Re: [patch V2 13/17] timers: Split [try_to_]del_timer[_sync]() to prepare for shutdown mode
From: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Date: 2022-11-23 11:25:33
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From: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Date: 2022-11-23 11:25:33
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2022, Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote:
On Tue, 22 Nov 2022, Thomas Gleixner wrote:quoted
Tearing down timers which have circular dependencies to other functionality, e.g. workqueues, where the timer can schedule work and work can arm timers is not trivial.Comma missing (same as in previous commit message)quoted
In those cases it is desired to shutdown the timer in a way which prevents rearming of the timer. The mechanism to do so it to set timer->function tos/it/is (same as in previous commit message)
Same for patch 14 and 15...