timer: add on-stack deferrable timer interfaces
In some cases (for instance with kernel threads) it may be desireable to
use on-stack deferrable timers to get their power saving benefits. Add
interfaces to support this for the IPS driver.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index ee305c8..efde11e 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -577,6 +577,19 @@
lockdep_init_map(&timer->lockdep_map, name, key, 0);
}
+void setup_deferrable_timer_on_stack_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+ const char *name,
+ struct lock_class_key *key,
+ void (*function)(unsigned long),
+ unsigned long data)
+{
+ timer->function = function;
+ timer->data = data;
+ init_timer_on_stack_key(timer, name, key);
+ timer_set_deferrable(timer);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(setup_deferrable_timer_on_stack_key);
+
/**
* init_timer_key - initialize a timer
* @timer: the timer to be initialized
