Re: Converting struct timer_list callback argument to struct timer_list *

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Aug 31 2017 - 16:13:55 EST


On Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Kees Cook wrote:
> Which gets me to here:
> 747 files changed, 3363 insertions(+), 3410 deletions(-)
>
> And current builds with the forced casts removed show about 400 more
> call sites to fix...

That's a herculean task. Chapeau!

> Does this look alright,

Very well done. I like the temporary typecast trick.

> and should some of this go into -next right
> now, just to get some of the clean-ups into the tree? (Basically,
> everything before "timer: Temporarily explicitly cast all callback
> functions")

Yes, just get that part in now.

Thanks,

tglx