[PATCH 2/8] AF_RXRPC: Make it possible to merely try to cancel timers and delayed work [try #2]

[David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>]

Export try_to_del_timer_sync() for use by the RxRPC module.

Add a try_to_cancel_delayed_work() so that it is possible to merely attempt to
cancel a delayed work timer.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---

 include/linux/workqueue.h |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/timer.c            |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 2a7b38d..40a61ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -204,4 +204,25 @@ static inline int cancel_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *work)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * try_to_cancel_delayed_work - Try to kill pending scheduled, delayed work
+ * @work: the work to cancel
+ *
+ * Try to kill off a pending schedule_delayed_work().
+ * - The timer may still be running afterwards, and if so, the work may still
+ *   be pending
+ * - Returns -1 if timer still active, 1 if timer removed, 0 if not scheduled
+ * - Can be called from the work routine; if it's still pending, just return
+ *   and it'll be called again.
+ */
+static inline int try_to_cancel_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *work)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = try_to_del_timer_sync(&work->timer);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		work_release(&work->work);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 440048a..ba4d6e0 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
+
 /**
  * del_timer_sync - deactivate a timer and wait for the handler to finish.
  * @timer: the timer to be deactivated