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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][NET] Convert init_timer into setup_timer
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:34:21 -0800 (PST)
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From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:10:03 +0300

> Many-many code in the kernel initialized the timer->function 
> and  timer->data together with calling init_timer(timer). There 
> is already a helper for this. Use it for networking code.
> 
> The patch is HUGE, but makes the code 130 lines shorter 
> (98 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-)).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>

I have no objection to this patch, but it is 2.6.25
material for sure.