Re: [patch v2] net: hip04: Make tx coalesce timer actually work

[David Miller]

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:42:42 +0200 (CEST)

> The code sets the expiry value of the timer to a relative value and
> starts it with hrtimer_start_expires. That's fine, but that only works
> once. The timer is started in relative mode, so the expiry value gets
> overwritten with the absolut expiry time (now + expiry).
> 
> So once the timer expired, a new call to hrtimer_start_expires results
> in an immidiately expired timer, because the expiry value is
> already in the past.
> 
> Use the proper mechanisms to (re)start the timer in the intended way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Thomas.
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