From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AB8A28312F; Mon, 9 Feb 2026 14:53:03 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770648783; cv=none; b=Gq25HTgpkDduvJg2S8Nva34sJ/aGVcx1nPtdEcWshJ2SvEXI1VFNBWJkH1G2NTxeB3zQeajY9FrWnG8/zyJ9rYEfijq2aN10L/GnzITgQ0o17RssycshX0vyf54tKzrOS+v6BLyfonkgf9QHhwiTQq9JR4e7J5F/ba3ZH/mhaxQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770648783; c=relaxed/simple; bh=aKONNtVtfFow2W8CiceEHig+Xcr79xjgVc5DNNqgpk8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=uG/EwQLAoNS/0z4wWjyKkpBnDeyd8/wOdak4JDdoJXlKj9PmX+Mq8F/rpnD0qF6GPNdGnUxZ75RWiosaows8zjqXi33Y/OGxukPhpeDuIf09pGayfqTHIpGWg5Y/YNeZfdZ2FYEsAhjzSbotvBbowWY4ssp6LhnH74MpJ12KiT8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=imMGZWbO; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="imMGZWbO" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D8EDC116C6; Mon, 9 Feb 2026 14:53:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1770648783; bh=aKONNtVtfFow2W8CiceEHig+Xcr79xjgVc5DNNqgpk8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=imMGZWbOYaFvrMjymGp1fcp2jzhtMH6K0Byj00UQX0YoEg6PS2GqrHqVByJv+rQpF TjmOjE4RkKbaBHJZCzcTHkIE2/EqoZz0R43KwdqtJPiWsXuR6feb0kSCNZIcGvjGb+ ZnFBfMMrsmpdI2Ss3Mzz5ClGNZoVzSxaKzXFMWI4= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Thomas Gleixner , Guenter Roeck , "Steven Rostedt (Google)" , Jacob Keller , Anna-Maria Behnsen , Jeongjun Park Subject: [PATCH 5.15 14/75] timers: Rename del_timer() to timer_delete() Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:24:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20260209142302.356800088@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260209142301.830618238@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260209142301.830618238@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 5.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Thomas Gleixner [ Upstream commit bb663f0f3c396c6d05f6c5eeeea96ced20ff112e ] The timer related functions do not have a strict timer_ prefixed namespace which is really annoying. Rename del_timer() to timer_delete() and provide del_timer() as a wrapper. Document that del_timer() is not for new code. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Tested-by: Guenter Roeck Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201625.015535022@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/timer.h | 15 ++++++++++++++- kernel/time/timer.c | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/timer.h +++ b/include/linux/timer.h @@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ static inline int timer_pending(const st } extern void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu); -extern int del_timer(struct timer_list * timer); extern int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires); extern int mod_timer_pending(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires); extern int timer_reduce(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires); @@ -184,6 +183,7 @@ extern void add_timer(struct timer_list extern int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer); extern int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list *timer); +extern int timer_delete(struct timer_list *timer); /** * del_timer_sync - Delete a pending timer and wait for a running callback @@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ static inline int del_timer_sync(struct return timer_delete_sync(timer); } +/** + * del_timer - Delete a pending timer + * @timer: The timer to be deleted + * + * See timer_delete() for detailed explanation. + * + * Do not use in new code. Use timer_delete() instead. + */ +static inline int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer) +{ + return timer_delete(timer); +} + extern void init_timers(void); struct hrtimer; extern enum hrtimer_restart it_real_fn(struct hrtimer *); --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *tim EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_timer_on); /** - * del_timer - Deactivate a timer. + * timer_delete - Deactivate a timer * @timer: The timer to be deactivated * * The function only deactivates a pending timer, but contrary to @@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_timer_on); * * %0 - The timer was not pending * * %1 - The timer was pending and deactivated */ -int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer) +int timer_delete(struct timer_list *timer) { struct timer_base *base; unsigned long flags; @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer) return ret; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(del_timer); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(timer_delete); /** * try_to_del_timer_sync - Try to deactivate a timer