@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ static void topology_schedule_update(void)
 	schedule_work(&topology_work);
 }
 
-static void topology_timer_fn(unsigned long ignored)
+static void topology_timer_fn(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
 	if (prrn_enabled && cpumask_weight(&cpu_associativity_changes_mask))
 		topology_schedule_update();

@@ -1463,14 +1463,11 @@ static void topology_timer_fn(unsigned long ignored)
 		reset_topology_timer();
 	}
 }
-static struct timer_list topology_timer =
-	TIMER_INITIALIZER(topology_timer_fn, 0, 0);
+static struct timer_list topology_timer;
 
 static void reset_topology_timer(void)
 {
-	topology_timer.data = 0;
-	topology_timer.expires = jiffies + 60 * HZ;
-	mod_timer(&topology_timer, topology_timer.expires);
+	mod_timer(&topology_timer, jiffies + 60 * HZ);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP

@@ -1530,7 +1527,8 @@ int start_topology_update(void)
 			prrn_enabled = 0;
 			vphn_enabled = 1;
 			setup_cpu_associativity_change_counters();
-			init_timer_deferrable(&topology_timer);
+			timer_setup(&topology_timer, topology_timer_fn,
+				    TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 			reset_topology_timer();
 		}
 	}

@@ -464,10 +464,10 @@ static void ssip_error(struct hsi_client *cl)
 	hsi_async_read(cl, msg);
 }
 
-static void ssip_keep_alive(unsigned long data)
+static void ssip_keep_alive(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct hsi_client *cl = (struct hsi_client *)data;
-	struct ssi_protocol *ssi = hsi_client_drvdata(cl);
+	struct ssi_protocol *ssi = from_timer(ssi, t, keep_alive);
+	struct hsi_client *cl = ssi->cl;
 
 	dev_dbg(&cl->device, "Keep alive kick in: m(%d) r(%d) s(%d)\n",
 		ssi->main_state, ssi->recv_state, ssi->send_state);

@@ -490,9 +490,19 @@ static void ssip_keep_alive(unsigned long data)
 	spin_unlock(&ssi->lock);
 }
 
-static void ssip_wd(unsigned long data)
+static void ssip_rx_wd(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+	struct ssi_protocol *ssi = from_timer(ssi, t, rx_wd);
+	struct hsi_client *cl = ssi->cl;
+
+	dev_err(&cl->device, "Watchdog trigerred\n");
+	ssip_error(cl);
+}
+
+static void ssip_tx_wd(unsigned long data)
 {
-	struct hsi_client *cl = (struct hsi_client *)data;
+	struct ssi_protocol *ssi = from_timer(ssi, t, tx_wd);
+	struct hsi_client *cl = ssi->cl;
 
 	dev_err(&cl->device, "Watchdog trigerred\n");
 	ssip_error(cl);

@@ -1084,15 +1094,9 @@ static int ssi_protocol_probe(struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&ssi->lock);
-	init_timer_deferrable(&ssi->rx_wd);
-	init_timer_deferrable(&ssi->tx_wd);
-	init_timer(&ssi->keep_alive);
-	ssi->rx_wd.data = (unsigned long)cl;
-	ssi->rx_wd.function = ssip_wd;
-	ssi->tx_wd.data = (unsigned long)cl;
-	ssi->tx_wd.function = ssip_wd;
-	ssi->keep_alive.data = (unsigned long)cl;
-	ssi->keep_alive.function = ssip_keep_alive;
+	timer_setup(&ssi->rx_wd, ssip_rx_wd, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
+	timer_setup(&ssi->tx_wd, ssip_tx_wd, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
+	timer_setup(&ssi->keep_alive, ssip_keep_alive, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ssi->txqueue);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ssi->cmdqueue);
 	atomic_set(&ssi->tx_usecnt, 0);

@@ -4725,9 +4725,9 @@ static const struct net_device_ops qlge_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid	= qlge_vlan_rx_kill_vid,
 };
 
-static void ql_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void ql_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct ql_adapter *qdev = (struct ql_adapter *)data;
+	struct ql_adapter *qdev = from_timer(qdev, t, timer);
 	u32 var = 0;
 
 	var = ql_read32(qdev, STS);

@@ -4806,11 +4806,8 @@ static int qlge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	/* Start up the timer to trigger EEH if
 	 * the bus goes dead
 	 */
-	init_timer_deferrable(&qdev->timer);
-	qdev->timer.data = (unsigned long)qdev;
-	qdev->timer.function = ql_timer;
-	qdev->timer.expires = jiffies + (5*HZ);
-	add_timer(&qdev->timer);
+	timer_setup(&qdev->timer, ql_timer, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
+	mod_timer(&qdev->timer, jiffies + (5*HZ));
 	ql_link_off(qdev);
 	ql_display_dev_info(ndev);
 	atomic_set(&qdev->lb_count, 0);

@@ -2325,9 +2325,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 }
 
 /* Walk the forwarding table and purge stale entries */
-static void vxlan_cleanup(unsigned long arg)
+static void vxlan_cleanup(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = (struct vxlan_dev *) arg;
+	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = from_timer(vxlan, t, age_timer);
 	unsigned long next_timer = jiffies + FDB_AGE_INTERVAL;
 	unsigned int h;
 

@@ -2647,9 +2647,7 @@ static void vxlan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vxlan->next);
 	spin_lock_init(&vxlan->hash_lock);
 
-	init_timer_deferrable(&vxlan->age_timer);
-	vxlan->age_timer.function = vxlan_cleanup;
-	vxlan->age_timer.data = (unsigned long) vxlan;
+	timer_setup(&vxlan->age_timer, vxlan_cleanup, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 
 	vxlan->dev = dev;
 

@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ void ath6kl_recovery_hb_event(struct ath6kl *ar, u32 cookie)
 		ar->fw_recovery.hb_pending = false;
 }
 
-static void ath6kl_recovery_hb_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void ath6kl_recovery_hb_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct ath6kl *ar = (struct ath6kl *) data;
+	struct ath6kl *ar = from_timer(ar, t, fw_recovery.hb_timer);
 	int err;
 
 	if (test_bit(RECOVERY_CLEANUP, &ar->flag) ||

@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ void ath6kl_recovery_init(struct ath6kl *ar)
 	recovery->seq_num = 0;
 	recovery->hb_misscnt = 0;
 	ar->fw_recovery.hb_pending = false;
-	ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer.function = ath6kl_recovery_hb_timer;
-	ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer.data = (unsigned long) ar;
-	init_timer_deferrable(&ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer);
+	timer_setup(&ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer, ath6kl_recovery_hb_timer,
+		    TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 
 	if (ar->fw_recovery.hb_poll)
 		mod_timer(&ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer, jiffies +

@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ static inline void init_timer_on_stack_key(struct timer_list *timer,
 
 #define init_timer(timer)						\
 	__init_timer((timer), 0)
-#define init_timer_deferrable(timer)					\
-	__init_timer((timer), TIMER_DEFERRABLE)
 
 #define __setup_timer(_timer, _fn, _data, _flags)			\
 	do {								\