor

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