Re: [PATCH] s390/ap_bus: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Nov 16 2017 - 02:59:19 EST


On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Martin Schwidefsky
<schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:36:53 -0700
> Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:38 PM, Martin Schwidefsky
>> <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 03:27:37 -0700
>> > Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In preparation for unconditionally passing the struct timer_list pointer to
>> >> all timer callbacks, switch to using the new timer_setup() and from_timer()
>> >> to pass the timer pointer explicitly.
>> >>
>> >> Cc: Harald Freudenberger <freude@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> ---
>> >> drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c | 10 +++++-----
>> >> drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.h | 2 +-
>> >> drivers/s390/crypto/ap_queue.c | 2 +-
>> >> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > Parked for the second part of the s390 updates for the next merge window.
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> Thanks for getting these staged. I just wanted to check with you,
>> since I don't see these in -next anywhere yet:
>>
>> s390: qdio: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
>> s390/sclp: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
>> s390/cio: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
>> s390/scsi: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
>> s390/ap_bus: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
>>
>> Are all of these expected to land for -rc1? (Would it help to carry
>> them in the timer tree?) I've got tree-wide changes ready to go once
>> all these conversions have landed.
>
> These patches are parked on a private branches. The features branch
> on s390/linux is the one that is used for -next AND for the upstream
> merge. And since I do not want to rebase that branch the timer_setup
> patches are not in -next as well.
>
> Four of you patches are safe with me, the s390/scsi patch is in
> Steffens patch queue. All good I would say.

Hi,

I saw s390 get merged for -rc1, but none of these timer_setup()
conversions were included. Given the possible short merge window,
what's the state of these? I can't do the bulk API changes at the end
of -rc1 without the s390 timer patches. Anything I can help with?

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security